Subject: bug#17541: 24.3; wdired do not allow to edit first char in filenames

From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 18:56:34 -0400

JuanLeon Lahoz wrote:

> 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.

Thanks for the report, but I cannot reproduce this.
I can rename "foo" to "afoo" just fine.
Does this happen with emacs -Q?