Hello, There is a certain case when org-mode leaves trailing whitespace on ":LOGBOOK:" and ":END:" lines and this was bringing me a little annoyance, as I like to keep my org files neat. I finally tracked down the source of the problem.
I use the following configuration to automatically create a logbook drawer for each TODO: (setq org-treat-insert-todo-heading-as-state-change t org-log-into-drawer t org-todo-keywords '((sequence "TODO(t!)" "|" "DONE(d!)"))) Down at the end of `org-indent-line', a bit of code meant to clean up the whitespace of properties inserts the trailing whitespace in the case of the ":LOGBOOK:" and ":END:" lines. (if (looking-at org-property-re) (replace-match (concat (match-string 4) (format org-property-format (match-string 1) (match-string 3))) t t)) The ":LOGBOOK:" and ":END:" lines are matched by this block. The default value of org-property-format is "%-10s %s", so ":LOGBOOK:" and ":END:" are considered property keys and get padded out to 10 characters; then an additional space is added after that, followed by nothing because `(match-string 3)' is nil. I'm not sure of the best way to rewrite the above block to eliminate the trailing whitespace, but I would really appreciate any help in getting such a change applied. Thank you, John Foerch