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"Paul Edwards" <kerravon@nosppaam.w3.to> writes:

> emacs 20.7.1 behaves as I expect.  I do ctrl-escape to start
> marking, and then I can find or goto to get to the spot where
> I want the block to end, and then I go ctrl-w to cut.
>
> xemacs loses my marker.

Try C-x C-x before C-w.  Also see the variable zmacs-regions (or similar).
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