diff --git a/src/calibre/devices/usbms/device.py b/src/calibre/devices/usbms/device.py
index a4154cbae5..b217d41546 100644
--- a/src/calibre/devices/usbms/device.py
+++ b/src/calibre/devices/usbms/device.py
@@ -801,33 +801,29 @@ class Device(DeviceConfig, DevicePlugin):
         fname = sanitize(fname)
         ext = os.path.splitext(fname)[1]
 
-        if special_tag is None:
-            from calibre.library.save_to_disk import get_components
-            extra_components = get_components(template, mdata, fname)
+        from calibre.library.save_to_disk import get_components
+        extra_components = get_components(template, mdata, fname)
+        if not extra_components:
+            extra_components.append(sanitize(self.filename_callback(fname,
+                mdata)))
         else:
+            extra_components[-1] = sanitize(self.filename_callback(extra_components[-1]+ext, mdata))
+
+        if special_tag is not None:
+            name = extra_components[-1]
+            extra_components = []
             tag = special_tag
             if tag.startswith(_('News')):
                 extra_components.append('News')
-                c = sanitize(mdata.title if mdata.title else '')
-                #c = c.split('[')[0].strip()
-                if c:
-                    extra_components.append(c)
             else:
                 for c in tag.split('/'):
                     c = sanitize(c)
                     if not c: continue
                     extra_components.append(c)
-
+            extra_components.append(name)
 
         if not use_subdirs:
-            extra_components = extra_components[:1]
-
-        if not extra_components:
-            fname = sanitize(self.filename_callback(fname, mdata))
-            extra_components.append(fname)
-            extra_components = [str(x) for x in extra_components]
-        else:
-            extra_components[-1] += ext
+            extra_components = extra_components[-1:]
 
         def remove_trailing_periods(x):
             ans = x
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/output.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/output.py
index 3b4065213e..4e76a2d298 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/output.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/pdb/output.py
@@ -47,10 +47,8 @@ class PDBOutput(OutputFormatPlugin):
         if Writer is None:
             raise PDBError('No writer available for format %s.' % format)
 
-        setattr(opts, 'flush_paras', False)
         setattr(opts, 'max_line_length', 0)
         setattr(opts, 'force_max_line_length', False)
-        setattr(opts, 'indent_paras', False)
 
         writer = Writer(opts, log)
 
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/pml/pmlconverter.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/pml/pmlconverter.py
index 099a23c544..3484be5927 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/pml/pmlconverter.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/pml/pmlconverter.py
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ class PML_HTMLizer(object):
         'ra': ('<span id="r%s"></span><a href="#%s">', '</a>'),
         'c': ('<div style="text-align: center; margin: auto;">', '</div>'),
         'r': ('<div style="text-align: right;">', '</div>'),
-        't': ('<div style="text-indent: 1.5em;">', '</div>'),
-        'T': ('<div style="text-indent: %s;">', '</div>'),
+        't': ('<div style="margin-left: 5%;">', '</div>'),
+        'T': ('<div style="margin-left: %s;">', '</div>'),
         'i': ('<span style="font-style: italic;">', '</span>'),
         'u': ('<span style="text-decoration: underline;">', '</span>'),
         'd': ('<span style="text-decoration: line-through;">', '</span>'),
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/pml/pmlml.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/pml/pmlml.py
index 2e00ad6ae3..4310fb39ad 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/pml/pmlml.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/pml/pmlml.py
@@ -182,9 +182,14 @@ class PMLMLizer(object):
         # Remove excessive spaces
         text = re.sub('[ ]{2,}', ' ', text)
 
-        # Remove excessive newlines
+        # Remove excessive newlines.
         text = re.sub('\n[ ]+\n', '\n\n', text)
-        text = re.sub('\n\n\n+', '\n\n', text)
+        if self.opts.remove_paragraph_spacing:
+            text = re.sub('\n{2,}', '\n', text)
+            text = re.sub('(?imu)^(?P<text>.+)$', lambda mo: mo.group('text') if re.search(r'\\[XxCm]', mo.group('text')) else '    %s' % mo.group('text'), text)
+        else:
+            text = re.sub('\n{4,}', '\n\n\n', text)
+
 
         return text
 
@@ -204,12 +209,10 @@ class PMLMLizer(object):
         tag_count = 0
 
         # Are we in a paragraph block?
-        if tag in BLOCK_TAGS:# or style['display'] in BLOCK_STYLES:
+        if tag in BLOCK_TAGS: # or style['display'] in BLOCK_STYLES:
             if 'block' not in tag_stack:
                 tag_count += 1
                 tag_stack.append('block')
-                if self.opts.remove_paragraph_spacing:
-                    text.append('\\t')
 
