I'm pretty sure that's standard ess indentation. I don't think it has
anything to do with org mode.

Best,
Ista
On Jan 28, 2016 4:59 PM, "John Hendy" <jw.hendy@gmail.com> wrote:

> Find attached a screenshot of the behavior I'm experiencing with this
> minimal config and =emacs -Q=.
>
> #+begin_src min-config
>
> ;; set load paths
> ;; set load dirs and global config options
> (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.elisp/org.git/lisp/")
> (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.elisp/org.git/contrib/lisp")
> (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.elisp/ess/lisp/")
>
> (require 'ess-site)
>
> ;; setup babel languages
> (org-babel-do-load-languages
>  'org-babel-load-languages
>  '((R . t)))
>
> #+end_src
>
> As shown in the shot:
> - create a .org file, insert a #+begin/end_src R block
> - edit with =C-c '=
> - start a line with a comment char (#)
> - press RET
> - it gets indented halfway across the page
>
> Inside a function, it seems to use a default of four spaces (the
> position of =return(i^2)=), so I'm not sure why a comment triggers
> such a massive indent. I end up having to delete the preceding spaces
> or be super careful about having a newline already inserted so that I
> can arrow down instead of pressing RET at the end of a comment line.
>
>
> Thanks for any insights!
> John
>