--- orig/2html.vim	2006-05-08 21:37:46.000000000 +0800
+++ 2html.vim	2006-05-08 21:45:50.000000000 +0800
@@ -229,9 +229,7 @@
 let s:HtmlEndline = ''
 if exists("html_no_pre")
   let s:HtmlEndline = '<br' . s:tag_close
-  if exists("use_xhtml")
-    let s:LeadingSpace = '&#x20;'
-  else
+  if !exists("use_xhtml") || exists("use_xhtml") && exists("html_use_css")
     let s:LeadingSpace = '&nbsp;'
   endif
   let s:HtmlSpace = '\' . s:LeadingSpace