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Is there a way to turn off syntax for only the current buffer/split windows? like for example, you can set map <buffer> or setlocal. Is there something similar for the syntax option ?

I use the :diffsplit command in vim quite a bit, for which I prefer to disable syntax and but this turns off highlighting for all buffers. I am using the following settings :

" turn off syntax when started from terminal
if &diff 
    syntax off
endif 
" turn off syntax when started from inside vim 
au OptionSet diff syntax off
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Buffers and windows are different things.

To clear syntax for a particular buffer you can set the syntax option to empty string (or even simply do :syntax clear which should be the same for most purposes).

To clear syntax in a particular window you could use :ownsyntax off.

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    thanks that was helpful. :ownsyntax off does the trick. Is there a way to turn the syntax back on automatically after :q uitting from one of the windows using some kind of autocommand ? – First User Nov 23 '20 at 20:23
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    @FirstUser Obviously, &diff will be auto-reset after only single "diffed"-window remains open. – Matt Nov 24 '20 at 4:30

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