diff --git a/resources/recipes/nytimes.recipe b/resources/recipes/nytimes.recipe
index eaa428e731..6f80f4f85f 100644
--- a/resources/recipes/nytimes.recipe
+++ b/resources/recipes/nytimes.recipe
@@ -685,3 +685,28 @@ class NYTimes(BasicNewsRecipe):
             divTag.replaceWith(tag)
 
         return soup
+
+    def populate_article_metadata(self, article, soup, first):
+        shortparagraph = ""
+        try:
+            if len(article.text_summary.strip()) == 0:
+                articlebodies = soup.findAll('div',attrs={'class':'articleBody'})
+                if articlebodies:
+                    for articlebody in articlebodies:
+                        if articlebody:
+                            paras = articlebody.findAll('p')
+                            for p in paras:
+                                refparagraph = self.massageNCXText(self.tag_to_string(p,use_alt=False)).strip()
+                                #account for blank paragraphs and short paragraphs by appending them to longer ones
+                                if len(refparagraph) > 0:
+                                    if len(refparagraph) > 70: #approximately one line of text
+                                        article.summary = article.text_summary = shortparagraph + refparagraph
+                                        return
+                                    else:
+                                        shortparagraph = refparagraph + " "
+                                        if shortparagraph.strip().find(" ") == -1 and not shortparagraph.strip().endswith(":"):
+                                            shortparagraph = shortparagraph + "- "
+        except:
+            self.log("Error creating article descriptions")
+            return
+
diff --git a/resources/recipes/nytimes_sub.recipe b/resources/recipes/nytimes_sub.recipe
index e56fd9cdec..8ac7c735f7 100644
--- a/resources/recipes/nytimes_sub.recipe
+++ b/resources/recipes/nytimes_sub.recipe
@@ -685,4 +685,27 @@ class NYTimes(BasicNewsRecipe):
             divTag.replaceWith(tag)
 
         return soup
+    def populate_article_metadata(self, article, soup, first):
+        shortparagraph = ""
+        try:
+            if len(article.text_summary.strip()) == 0:
+                articlebodies = soup.findAll('div',attrs={'class':'articleBody'})
+                if articlebodies:
+                    for articlebody in articlebodies:
+                        if articlebody:
+                            paras = articlebody.findAll('p')
+                            for p in paras:
+                                refparagraph = self.massageNCXText(self.tag_to_string(p,use_alt=False)).strip()
+                                #account for blank paragraphs and short paragraphs by appending them to longer ones
+                                if len(refparagraph) > 0:
+                                    if len(refparagraph) > 70: #approximately one line of text
+                                        article.summary = article.text_summary = shortparagraph + refparagraph
+                                        return
+                                    else:
+                                        shortparagraph = refparagraph + " "
+                                        if shortparagraph.strip().find(" ") == -1 and not shortparagraph.strip().endswith(":"):
+                                            shortparagraph = shortparagraph + "- "
+        except:
+            self.log("Error creating article descriptions")
+            return
 
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/plugins.ui b/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/plugins.ui
index 18f0786a66..83a904eb08 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/plugins.ui
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/plugins.ui
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@
      <property name="text">
       <string>&amp;Add a new plugin</string>
      </property>
+     <property name="icon">
+      <iconset resource="../../../../resources/images.qrc">
+       <normaloff>:/images/plugins.png</normaloff>:/images/plugins.png</iconset>
+     </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
   </layout>
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/shortcuts.py b/src/calibre/gui2/shortcuts.py
index bdd699a69d..5e56435e10 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/shortcuts.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/shortcuts.py
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class Delegate(QStyledItemDelegate):
         custom = []
         if editor.custom.isChecked():
             for x in ('1', '2'):
-                sc = getattr(editor, 'shortcut'+x)
+                sc = getattr(editor, 'shortcut'+x, None)
                 if sc is not None:
                     custom.append(sc)
 
@@ -266,6 +266,11 @@ class ShortcutConfig(QWidget):
         self.view.scrollTo(index)
 
 
+    @property
+    def is_editing(self):
+        return self.view.state() == self.view.EditingState
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     from calibre.gui2 import is_ok_to_use_qt
     from calibre.gui2.viewer.keys import SHORTCUTS
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/documentview.py b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/documentview.py
index 55abae0392..4485e63373 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/documentview.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/viewer/documentview.py
@@ -120,6 +120,13 @@ class ConfigDialog(QDialog, Ui_Dialog):
 
 
     def accept(self, *args):
+        if self.shortcut_config.is_editing:
+            from calibre.gui2 import info_dialog
+            info_dialog(self, _('Still editing'),
+                    _('You are in the middle of editing a keyboard shortcut'
+                        ' first complete that, by clicking outside the '
+                        ' shortcut editing box.'), show=True)
+            return
         c = config()
         c.set('serif_family', unicode(self.serif_family.currentFont().family()))
         c.set('sans_family', unicode(self.sans_family.currentFont().family()))