I should add that I don't see this problem in Emacs 20, so it
must have been introduced since then.
Sorry; I was wrong about Emacs 20 - the problem (or feature?)
of persistent highlighting exists in that version also. The
only difference is that in Emacs 20 only the mouse-face is
highlighted; in Emacs 22 the face property is also changed
(bold, by default).
In case this is considered to be a feature, here are some arguments against
it:
1. Such mouse-face highlighting suggests a link or button - that is, it
suggests that you can click mouse-2 to follow the link. This is of course
not the case.
2. It is not needed - if you can use ffap the first time without such
highlighting, you can continue to do so without it. If you can get to all
such choices in a menu, you don't need them highlighted in the buffer.
3. It is distracting, and interferes with other highlighting.
At the very least, such persistent highlighting should be optional.
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