I can reproduce this if I have something like the following in the preamble:
#+COLUMNS: %45ITEM %10BEAMER_ENV(Env) %10BEAMER_ACT(Act) %4BEAMER_COL(Col) %8BEAMER_OPT(Opt) org-set-property seems to be extracting these settings for use as heading properties. Removing this line also removes the properties when using C-c C-x p. On 28 September 2017 at 08:16, Nicolas Goaziou <m...@nicolasgoaziou.fr> wrote: > Hello, > > James Harkins <jamshar...@zoho.com> writes: > > > On September 27, 2017 14:03:06 Eric S Fraga <esfli...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> On Wednesday, 27 Sep 2017 at 11:53, James Harkins wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> There seems to be a mistake in the org-mode Ubuntu 16.02 packages. > >>> > >>> For beamer, if I C-c C-x p to add a property, one of the predefined > options is: > >>> > >>> :BEAMER_act(Act): 1 > >> > >> I think (could be wrong on this) that org includes any properties you > >> already have as pre-defined options available to you. Maybe you have > >> this property already in your file? > > > > No, I have never used this (incorrect) property. This occurs in > > a brand new org file too. > > > > Oh, just did a search: ox-beamer.el, line 81, defines columns for > > beamer properties, including the incantation "%10BEAMER_act(Act)" -- > > which, except for the %10, matches the behavior precisely. It appears > > that C-c C-x p is treating this as the true name of the property, when > > it's really something for display. > > > > Anyway, the string inserted by C-c C-x p just doesn't work. > > FWIW, I cannot reproduce it. > > Regards, > > -- > Nicolas Goaziou > >
