Thanks Jeff!  Of course, the missing install file was the problem.  I guess
org mode has evolved considerably since the last time I looked at the
manual...

Scott

On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 7:36 AM, Jeff Horn <jrhorn424@gmail.com> wrote:

> Do you have org-install.el in your init file?
>
> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 8:08 AM, Scott Otterson <scotto@sharpleaf.org>
> wrote:
> > When I start emacs and then edit an org file, ascii export fails (M-x
> > org-export [return key] a).  No export file is created and I see the
> > following message:
> >     Autoloading failed to define function org-export-as-ascii
> > But if I type:
> >     M-x org-customize
> > then export works.  The other way I can get this to work is to manually
> load
> > org-ascii.el (which came with the org mode distribution).
> > This is with org-mode version 7.5.
> > Scott
> >
> >
>
>
>
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