2 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 0b0a7dca4de..1e67505cb70 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-01-26  Phil Sung <psung@mit.edu> (tiny change)
+
+        * wdired.el (wdired-get-filename): Change `(1+ beg)' to `beg' so
+        that the filename end is found even when the filename is empty.
+        Fixes error and spurious newlines when marking files for deletion.
+
 2008-01-26  Martin Rudalics  <rudalics@gmx.at>
 
         * subr.el (find-tag-default): Simplify using exclusively
diff --git a/lisp/wdired.el b/lisp/wdired.el
index 287e2119c8d..36725db5db5 100644
--- a/lisp/wdired.el
+++ b/lisp/wdired.el
@@ -323,7 +323,11 @@ non-nil means return old filename."
       (unless (eq beg end)
         (if old
             (setq file (get-text-property beg 'old-name))
-          (setq end (next-single-property-change (1+ beg) 'end-name))
+          ;; In the following form changed `(1+ beg)' to `beg' so that
+          ;; the filename end is found even when the filename is empty.
+          ;; Fixes error and spurious newlines when marking files for
+          ;; deletion.
+          (setq end (next-single-property-change beg 'end-name))
           (setq file (buffer-substring-no-properties (1+ beg) end)))
         (and file (setq file (wdired-normalize-filename file))))
       (if (or no-dir old)