I am not sure if this is the right mailing list to use, but it's the only one I see that actually has follow-ups for the posts. 

I would like to start a mark (ctrl-space) then move forward word by word (forward-word) and keep my mark active.  However, in xemacs, this doesn't work, my mark is cancelled as soon as I execute forward-word.

I am using the xemacs 21.4 port for Windows.  I have recently switched from emacs to xemacs.  I have searched extensively online for this answer and cant find it.

Thanks,

Sue