Org headings trigger is code blocks

Org headings trigger is code blocks

[the_wurfkreuz]

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For instance, i have a command that starts with an asterisk, and i want
to put it in a source block. However, doing so creates a heading.
Shouldn't the code block serve as a clear logical indicator that i don't
intend for that line to become a heading?

Example:

#+BEGIN_SRC
* hard nofile 20000
#+END_SRC

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Re: Org headings trigger is code blocks

[Ihor Radchenko]

the_wurfkreuz <the_wurfkreuz@proton.me> writes:

> For instance, i have a command that starts with an asterisk, and i want
> to put it in a source block. However, doing so creates a heading.
> Shouldn't the code block serve as a clear logical indicator that i don't
> intend for that line to become a heading?
>
> Example:
>
> #+BEGIN_SRC
> * hard nofile 20000
> #+END_SRC

Headline syntax has the highest priority, so that you do not
accidentally invalidate a bunch of headings simply by having a
#+begin_src deeply inside some text:

...
#+begin_src
(unclosed #+begin-src)
...
* many headings here
#+begin_src
...<everything up to the first unclosed #+begin_src would be considered
a part of src block if what you suggest were the case>
#+end_src

You need to escape headings inside src blocks or literal examples like

#+BEGIN_SRC
,* hard nofile 20000
#+END_SRC

or simply by having an indentation

 #+BEGIN_SRC
 * hard nofile 20000
 #+END_SRC

See "12.6 Literal Examples" section of Org mode manual.

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