Emacs bug: resetting mark location

[George Antoun]

I've been having an issue with Emacs for some time now where it seems 
that Emacs tends to reset the mark location. The sequence of keystrokes 
that I run into is as follows:

1.) set a mark
2.) move the cursor several characters with the arrow keys
3.) perform a search forward
4.) perform a cut

The cut operation executes successfully, however the mark location for 
some reason is consistently moved to cursor location the end of step 
(2.) Can you provide any insight into why this is occurring? I have 
checked with several of my co-workers and they are experiencing the same 
problem. I am using Emacs version 20.7.1 on a PC. Thanks for your help.

George Antoun

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George Antoun
Project Engineer
ATA Engineering, Inc.

george.antoun@ata-e.com
Phone: (858) 480-2084