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See http://orgmode.org/manual/Feedback.html#Feedback Your bug report will be posted to the Org-mode mailing list. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I created a following simple org file, in which a source code block of language "org" contains orgmode code: ======= BEGIN CODE ======== #+TITLE: A Test #+BEGIN_SRC org ,#+begin_src python #+END_SRC End of test. ======= END CODE ========== However, when I exported this file, either to HTML or LaTeX/PDF, it caused an error: ad-Orig-error: unbalanced begin/end_src blocks with #("#+BEGIN_SRC org ,#+begin_src python #+END_SRC" 0 15 (fontified nil font-lock-fontified t) 15 16 (fontified nil font-lock-fontified t) 16 37 (fontified nil font-lock-fontified t) 37 38 (fontified nil font-lock-fontified t) 38 47 (fontified nil font-lock-fontified t)) I'm using the latest development version of orgmode. Also, if I recall correctly, I did succeed to export this kind of code in the past (don't remember which version of orgmode though). If I included #+end_src in the body of the org code block, it would export the file, but the result was not what I expected: it was blank. Emacs : GNU Emacs 23.3.50.1 (i386-apple-darwin9.8.0, NS apple-appkit-949.54) of 2011-10-25 on braeburn.aquamacs.org - Aquamacs Distribution 2.4 Package: Org-mode version 7.7 current state: ============== (setq org-clock-in-switch-to-state "STARTED" org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown t org-export-latex-after-initial-vars-hook '(org-beamer-after-initial-vars) org-todo-keyword-faces '(("STARTED" :foreground "blue" :weight bold) ("NEXT" :foreground "magenta" :weight bold)) org-speed-command-hook '(org-speed-command-default-hook org-babel-speed-command-hook) org-blocker-hook '(org-block-todo-from-children-or-siblings-or-parent) org-babel-load-languages '((R) (ditaa . t) (dot . t) (emacs-lisp . t) (gnuplot . t) (haskell) (latex . t) (matlab . t) (ocaml) (org . t) (python . t) (ruby) (screen) (sh . t) (sql) (sqlite)) org-agenda-exporter-settings '((ps-number-of-columns 1) (ps-landscape-mode t) (htmlize-output-type (quote css))) org-completion-use-ido t org-metaup-hook '(org-babel-load-in-session-maybe) org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-done t org-after-todo-state-change-hook '(org-clock-out-if-current) org-babel-tangle-lang-exts '(("python" . "py") ("latex" . "tex") ("emacs-lisp" . "el")) org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled t org-agenda-sorting-strategy '((agenda habit-down time-up priority-down effort-up category-keep) (todo priority-down effort-up category-keep) (tags priority-down category-keep) (search category-keep)) org-export-blocks-postblock-hook '(org-exp-res/src-name-cleanup) org-agenda-restore-windows-after-quit t org-export-latex-format-toc-function 'org-export-latex-format-toc-default org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-done t org-stuck-projects '("+LEVEL=2+TODO=\"PROJECT\"" ("TODO" "NEXT") nil "") org-support-shift-select t org-tab-first-hook '(org-hide-block-toggle-maybe org-src-native-tab-command-maybe org-babel-hide-result-toggle-maybe) org-src-mode-hook '(org-src-babel-configure-edit-buffer org-src-mode-configure-edit-buffer) org-confirm-shell-link-function 'yes-or-no-p org-export-first-hook '(org-beamer-initialize-open-trackers) org-archive-stamp-time nil org-todo-keywords '((sequence "TODO(t)" "NEXT(n)" "STARTED(s)" "|" "DONE(d!/!)") (sequence "WAITING(w@/!)" "|" "CANCELLED(c@/!)" "DEFERRED(r@/!)") (sequence "PROJECT(p)" "|" "FINISHED(f!/!)")) org-agenda-before-write-hook '(org-agenda-add-entry-text) org-default-notes-file "~/gtd/gtd.org" org-directory "~/gtd" org-blank-before-new-entry nil org-babel-pre-tangle-hook '(save-buffer) org-cycle-hook '(org-cycle-hide-archived-subtrees org-cycle-hide-drawers org-cycle-show-empty-lines org-optimize-window-after-visibility-change) org-export-preprocess-before-normalizing-links-hook '(org-remove-file-link-modifiers) org-mode-hook '(#[nil "\300\301\302\303\304$\207" [org-add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-show-block-all append local] 5] #[nil "\300\301\302\303\304$\207" [org-add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-babel-show-result-all append local] 5] org-babel-result-hide-spec org-babel-hide-all-hashes (lambda nil (auto-fill-mode 1))) org-refile-targets '((org-agenda-files :maxlevel . 3) (nil :maxlevel . 3) ("~/gtd/someday.org" :level . 0)) org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c-hook '(org-babel-hash-at-point org-babel-execute-safely-maybe) org-confirm-elisp-link-function 'yes-or-no-p org-refile-use-outline-path 'file org-agenda-mode-hook '((lambda nil (hl-line-mode 1))) org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date t org-export-interblocks '((lob org-babel-exp-lob-one-liners) (src org-babel-exp-inline-src-blocks)) org-clock-out-hook '(org-clock-remove-empty-clock-drawer) org-enforce-todo-dependencies t org-agenda-skip-deadline-if-done t org-refile-allow-creating-parent-nodes 'confirm org-insert-mode-line-in-empty-file t org-occur-hook '(org-first-headline-recenter) org-export-preprocess-before-selecting-backend-code-hook '(org-beamer-select-beamer-code) org-agenda-todo-ignore-deadlines t org-export-latex-final-hook '(org-beamer-amend-header org-beamer-fix-toc org-beamer-auto-fragile-frames org-beamer-place-default-actions-for-lists) org-metadown-hook '(org-babel-pop-to-session-maybe) org-export-blocks '((src org-babel-exp-src-block nil) (comment org-export-blocks-format-comment t) (ditaa org-export-blocks-format-ditaa nil) (dot org-export-blocks-format-dot nil)) )