Emacs commands to move around in this buffer, and special Dired
commands to operate on the listed files.
- The Dired buffer is read-only, and inserting text in it is not
-allowed. Ordinary printing characters such as @kbd{d} and @kbd{x} are
+ The Dired buffer is normally read-only, and inserting text in it is
+not allowed (however, the Wdired mode allows that, @pxref{Wdired}).
+Ordinary printing characters such as @kbd{d} and @kbd{x} are
redefined for special Dired commands. Some Dired commands @dfn{mark}
or @dfn{flag} the @dfn{current file} (that is, the file on the current
line); other commands operate on the marked files or on the flagged