On 2010-05-10 17:33 +0100, Carsten Dominik wrote:
> Hi Bernt,
>
> can I ask you to try out which of the following lines (or both) cause
> the problem?
>
> +  (org-set-local 'comment-start "#")
> +  (modify-syntax-entry ?\n ">")
>
> Could you comment one and then the other to check?
>
> Thanks.
>
> - Carsten

On 2010-05-10 18:04 +0100, Bernt Hansen wrote:
> 	Modified lisp/org.el
> diff --git a/lisp/org.el b/lisp/org.el
> index d37e64c..7379fff 100644
> --- a/lisp/org.el
> +++ b/lisp/org.el
> @@ -4452,7 +4452,7 @@ The following commands are available:
>    (org-set-local 'comment-start "#")
>    (org-set-local 'comment-padding " ")
>    (modify-syntax-entry ?# "<")
> -  (modify-syntax-entry ?\n ">")
> +  ;(modify-syntax-entry ?\n ">")
>  
>    ;; Align options lines
>    (org-set-local

This problem doesn't arise in emacs 23. I have tested it with current
stable release 23.2 and an old build from 2008 23.0.60 and they behave
as expected with org mode pulled from git today.

Here's a screenshot to demonstrate.