diff --git a/IPython/nbconvert/exporters/exporter.py b/IPython/nbconvert/exporters/exporter.py
index 921312a..641b297 100755
--- a/IPython/nbconvert/exporters/exporter.py
+++ b/IPython/nbconvert/exporters/exporter.py
@@ -48,24 +48,24 @@ JINJA_EXTENSIONS = ['jinja2.ext.loopcontrols']
 
 default_filters = {
         'indent': indent,
-        'markdown': filters.markdown2html,
+        'markdown2html': filters.markdown2html,
         'ansi2html': filters.ansi2html,
         'filter_data_type': filters.DataTypeFilter,
         'get_lines': filters.get_lines,
-        'highlight': filters.highlight,
-        'highlight2html': filters.highlight,
+        'highlight2html': filters.highlight2html,
         'highlight2latex': filters.highlight2latex,
         'markdown2latex': filters.markdown2latex,
         'markdown2rst': filters.markdown2rst,
-        'pycomment': filters.python_comment,
-        'rm_ansi': filters.remove_ansi,
-        'rm_dollars': filters.strip_dollars,
-        'rm_fake': filters.rm_fake,
-        'html_text' : filters.html_text,
+        'comment_lines': filters.comment_lines,
+        'strip_ansi': filters.strip_ansi,
+        'strip_dollars': filters.strip_dollars,
+        'strip_files_prefix': filters.strip_files_prefix,
+        'html2text' : filters.html2text,
         'add_anchor': filters.add_anchor,
         'ansi2latex': filters.ansi2latex,
-        'rm_math_space': filters.rm_math_space,
-        'wrap': filters.wrap
+        'strip_math_space': filters.strip_math_space,
+        'wrap_text': filters.wrap_text,
+        'escape_latex': filters.escape_latex
 }
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/IPython/nbconvert/exporters/latex.py b/IPython/nbconvert/exporters/latex.py
index 920e831..66751ce 100755
--- a/IPython/nbconvert/exporters/latex.py
+++ b/IPython/nbconvert/exporters/latex.py
@@ -68,20 +68,6 @@ class LatexExporter(Exporter):
     #Extension that the template files use.    
     template_extension = Unicode(".tplx", config=True)
 
-
-    def _init_filters(self):
-        """
-        Register all of the filters required for the exporter.
-        """
-        
-        #Register the filters of the base class.
-        super(LatexExporter, self)._init_filters()
-
-        #Add latex filters to the Jinja2 environment
-        self.register_filter('escape_tex', filters.escape_latex) 
-        self.register_filter('highlight', filters.highlight2latex) 
-    
-
     @property
     def default_config(self):
         c = Config({
diff --git a/IPython/nbconvert/filters/ansi.py b/IPython/nbconvert/filters/ansi.py
index 5098284..2139d7a 100644
--- a/IPython/nbconvert/filters/ansi.py
+++ b/IPython/nbconvert/filters/ansi.py
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ from IPython.utils import coloransi
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 __all__ = [
-    'remove_ansi',
+    'strip_ansi',
     'ansi2html',
     'single_ansi2latex',
     'ansi2latex'
 ]
 
-def remove_ansi(source):
+def strip_ansi(source):
     """
     Remove ansi from text
     
diff --git a/IPython/nbconvert/filters/highlight.py b/IPython/nbconvert/filters/highlight.py
index b506130..afb05b5 100644
--- a/IPython/nbconvert/filters/highlight.py
+++ b/IPython/nbconvert/filters/highlight.py
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ MULTILINE_OUTPUTS = ['text', 'html', 'svg', 'latex', 'javascript', 'json']
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 __all__ = [
-    'highlight',
+    'highlight2html',
     'highlight2latex'
 ]
 
 
-def highlight(source, language='ipython'):
+def highlight2html(source, language='ipython'):
     """
     Return a syntax-highlighted version of the input source as html output.
     
diff --git a/IPython/nbconvert/filters/latex.py b/IPython/nbconvert/filters/latex.py
index ca4b3f8..1942ffb 100755
--- a/IPython/nbconvert/filters/latex.py
+++ b/IPython/nbconvert/filters/latex.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ LATEX_SUBS = (
 
 __all__ = [
     'escape_latex',
-    'rm_math_space'
+    'strip_math_space'
 ]
 
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def escape_latex(text):
     return return_text
     
     
-def rm_math_space(text):
+def strip_math_space(text):
     """
     Remove the space between latex math commands and enclosing $ symbols.
     This filter is important because latex isn't as flexible as the notebook
diff --git a/IPython/nbconvert/filters/strings.py b/IPython/nbconvert/filters/strings.py
index 9ab2179..99b4464 100755
--- a/IPython/nbconvert/filters/strings.py
+++ b/IPython/nbconvert/filters/strings.py
@@ -26,17 +26,17 @@ from IPython.utils import py3compat
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 __all__ = [
-    'wrap',
-    'html_text',
+    'wrap_text',
+    'html2text',
     'add_anchor',
     'strip_dollars',
-    'rm_fake',
-    'python_comment',
+    'strip_files_prefix',
+    'comment_lines',
     'get_lines'
 ]
 
