Re: [Orgmode] todo items not working?

[Matthew Lundin]

Saketh <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi everyone:
>
> I'm using Emacs 22.2.1 and org-mode 6.14 on Ubuntu Linux.
>
> I've been trying to go through David O'Toole's tutorial, but I've hit a
> problem in the first example itself. I have the following org file
> loaded in org-mode:
>
> * test
> ** TODO test2
>
> However, when I do 'C-c C-t' on the second item, it changes it to this:
>
> * test
>  TODO ** test2
>
> and messages 'not on a heading'.
>
> Having encountered this error, I tried using the older version of
> org-mode that Emacs 22 ships with -- and double-checked that the
> version change had indeed been recognized -- but I encountered the same
> problem, except now the TODO is spliced in between the two asterisks:
>
> * test
> * TODO * test2

I've never encountered this behavior. Could you share your customization
for the variable org-todo-keywords?

Regards, 
Matt