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Syntax highlighting just stopped working on my mac (v 10.14.6). I've been trying to get it back over the past 2 days with no success. I have neovim (v 0.3.8) and when I use :syntax, the command line says:

No Syntax items defined for this buffer.

Also, I am using iterm2.

Below is a snippet of my init.vim file:

:filetype plugin indent on  
:syntax on
set background=dark
colorscheme base16-snazzy
set termguicolors
filbranden
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  • What does :set ft? say? What does :filetype say? Please update the question with the results... – filbranden Sep 04 '19 at 21:28
  • Welcome to [vi.se]! As filbranden says, it’s pretty hard for us to debug exactly what’s going on here. Does that snippet work if its the only content of your init.vim? – D. Ben Knoble Sep 05 '19 at 00:50
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    See also https://vi.stackexchange.com/q/2003/10604, and feel free to [edit] your Q – D. Ben Knoble Sep 05 '19 at 00:52
  • The result from :filetype is filetype detection:ON plugin:ON indent:ON, and the result from :set ft? is filetype= – P. Khoza Sep 05 '19 at 06:28
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    The second part (filetype=) is likely part of the problem... You normally need a filetype set to have syntax highlighting. What kind of file are you editing, when you're having problem with syntax? What kind of filename pattern/extension on the file? – filbranden Sep 05 '19 at 11:05

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