> 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.

We could bind [mouse-2] on highlighted URLs to follow a link exactly like
lisp/net/goto-addr.el does.

> 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.

I agree.  A new option would be useful.

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/



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