Hi, When I enter into wdired-mode I can edit every char in the file names but the first. For instance, workaround or renaming "foo" to "afoo" is to insert "af" after "f" and then delete first "f" with backspace. Patch below to file to wdired.el fixes the issue for me. Regards juanleon *** wdired.el 2014-05-21 15:39:09.367026680 +0200 --- wdired.el.ori 2014-05-21 15:39:00.183026259 +0200 *************** or \\[wdired-abort-changes] to abort cha *** 289,295 **** ;; the filename can't be modified. (add-text-properties (1- (point)) (point) `(old-name ,filename rear-nonsticky (read-only))) ! (put-text-property b-protection (1- (point)) 'read-only t) (setq b-protection (dired-move-to-end-of-filename t)) (put-text-property (point) (1+ (point)) 'end-name t)) (forward-line)) --- 289,295 ---- ;; the filename can't be modified. (add-text-properties (1- (point)) (point) `(old-name ,filename rear-nonsticky (read-only))) ! (put-text-property b-protection (point) 'read-only t) (setq b-protection (dired-move-to-end-of-filename t)) (put-text-property (point) (1+ (point)) 'end-name t)) (forward-line))