Did all of this... problem persists. :(
> Org-mode version 6.26trans
>
> Also, can you do C-h f org-export-as-ascii <RET> and include the output... and this is a sign that you are picking up old bits from somewhere:
> in your reply?
>
> org-export-as-ascii is an interactive autoloaded Lisp function in
> `org-exp.el'.
>
the function should be autoloaded from org-ascii.el.
Did you do a
make clean
make all doc
and restart your emacs after your last git pull?
Nick