I think this is the correct behaviour, since headlines cannot span multiple lines (as far as I know).
This is also the case for the fill-paragraph command. If you try to call fill-paragraph in a headline nothing happens. -- Darlan At Thu, 9 Jun 2011 17:56:02 -0400, Lex Fridman <lexfrid...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I enable auto-fill (aka word wrap) with: > (add-hook 'org-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-fill) > > Now, while editting an org file, I check the minor modes with "C-h m", > and Auto-Fill is one of them. So when I type a long line it should > automatically wrap, right? It does for regular text but NOT for when > it's a headline (line starts with one or more *'s). > > I'm sorry if this is a trivial question, but I simply have not been > able to find a solution. I'm using org-mode version 7.4 in emacs > 23.2.1 on Ubuntu 11.04. >