I found the problem and have changed it as per below. The \emsp is being interpreted literally. I just changed mine back to underscores.
>From org-clock.el: (defun org-clocktable-indent-string (level) (if (= level 1) "" (let ((str " ")) (dotimes (k (1- level) str) ;; (setq str (concat "\\emsp" str)))))) (setq str (concat "__" str)))))) torys.ander...@gmail.com (Tory S. Anderson) writes: > My elpa orgmode is running Org-mode version 8.2.7c, btw. Do others have this > (possibly elpa-specific) problem? > >> Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 17:36:24 +0200 >> From: Dieter Sch?n <die...@schoen.or.at> >> To: orgmode list <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org> >> Subject: Re: [O] Latest clocktable mis-formats headings >> Message-ID: <c4c0b4f1-62c9-4d88-b985-ee4a7829b...@email.android.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> >> Hi, >> I had the same problem, and I could solve it by removing an org installation >> in .emacs.d/elpa. >> (My regular org installation is a git sandbox). >> >> Regards, >> Dieter >> >> On 30. August 2014 17:00:39 MESZ, torys.ander...@gmail.com wrote: >>>My latest clocktables have started to stumble on the formatting of >>>subheadings; some of the leading "*" of the items seem to be making it >>>into the table as "\emsp". What's the problem? >>> >>>Example: >>> >>>#+BEGIN: clocktable :maxlevel 4 :scope subtree >>>#+CAPTION: Clock summary at [2014-08-30 Sat 10:58] >>>| Headline | Time | | | | >>>|---------------------------------------+---------+---+-------+------| >>>| *Total time* | *24:45* | | | | >>>|---------------------------------------+---------+---+-------+------| >>>| \emsp\emsp >>>[[file:/home/torys/emacs/Notes/Work.org::Work%20Week%204%20<2014-08-25%20Mon>--<2014-08-30%20Sat>][Work >>>Week 4 <2014-08-25...]] | | | 24:45 | | >>>| \emsp\emsp\emsp [[file:/home/torys/emacs/Notes/Work.org::NRL][NRL]] >>> | | | | 2:55 | >>>| \emsp\emsp\emsp >>>[[file:/home/torys/emacs/Notes/Work.org::GRA%20w/Murray][GRA w/Murray]] >>> | | | | 7:34 | >>>| \emsp\emsp\emsp >>>[[file:/home/torys/emacs/Notes/Work.org::8803%20Work][8803 Work]] >>> | | | | 3:50 | >>>| \emsp\emsp\emsp >>>[[file:/home/torys/emacs/Notes/Work.org::8801%20Work][8801 Work]] >>> | | | | 1:00 | >>>| \emsp\emsp\emsp >>>[[file:/home/torys/emacs/Notes/Work.org::CS%207637%20Work][CS 7637 >>>Work]] | | | | 8:41 | >>>| \emsp\emsp\emsp >>>[[file:/home/torys/emacs/Notes/Work.org::Personal%20Writing][Personal >>>Writing]] | | | | 0:45 | >>>#+END: