Having trouble activating the matchit plugin

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I'm using CSW build of vim 7.3 on a Solaris 10 SPARC system.

I would like to use the matchit plugin that ships with vim. I read
the instructions, copied the matchit.txt and matchit.vim files from
the system macros directory to my ~/.vim/doc and ~/.vim/plugin
directories. I can read the matchit documentation with :help matchit,
but vim will not jump to matching HTML tags or C keywords using "%".
I have tried everything in the docs and have searched the internet for
advice. It appears that many other people have the same problem, but
none of the suggestions I found work for them or for me.

Can anyone suggest what might be wrong? Thanks for any help you can
offer.
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Jeff

Here is the build info:

:ver
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, compiled Nov 25 2010 14:37:23)
Included patches: 1-55
Compiled by dam@current9s
Huge version with GTK2-GNOME GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):
+arabic +autocmd +balloon_eval +browse ++builtin_terms +byte_offset
+cindent +clientserver +clipboard +cmdline_compl +cmdline_hist
+cmdline_info +comments +conceal +cryptv +cscope +cursorbind
+cursorshape +dialog_con_gui +diff +digraphs +dnd -ebcdic +emacs_tags
+eval +ex_extra +extra_search +farsi +file_in_path +find_in_path
+float +folding -footer +fork() +gettext -hangul_input +iconv
+insert_expand +jumplist +keymap +langmap +libcall +linebreak
+lispindent +listcmds +localmap -lua +menu +mksession +modify_fname
+mouse +mouseshape +mouse_dec -mouse_gpm -mouse_jsbterm +mouse_netterm
-mouse_sysmouse +mouse_xterm +multi_byte +multi_lang -mzscheme
+netbeans_intg -osfiletype +path_extra -perl +persistent_undo
+postscript +printer +profile -python -python3 +quickfix +reltime
+rightleft -ruby +scrollbind +signs +smartindent -sniff +startuptime
+statusline -sun_workshop +syntax +tag_binary +tag_old_static -
tag_any_white -tcl +terminfo +termresponse +textobjects +title
+toolbar +user_commands +vertsplit +virtualedit +visual +visualextra
+viminfo +vreplace +wildignore +wildmenu +windows +writebackup +X11 -
xfontset +xim +xsmp_interact +xterm_clipboard -xterm_save
system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
system gvimrc file: "$VIM/gvimrc"
user gvimrc file: "$HOME/.gvimrc"
system menu file: "$VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim"
fall-back for $VIM: "/opt/csw/share/vim"
f-b for $VIMRUNTIME: "/opt/csw/share/vim/vim73"
Compilation: /opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -
DFEAT_GUI_GTK -D_REENTRANT -D_PTHREADS -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS -
DXTHREADS -DXUSE_MTSAFE_API -I/opt/csw/include/gtk-2.0 -I/opt/csw/lib/
gtk-2.0/include -I/o pt/csw/include/atk-1.0 -I/opt/csw/include/cairo -
I/opt/csw/include/pango-1.0 -I/opt/csw/include/glib-2.0 -I/opt/csw/lib/
glib-2.0/include -I/opt/csw/include/pixman-1 -I/opt/csw/include/
freetype2 -I/opt/csw/include -I/opt/csw/ include/libpng12 -DORBIT2=1
-D_REENTRANT -D_PTHREADS -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS -DXTHREADS -
DXUSE_MTSAFE_API -I/opt/csw/include/libgnomeui-2.0 -I/opt/csw/include/
libart-2.0 -I/opt/csw/include/gconf/2 -I/opt/csw/include/gno me-
keyring-1 -I/opt/csw/include/libgnome-2.0 -I/opt/csw/include/
libbonoboui-2.0 -I/opt/csw/include/libgnomecanvas-2.0 -I/opt/csw/
include/gtk-2.0 -I/opt/csw/include/gnome-vfs-2.0 -I/opt/csw/lib/gnome-
vfs-2.0/include -I/opt/cs w/include/orbit-2.0 -I/opt/csw/include/
dbus-1.0 -I/opt/csw/lib/dbus-1.0/include -I/opt/csw/include/glib-2.0 -
I/opt/csw/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/opt/csw/include -I/opt/csw/include/
libbonobo-2.0 -I/opt/csw/include/bonobo-activa tion-2.0 -I/opt/csw/
include/libxml2 -I/opt/csw/include/pango-1.0 -I/opt/csw/include/
gail-1.0 -I/opt/csw/include/freetype2 -I/opt/csw/include/atk-1.0 -I/
opt/csw/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/opt/csw/include/cairo -I/opt/csw/
include/ pixman-1 -I/opt/csw/include/libpng12 -I/opt/csw/include -
xO3 -m32 -xarch=v8 -xnorunpath -I/usr/openwin/include Linking: /opt/
SUNWspro/bin/cc -L/opt/csw/lib -L/usr/openwin/lib -m32 -xarch=v8 -
norunpath -L/opt/csw/lib -o vim-x11 -L/opt/csw/lib -lgtk-x11-2.0 -
lgdk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgio-2.0 -lpangoft2-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -
lpango cairo-1.0 -lcairo -lpango-1.0 -lfreetype -lfontconfig -
lgobject-2.0 -lgmodule-2.0 -lgthread-2.0 -lrt -lglib-2.0 -lintl -L/
opt/csw/lib -L/usr/openwin/lib -lgnomeui-2 -lbonoboui-2 -lgnomevfs-2
-lgnomecanvas-2 -lgnome-2 -lp opt -lbonobo-2 -lbonobo-activation -
lORBit-2 -lart_lgpl_2 -lgtk-x11-2.0 -lgdk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgio-2.0 -
lpangoft2-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lcairo -lpango-1.0 -
lfreetype -lfontconfig -lgconf-2 -lgmodule-2.0 - lgobject-2.0 -
lgthread-2.0 -lrt -lglib-2.0 -lintl -lXt -lX11 -lSM -lICE -lm -lnsl -
lsocket -lncurses -liconv -lintl -ldl

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