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from the help: :h syntax-reset
If you have changed the colors and messed them up, use this command to get the defaults back: >
:syntax reset
It is a bit of a wrong name, since it does not reset any syntax items, it only affects the highlighting.
This doesn't change the colors for the 'highlight' option.
so this tells us: it does not reset any syntax items and it doesnt
change the highlight option
what does it do?
It resets the colors for
according to the selected background (dark or light).
Links that point to these colors (String, Number, etc.) are also reset.
See https://github.com/vim/vim/blob/master/runtime/syntax/syncolor.vim
