You cannot reproduce the problem? If I were actually getting spaces, and not "\emsp", as the content of my table, that would be best.
Org-mode version 8.2.7c (8.2.7c-51-g896fa6-elpa) GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.10.9) of 2014-08-18 on buildvm-21.phx2.fedoraproject.org - Tory Nicolas Goaziou <m...@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes: > Hello, > > torys.ander...@gmail.com (Tory S. Anderson) writes: > >> 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: > > AFAICT, there is nothing wrong. "\emsp" is a space. It replaces > constructs like "\__", which do not exist anymore. > > > Regards,