 
-def wrap(text, width=100):
+def wrap_text(text, width=100):
     """ 
     Intelligently wrap text.
     Wrap text without breaking words if possible.
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def wrap(text, width=100):
     return '\n'.join(wrpd)
 
 
-def html_text(element):
+def html2text(element):
     """extract inner text from html
     
     Analog of jQuery's $(element).text()
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def html_text(element):
     
     text = element.text or ""
     for child in element:
-        text += html_text(child)
+        text += html2text(child)
     text += (element.tail or "")
     return text
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def add_anchor(html):
     For use in heading cells
     """
     h = ElementTree.fromstring(py3compat.cast_bytes_py2(html))
-    link = html_text(h).replace(' ', '-')
+    link = html2text(h).replace(' ', '-')
     h.set('id', link)
     a = ElementTree.Element("a", {"class" : "anchor-link", "href" : "#" + link})
     a.text = u'¶'
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def strip_dollars(text):
 
 files_url_pattern = re.compile(r'(src|href)\=([\'"]?)files/')
 
-def rm_fake(text):
+def strip_files_prefix(text):
     """
     Fix all fake URLs that start with `files/`,
     stripping out the `files/` prefix.
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def rm_fake(text):
     return files_url_pattern.sub(r"\1=\2", text)
 
 
-def python_comment(text):
+def comment_lines(text, prefix='# '):
     """
     Build a Python comment line from input text.
     
@@ -120,12 +120,14 @@ def python_comment(text):
     ----------
     text : str
         Text to comment out.
+    prefix : str
+        Character to append to the start of each line.
     """
     
     #Replace line breaks with line breaks and comment symbols.
     #Also add a comment symbol at the beginning to comment out
     #the first line.
-    return '# '+'\n# '.join(text.split('\n')) 
+    return prefix + ('\n'+prefix).join(text.split('\n')) 
 
 
 def get_lines(text, start=None,end=None):
diff --git a/IPython/nbconvert/filters/tests/test_ansi.py b/IPython/nbconvert/filters/tests/test_ansi.py
index 55fc192..9528347 100644
--- a/IPython/nbconvert/filters/tests/test_ansi.py
+++ b/IPython/nbconvert/filters/tests/test_ansi.py
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ class TestAnsi(TestsBase):
     """Contains test functions for ansi.py"""
 
 
-    def test_remove_ansi(self):
+    def test_strip_ansi(self):
         """
-        remove_ansi test
+        strip_ansi test
         """
         correct_outputs = {
             '%s%s%s' % (TermColors.Green, TermColors.White, TermColors.Red)  : '',
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ class TestAnsi(TestsBase):
             'hello' : 'hello'}
 
         for inval, outval in correct_outputs.items():
-            yield self._try_remove_ansi, inval, outval
+            yield self._try_strip_ansi, inval, outval
 
 
-    def _try_remove_ansi(self, inval, outval):
-        assert outval == remove_ansi(inval)
+    def _try_strip_ansi(self, inval, outval):
+        assert outval == strip_ansi(inval)
 
 
     def test_ansi2html(self):
diff --git a/IPython/nbconvert/filters/tests/test_highlight.py b/IPython/nbconvert/filters/tests/test_highlight.py
index 61a7076..d0b5c88 100644
--- a/IPython/nbconvert/filters/tests/test_highlight.py
+++ b/IPython/nbconvert/filters/tests/test_highlight.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class TestHighlight(TestsBase):
     """Contains test functions for highlight.py"""
 
 
-    def test_highlight(source, language='ipython'):
+    def test_highlight2html(source, language='ipython'):
         pass
 
 
diff --git a/IPython/nbconvert/templates/basichtml.tpl b/IPython/nbconvert/templates/basichtml.tpl
index 2fd6f0e..e879c60 100644
--- a/IPython/nbconvert/templates/basichtml.tpl
+++ b/IPython/nbconvert/templates/basichtml.tpl
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 {% block input %}
 <div class="input_area box-flex1">
-{{cell.input | highlight }}
+{{cell.input | highlight2html }}
 </div>
 {%- endblock input %}
 
@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@ Out[{{cell.prompt_number}}]:
 
 {% block markdowncell scoped %}
 <div class="text_cell_render border-box-sizing rendered_html">
-{{ cell.source | markdown| rm_fake}}
+{{ cell.source | strip_math_space | markdown2html | strip_files_prefix}}
 </div>
 {%- endblock markdowncell %}
 
