Call vim with -u NONE instead of -u /dev/null This prevents plugins from being loaded, and fixes http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=306569 --- --- gtkdoc-fixxref.in +++ gtkdoc-fixxref.in @@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ close (NEWFILE); # format source - system "echo 'let html_number_lines=0|let html_use_css=1|let use_xhtml=1|syn on|e $temp_source_file|run! syntax/2html.vim|wa!|qa!' | @HIGHLIGHT@ -n -e -u /dev/null -T xterm >/dev/null"; + system "echo 'let html_number_lines=0|let html_use_css=1|let use_xhtml=1|syn on|e $temp_source_file|run! syntax/2html.vim|wa!|qa!' | @HIGHLIGHT@ -n -e -u NONE -T xterm >/dev/null"; my $highlighted_source; {