Bill, > I run Org from the source tree, and recently (a couple of weeks ago or > so) something new started happening with my Org files with R source > blocks: when I open one up, an R session automatically starts, > without me doing anything.
i don't see that behavior. does it do this for 'emacs -Q' (suitably tailored to load org mode, set `org-babel-load-languages`, etc.)? cheers, Greg