--- /usr/share/vim/vim72/syntax/2html.vim	2009-06-16 06:24:31.000000000 +0000
+++ /tmp/2html.vim	2009-10-06 23:05:11.000000000 +0000
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@
 let s:old_report = &report
 let s:old_search = @/
 set notitle noicon
-setlocal et
 set report=1000000
 
 " Split window to create a buffer with the HTML file.
@@ -393,12 +392,16 @@
 
       " Expand tabs
       let s:expandedtab = strpart(s:line, s:startcol - 1, s:col - s:startcol)
-      let idx = stridx(s:expandedtab, "\t")
-      while idx >= 0
-	let i = &ts - ((idx + s:startcol - 1) % &ts)
-	let s:expandedtab = substitute(s:expandedtab, '\t', repeat(' ', i), '')
-	let idx = stridx(s:expandedtab, "\t")
-      endwhile
+      if &et
+        let idx = stridx(s:expandedtab, "\t")
+        while idx >= 0
+          let i = &ts - ((idx + s:startcol - 1) % &ts)
+          let s:expandedtab = substitute(s:expandedtab, '\t', repeat(' ', i), '')
+          let idx = stridx(s:expandedtab, "\t")
+        endwhile
+      else
+        setlocal isprint+=9
+      endif
 
       " Output the text with the same synID, with class set to {s:id_name}
       let s:id = synIDtrans(s:id)