Hello.
I have this file: #+STARTUP: fnlocal * headline 1 1st call to footnote 1[fn:1] [fn:1] footnote 1 body * subtree to be exported 2nd call to footnote 1[fn:1] call to footnote 2[fn:2] [fn:2] footnote 2 body * COMMENT commented headline nothing - 1st issue I use 'emacs -Q' GNU Emacs 27.2 (build 1, x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.30, cairo version 1.17.4) of 2021-08-07 Org mode version 9.4.4 (release_9.4.4 @ /usr/share/emacs/27.2/lisp/org/) and visit the file with 'C-x C-f'. I export the subtree with 'C-c C-e C-s l o' on the "subtree to be exported" headline and get the dreadful Wrong type argument: consp, nil - 2nd issue If I delete the 1st line (#+STARTUP: fnlocal) and export the subtree again, it gives the same error message, but, if I save the file with 'C-x C-s', revisit it with 'C-x C-v <RET>' and export the subtree again, then I get a pdf which is as initially expected, in particular with the line '2nd call to footnote 1^1 call to footnote 2^2' and both footnotes. - 3rd issue I quit emacs, restart it with 'emacs -Q' and revisit the original file. I delete the two lines with '[fn:2]', and export the subtree again; I get the pdf file I expect with "2nd call to footnote 1^1" and the footnote. - 4th issue I quit emacs, restart it with 'emacs -Q', do 'M-x toggle-debug-on-error', revisit the original file and export the subtree again. (I get a Backtrace which is about 21000 characters so I ommit it so far.) But the buffer is narrowed; I only see: 2nd call to footnote 1[fn:1] call to footnote 2[fn:2] [fn:2] footnote 2 body - 5th issue After widening it with 'C-x n w', I apparently see my original file, but if I do 'C-x s', and answer 'y' to the following question (debug3.org is the name of my file): Save file /home/cochard/Org/debug3.org? (y, n, !, ., q, C-r, C-f, d or C-h) then, using for example 'cat debug3.org' from a terminal, I can see that the last two lines of the file, i.e., * COMMENT commented headline nothing have disapeared. Nothing makes sense for me. Thanks in advance for any explanation. -- EOST (École et Observatoire des Sciences de la Terre) ITE (Institut Terre & Environnement) | alain.coch...@unistra.fr 5 rue René Descartes [bureau 110] | Phone: +33 (0)3 68 85 50 44 F-67084 Strasbourg Cedex, France | [ slot available for rent ]