 {% block headingcell scoped %}
 <div class="text_cell_render border-box-sizing rendered_html">
-  {{("#" * cell.level + cell.source) | replace('\n', ' ') | markdown | rm_fake | add_anchor }}
+  {{("#" * cell.level + cell.source) | replace('\n', ' ') | strip_math_space | markdown2html | strip_files_prefix | add_anchor }}
 </div>
 {% endblock headingcell %}
 
diff --git a/IPython/nbconvert/templates/latex/base.tplx b/IPython/nbconvert/templates/latex/base.tplx
index 5f2ebfb..f04bc20 100644
--- a/IPython/nbconvert/templates/latex/base.tplx
+++ b/IPython/nbconvert/templates/latex/base.tplx
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ it introduces a new line
 ((* endblock pyerr *))
 
 ((* block traceback_line *))
-((( line |indent| rm_ansi )))((* endblock traceback_line *))
+((( line |indent| strip_ansi )))((* endblock traceback_line *))
 ((= .... =))
 
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ it introduces a new line
 
 ((* block data_latex -*))
 ((*- if output.latex.startswith('$'): -*)) \begin{equation*}
-    ((( output.latex | rm_dollars)))
+    ((( output.latex | strip_dollars)))
     \end{equation*}
 ((*- else -*)) ((( output.latex ))) ((*- endif *))
 ((* endblock *))
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ it introduces a new line
 ((* endblock headingcell *))
 
 ((* block rawcell scoped *))
-((( cell.source | pycomment )))
+((( cell.source | comment_lines )))
 ((* endblock rawcell *))
 
 ((* block unknowncell scoped *))
diff --git a/IPython/nbconvert/templates/latex/sphinx_base.tplx b/IPython/nbconvert/templates/latex/sphinx_base.tplx
index f3b8268..1fd248b 100644
--- a/IPython/nbconvert/templates/latex/sphinx_base.tplx
+++ b/IPython/nbconvert/templates/latex/sphinx_base.tplx
@@ -145,11 +145,11 @@ Note: For best display, use latex syntax highlighting. =))
     \sloppy
 
     % Document level variables
-    \title{((( resources.metadata.name | escape_tex )))}
-    \date{((( resources.sphinx.date | escape_tex )))}
-    \release{((( resources.sphinx.version | escape_tex )))}
-    \author{((( resources.sphinx.author | escape_tex )))}
-    \renewcommand{\releasename}{((( resources.sphinx.release | escape_tex )))}
+    \title{((( resources.metadata.name | escape_latex )))}
+    \date{((( resources.sphinx.date | escape_latex )))}
+    \release{((( resources.sphinx.version | escape_latex )))}
+    \author{((( resources.sphinx.author | escape_latex )))}
+    \renewcommand{\releasename}{((( resources.sphinx.release | escape_latex )))}
 
     % TODO: Add option for the user to specify a logo for his/her export.
     \newcommand{\sphinxlogo}{}
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ Note: For best display, use latex syntax highlighting. =))
 %          will not get touched by the templating system.
 %==============================================================================
 ((*- block rawcell *))
-    ((( cell.source | wrap(wrap_size) )))
+    ((( cell.source | wrap_text(wrap_size) )))
 ((* endblock rawcell -*))
 
 %==============================================================================
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ Note: For best display, use latex syntax highlighting. =))
 ((* block unknowncell scoped*))
 
     % Unsupported cell type, no formatting
-    ((( cell.source | wrap | escape_tex )))
+    ((( cell.source | wrap_text | escape_latex )))
 ((* endblock unknowncell *))
 
 %==============================================================================
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ Note: For best display, use latex syntax highlighting. =))
         \vspace{-25pt}
 
         % Add contents below.
-        ((( cell.input | highlight )))
+        ((( cell.input | highlight2latex )))
 
     ((* elif resources.sphinx.outputstyle == 'notebook' *))
         \vspace{6pt}
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ Note: For best display, use latex syntax highlighting. =))
         \vspace{-2.65\baselineskip}
         \begin{ColorVerbatim}
             \vspace{-0.7\baselineskip}
-            ((( cell.input | highlight )))
+            ((( cell.input | highlight2latex )))
             ((* if cell.input == None or cell.input == '' *))
                 \vspace{0.3\baselineskip}
             ((* else *))
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ Note: For best display, use latex syntax highlighting. =))
 ((* endblock *))
 
 ((* block traceback_line *))
-    ((( conditionally_center_output(line | indent| rm_ansi) )))
+    ((( conditionally_center_output(line | indent| strip_ansi) )))
 ((* endblock traceback_line *))
 
 %==============================================================================
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ Note: For best display, use latex syntax highlighting. =))
 ((*- endblock -*))
 