         # Process tags that need special processing and that do not have inner
         # text. Usually these require an argument
@@ -289,14 +292,10 @@ class PMLMLizer(object):
             close_tag_list.insert(0, tag_stack.pop())
         text += self.close_tags(close_tag_list)
         if tag in SEPARATE_TAGS:
-            text.append('\n')
-            if not self.opts.remove_paragraph_spacing:
-                text.append('\n')
+            text.append('\n\n')
 
-        if 'block' not in tag_stack and text and text[-1] != '\n':
-            text.append('\n')
-            if not self.opts.remove_paragraph_spacing:
-                text.append('\n')
+        if 'block' not in tag_stack:
+            text.append('\n\n')
 
         #if style['page-break-after'] == 'always':
         #    text.append('\\p')
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/output.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/output.py
index 32bde90fe8..15db4b1974 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/output.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/output.py
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ class TXTOutput(OutputFormatPlugin):
         OptionRecommendation(name='inline_toc',
             recommended_value=False, level=OptionRecommendation.LOW,
             help=_('Add Table of Contents to beginning of the book.')),
-        OptionRecommendation(name='flush_paras',
-            recommended_value=False, level=OptionRecommendation.LOW,
-            help=_('Do not add a blank line between paragraphs.')),
         OptionRecommendation(name='max_line_length',
             recommended_value=0, level=OptionRecommendation.LOW,
             help=_('The maximum number of characters per line. This splits on '
@@ -47,9 +44,6 @@ class TXTOutput(OutputFormatPlugin):
             recommended_value=False, level=OptionRecommendation.LOW,
             help=_('Force splitting on the max-line-length value when no space '
             'is present. Also allows max-line-length to be below the minimum')),
-        OptionRecommendation(name='indent_paras',
-            recommended_value=False, level=OptionRecommendation.LOW,
-            help=_('Add a tab at the beginning of each paragraph.')),
      ])
 
     def convert(self, oeb_book, output_path, input_plugin, opts, log):
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/txtml.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/txtml.py
index 45383675b4..0f9700a124 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/txtml.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/txtml.py
@@ -98,18 +98,16 @@ class TXTMLizer(object):
 
         # Remove excessive newlines.
         text = re.sub('\n[ ]+\n', '\n\n', text)
-        if self.opts.flush_paras:
+        if self.opts.remove_paragraph_spacing:
             text = re.sub('\n{2,}', '\n', text)
+            text = re.sub('(?imu)^(?=.)', '\t', text)
         else:
-            text = re.sub('\n{3,}', '\n\n', text)
+            text = re.sub('\n{4,}', '\n\n\n', text)
 
         # Replace spaces at the beginning and end of lines
         text = re.sub('(?imu)^[ ]+', '', text)
         text = re.sub('(?imu)[ ]+$', '', text)
 
-        if self.opts.indent_paras:
-            text = re.sub('(?imu)^(?=.)', '\t', text)
-
         if self.opts.max_line_length:
             max_length = self.opts.max_line_length
             if self.opts.max_line_length < 25 and not self.opts.force_max_line_length:
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/convert/txt_output.py b/src/calibre/gui2/convert/txt_output.py
index 2fc7f19908..b79cd5779c 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/convert/txt_output.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/convert/txt_output.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class PluginWidget(Widget, Ui_Form):
     def __init__(self, parent, get_option, get_help, db=None, book_id=None):
         Widget.__init__(self, parent, 'txt_output',
         ['newline', 'max_line_length', 'force_max_line_length',
-        'inline_toc', 'flush_paras', 'indent_paras'])
+        'inline_toc'])
         self.db, self.book_id = db, book_id
         self.initialize_options(get_option, get_help, db, book_id)
 
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/convert/txt_output.ui b/src/calibre/gui2/convert/txt_output.ui
index 8e5429b0ce..11a38690b1 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/convert/txt_output.ui
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/convert/txt_output.ui
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
    <item row="0" column="1">
     <widget class="QComboBox" name="opt_newline"/>
    </item>
-   <item row="6" column="0">
+   <item row="4" column="0">
     <spacer name="verticalSpacer">
      <property name="orientation">
       <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
@@ -47,20 +47,6 @@
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
-   <item row="4" column="0" colspan="2">
-    <widget class="QCheckBox" name="opt_flush_paras">
-     <property name="text">
-      <string>Do not add a blank line between paragraphs.</string>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
-   <item row="5" column="0" colspan="2">
-    <widget class="QCheckBox" name="opt_indent_paras">
-     <property name="text">
-      <string>Add a tab at the beginning of each paragraph</string>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
    <item row="1" column="1">
     <widget class="QSpinBox" name="opt_max_line_length"/>
    </item>