Hi, Since upgrading from 2:7.4.488-7 to 2:7.4.826-1 my custom highlighting rules are no longer effective. Here is the .vimrc.test that demonstrates the problem: set nocompatible syntax on hi Comment term=bold ctermfg=6 guifg=DarkCyan hi Identifier term=underline ctermfg=4 guifg=Blue And the command is: vim --noplugin -i NONE -u ~/.vimrc.test ~/.vimrc.test When "set nocompatible" is uncommented then the highlighting rules are not effective. If commented they work. With 488-7 it makes no difference (as expected). --- real paths of main Vim binaries --- /usr/bin/vi is /usr/bin/vim.gnome /usr/bin/vim is /usr/bin/vim.gnome /usr/bin/gvim is /usr/bin/vim.gnome