 ((*- block data_latex *))
-    ((* if resources.sphinx.centeroutput *))\begin{center}((* endif -*))((( output.latex | rm_math_space )))((*- if resources.sphinx.centeroutput *))\end{center} ((* endif -*))
+    ((* if resources.sphinx.centeroutput *))\begin{center}((* endif -*))((( output.latex | strip_math_space )))((*- if resources.sphinx.centeroutput *))\end{center} ((* endif -*))
 ((*- endblock -*))
 
 %==============================================================================
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ Note: For best display, use latex syntax highlighting. =))
 ((* macro custom_verbatim(text) -*))
     \begin{alltt}
     ((*- if resources.sphinx.centeroutput *))\begin{center} ((* endif -*))
-((( text | wrap(wrap_size) )))
+((( text | wrap_text(wrap_size) )))
     ((*- if resources.sphinx.centeroutput *))\end{center}((* endif -*))
     \end{alltt}
 ((*- endmacro *))
diff --git a/IPython/nbconvert/templates/markdown.tpl b/IPython/nbconvert/templates/markdown.tpl
index 361df1a..5768462 100644
--- a/IPython/nbconvert/templates/markdown.tpl
+++ b/IPython/nbconvert/templates/markdown.tpl
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ In[{{cell.prompt_number if cell.prompt_number else ' '}}]:{% endblock in_prompt 
 {% endblock pyerr %}
 
 {% block traceback_line %}
-{{ line |indent| rm_ansi }}{% endblock traceback_line %}
+{{ line |indent| strip_ansi }}{% endblock traceback_line %}
 
 {% block pyout %}
 {% block data_priority scoped %}{{ super()}}{% endblock %}
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ $$
 {% endblock data_text %}
 
 {% block markdowncell scoped %}
-{{ cell.source | wrap(80)}}
+{{ cell.source | wrap_text(80)}}
 {% endblock markdowncell %}
 
 {% block headingcell scoped %}
diff --git a/IPython/nbconvert/templates/python.tpl b/IPython/nbconvert/templates/python.tpl
index 484a64d..fe812c9 100644
--- a/IPython/nbconvert/templates/python.tpl
+++ b/IPython/nbconvert/templates/python.tpl
@@ -20,16 +20,16 @@ it introduces a new line
 {% endblock pyerr %}
 
 {% block traceback_line %}
-{{ line |indent| rm_ansi }}{% endblock traceback_line %}
+{{ line |indent| strip_ansi }}{% endblock traceback_line %}
 {# .... #}
 
 
 {% block pyout %}
-{{ output.text| indent | pycomment}}
+{{ output.text| indent | comment_lines }}
 {% endblock pyout %}
 
 {% block stream %}
-{{ output.text| indent | pycomment}}
+{{ output.text| indent | comment_lines }}
 {% endblock stream %}
 
 
@@ -40,15 +40,15 @@ it introduces a new line
 {% endblock display_data %}
 
 {% block markdowncell scoped %}
-{{ cell.source | pycomment }}
+{{ cell.source | comment_lines }}
 {% endblock markdowncell %}
 
 {% block headingcell scoped %}
-{{ '#' * cell.level }}{{ cell.source | replace('\n', ' ') | pycomment}}
+{{ '#' * cell.level }}{{ cell.source | replace('\n', ' ') | comment_lines }}
 {% endblock headingcell %}
 
 {% block rawcell scoped %}
-{{ cell.source | pycomment }}
+{{ cell.source | comment_lines }}
 {% endblock rawcell %}
 
 {% block unknowncell scoped %}
diff --git a/IPython/nbconvert/templates/rst.tpl b/IPython/nbconvert/templates/rst.tpl
index f7a2d16..e3b582d 100644
--- a/IPython/nbconvert/templates/rst.tpl
+++ b/IPython/nbconvert/templates/rst.tpl
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Out[{{cell.prompt_number}}]:{% endif %}{% endblock output_prompt %}
 {% endblock pyerr %}
 
 {% block traceback_line %}
-{{ line |indent| rm_ansi }}{% endblock traceback_line %}
+{{ line |indent| strip_ansi }}{% endblock traceback_line %}
 
 {% block pyout %}
 {% block data_priority scoped %}{{ super()}}{% endblock %}
diff --git a/IPython/nbconvert/transformers/latex.py b/IPython/nbconvert/transformers/latex.py
index be1f5ac..2940d7e 100755
--- a/IPython/nbconvert/transformers/latex.py
+++ b/IPython/nbconvert/transformers/latex.py
@@ -49,5 +49,5 @@ class LatexTransformer(Transformer):
         #if spaces exist between the ampersands and the math content.  
         #See filters.latex.rm_math_space for more information.
         if hasattr(cell, "source") and cell.cell_type == "markdown":
-            cell.source = filters.rm_math_space(cell.source)
+            cell.source = filters.strip_math_space(cell.source)
         return cell, resources