Here is a bug report and feedback from org-mode author Carsten Dominik. ------------------ On Thu, 12/10/06 03:10 +0100, Leo wrote: Dear all, Starting emacs with "emacs -q -l test test.org". Then press "C-x ]". Emacs will freeze. "test" and "test.org" are attached. Tested on GNU Emacs 23.0.0.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.8.20) of 2006-10-04 running under fedora core 5.