Re: problems with set-mark-command

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Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann wrote in message 
news:<vaffzwghixd.fsf@lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de>...
> Stefan Wendel <swendel@postamt1.charite.de> writes:
> 
> > When I set a mark with ESC-@ it will not be set at
> > the actual position of my cursor
> > but somewhere else.
> 
> ESC @ puts the mark at the end of the word.  C-@ sets the mark at the
> current cursor position.
> 
> Maybe you can't type that key because of your telnet client, though
> :-(
> 
> kai

I had similar situtation and I used
 M-@, set-point, C-x C-x, M-b

Then I downloaded Windows Client for gnu emacs, and now it C-<SPC>
works fine and  I use mouse often.

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