I think that is normal. The comma is some way that org escapes the * so it cannot be mistaken for a headline. The comma should have no effect on running the code with C-c C-c, and it should go away when you run C-c ' in the src-block, and reappear when you exit that. If you get rid of the leading *, the comma will disappear.
Is there an actual problem running the code? Lawrence Bottorff writes: > I found this bizarre thing while doing some babel coding. I start by > putting this template together > > #+name: leibniz_3 > #+begin_src lisp :session :exports code :results silent > > #+end_src > > Then from this page > <ftp://ftp.cs.washington.edu/homes/tanimoto/ai/LEIBNIZ.CL> I copy this code > (some 40 lines down) > > . . . > (push (make-rule :goal (first r) > :pattern (second r) > :action (third r) > :name (fourth r)) > *rules*) ) > > into a C-c ' buffer. But when I return to my org buffer (with an additional > C-c '), it has done this: > > #+name: leibtest > #+begin_src lisp :session :exports code :results silent > (push (make-rule :goal (first r) > :pattern (second r) > :action (third r) > :name (fourth r)) > ,*rules*) ) > #+end_src > > Can you spot the difference? Subtle bug as it is, the code now has a comma > thrown in on the last line. At first I thought this was some copying crud > -- for example, if I simply highlight my code directly off this email (in > Chrome/gmail) and try to XWinows-paste (middle wheel mouse click) it in, it > throws in weird white-space crud -- but no, this comma add thing is only > from doing a C-c ' round trip! And no, it's not an issue of how I put in > the code: copy or type -- into the original org buffer or into the C-c ' > buffer. Again, just a C-c ' round trip throws in this comma. Odd > coincidence, but this might have been legitimate CL code, except the list > needs a backquote too. This has been a hair-pulling, all-time-top-ten bug, > to be sure. And diff shows only this problem on the whole LEIBNIZ.CL file. > Any ideas what's causing this? > > Lb -- Professor John Kitchin Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 @johnkitchin http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu
