Re: occasional failure to rename

[martin rudalics]

> > > Weird.  Do you use wdired (aka "Edit File Names")?
> >
> > Yes. As far as I can tell I have the latest version:  1.9.2pre3

Emacs 22.1 has version 2.0.  What are your Emacs version and operating
system?

> > > The next time this happens do
> > >
> > > M-: (require 'dired-aux)
> > >
> > > and retry (but post the contents of the *Backtrace* buffer here before).
> >
> > Ok. thanks.
>
> t just happened again and I saw the problem. It occurs after I use
> "r" to change a file name.

What command was "r" bound to when you typed it, was it
`wdired-change-to-wdired-mode'?  Please do C-h k r.

> After that, emacs will throw an error if I
> use "R" to change/move a file during the same session. This occurs
> reliably.

Does

    M-: (require 'dired-aux)

work at least?