All the patterns that calls `newsticker--lists-intersect-p' in lisp/net/newst-plainview.el like: (newsticker--lists-intersect-p (get-text-property (point) 'invisible) buffer-invisibility-spec) Can be replace by `(invisible-p (point))' accordingly to reduce boilerplate. This patch would also remove the definition of `newsticker--lists-intersect-p' from lisp/net/newst-backend.el since is it not referenced elsewhere. --- ldb