diff --git a/src/node/utils/ExportHelper.js b/src/node/utils/ExportHelper.js
index 030b0dc75..a939a8b6e 100644
--- a/src/node/utils/ExportHelper.js
+++ b/src/node/utils/ExportHelper.js
@@ -47,58 +47,6 @@ exports.getPadPlainText = function(pad, revNum){
   return pieces.join('');
 }
 
-// copied from ACE
-exports._processSpaces = function(s){
-  var doesWrap = true;
-  if (s.indexOf("<") < 0 && !doesWrap){
-    // short-cut
-    return s.replace(/ /g, '&nbsp;');
-  }
-  var parts = [];
-  s.replace(/<[^>]*>?| |[^ <]+/g, function (m){
-    parts.push(m);
-  });
-  if (doesWrap){
-    var endOfLine = true;
-    var beforeSpace = false;
-    // last space in a run is normal, others are nbsp,
-    // end of line is nbsp
-    for (var i = parts.length - 1; i >= 0; i--){
-      var p = parts[i];
-      if (p == " "){
-        if (endOfLine || beforeSpace) parts[i] = '&nbsp;';
-        endOfLine = false;
-        beforeSpace = true;
-      }
-      else if (p.charAt(0) != "<"){
-        endOfLine = false;
-        beforeSpace = false;
-      }
-    }
-    // beginning of line is nbsp
-    for (var i = 0; i < parts.length; i++){
-      var p = parts[i];
-      if (p == " "){
-        parts[i] = '&nbsp;';
-        break;
-      }
-      else if (p.charAt(0) != "<"){
-        break;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  else
-  {
-    for (var i = 0; i < parts.length; i++){
-      var p = parts[i];
-      if (p == " "){
-        parts[i] = '&nbsp;';
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  return parts.join('');
-}
-
 
 exports._analyzeLine = function(text, aline, apool){
   var line = {};
diff --git a/src/node/utils/ExportHtml.js b/src/node/utils/ExportHtml.js
index a54f566c2..585694d4b 100644
--- a/src/node/utils/ExportHtml.js
+++ b/src/node/utils/ExportHtml.js
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ var ERR = require("async-stacktrace");
 var Security = require('ep_etherpad-lite/static/js/security');
 var hooks = require('ep_etherpad-lite/static/js/pluginfw/hooks');
 var getPadPlainText = require('./ExportHelper').getPadPlainText
-var _processSpaces = require('./ExportHelper')._processSpaces;
 var _analyzeLine = require('./ExportHelper')._analyzeLine;
 var _encodeWhitespace = require('./ExportHelper')._encodeWhitespace;
 
@@ -543,3 +542,57 @@ function _findURLs(text)
 
   return urls;
 }
+
+
+// copied from ACE
+function _processSpaces(s){
+  var doesWrap = true;
+  if (s.indexOf("<") < 0 && !doesWrap){
+    // short-cut
+    return s.replace(/ /g, '&nbsp;');
+  }
+  var parts = [];
+  s.replace(/<[^>]*>?| |[^ <]+/g, function (m){
+    parts.push(m);
+  });
+  if (doesWrap){
+    var endOfLine = true;
+    var beforeSpace = false;
+    // last space in a run is normal, others are nbsp,
+    // end of line is nbsp
+    for (var i = parts.length - 1; i >= 0; i--){
+      var p = parts[i];
+      if (p == " "){
+        if (endOfLine || beforeSpace) parts[i] = '&nbsp;';
+        endOfLine = false;
+        beforeSpace = true;
+      }
+      else if (p.charAt(0) != "<"){
+        endOfLine = false;
+        beforeSpace = false;
+      }
+    }
+    // beginning of line is nbsp
+    for (var i = 0; i < parts.length; i++){
+      var p = parts[i];
+      if (p == " "){
+        parts[i] = '&nbsp;';
+        break;
+      }
+      else if (p.charAt(0) != "<"){
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    for (var i = 0; i < parts.length; i++){
+      var p = parts[i];
+      if (p == " "){
+        parts[i] = '&nbsp;';
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return parts.join('');
+}
+
diff --git a/src/node/utils/ExportTxt.js b/src/node/utils/ExportTxt.js
index 30673a981..05847f162 100644
--- a/src/node/utils/ExportTxt.js
+++ b/src/node/utils/ExportTxt.js
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ var ERR = require("async-stacktrace");
 var Security = require('ep_etherpad-lite/static/js/security');
 var hooks = require('ep_etherpad-lite/static/js/pluginfw/hooks');
 var getPadPlainText = require('./ExportHelper').getPadPlainText;
-var _processSpaces = require('./ExportHelper')._processSpaces;
 var _analyzeLine = require('./ExportHelper')._analyzeLine;
 var _encodeWhitespace = require('./ExportHelper')._encodeWhitespace;
 
@@ -204,12 +203,12 @@ function getTXTFromAtext(pad, atext, authorColors)
           {
             if (propVals[i] === ENTER || propVals[i] === STAY)
             {
-              emitOpenTag(i);
               propVals[i] = true;
             }
           }
           // propVals is now all {true,false} again
         } // end if (propChanged)
+
         var chars = o.chars;
         if (o.lines)
         {
@@ -217,16 +216,15 @@ function getTXTFromAtext(pad, atext, authorColors)
         }
         
         var s = taker.take(chars);
-        
-        //removes the characters with the code 12. Don't know where they come 
-        //from but they break the abiword parser and are completly useless
-        s = s.replace(String.fromCharCode(12), "");
+
+        // removes the characters with the code 12. Don't know where they come 
+        // from but they break the abiword parser and are completly useless
+        // s = s.replace(String.fromCharCode(12), "");
 
         // remove * from s, it's just not needed on a blank line..  This stops
         // plugins from being able to display * at the beginning of a line
-        s = s.replace("*", "");
-        
-        // assem.append(_encodeWhitespace(Security.escapeHTML(s)));
+        // s = s.replace("*", ""); // Then remove it
+
         assem.append(_encodeWhitespace(s));
       } // end iteration over spans in line
       
@@ -242,8 +240,7 @@ function getTXTFromAtext(pad, atext, authorColors)
       
     } // end processNextChars
     processNextChars(text.length - idx);
-
-    return _processSpaces(assem.toString());
+    return(assem.toString());
   } // end getLineHTML
   var pieces = [css];