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+" Tests for ":highlight".
+func Test_highlight()
+  " basic test if ":highlight" doesn't crash
+  highlight
+  hi Search
+
+  " test setting colors.
+  " test clearing one color and all doesn't generate error or warning
+  silent! hi NewGroup term=bold cterm=italic ctermfg=DarkBlue ctermbg=Grey gui= guifg=#00ff00 guibg=Cyan
+  silent! hi Group2 term= cterm=
+  hi Group3 term=underline cterm=bold
+
+  let res = split(execute("hi NewGroup"), "\n")[0]
+  " filter ctermfg and ctermbg, the numbers depend on the terminal
+  let res = substitute(res, 'ctermfg=\d*', 'ctermfg=2', '')
+  let res = substitute(res, 'ctermbg=\d*', 'ctermbg=3', '')
+  call assert_equal("NewGroup       xxx term=bold cterm=italic ctermfg=2 ctermbg=3",
+				\ res)
+  call assert_equal("Group2         xxx cleared",
+				\ split(execute("hi Group2"), "\n")[0])
+  call assert_equal("Group3         xxx term=underline cterm=bold",
+				\ split(execute("hi Group3"), "\n")[0])
+
+  hi clear NewGroup
+  call assert_equal("NewGroup       xxx cleared",
+				\ split(execute("hi NewGroup"), "\n")[0])
+  call assert_equal("Group2         xxx cleared",
+				\ split(execute("hi Group2"), "\n")[0])
+  hi Group2 NONE
+  call assert_equal("Group2         xxx cleared",
+				\ split(execute("hi Group2"), "\n")[0])
+  hi clear
+  call assert_equal("Group3         xxx cleared",
+				\ split(execute("hi Group3"), "\n")[0])
+  call assert_fails("hi Crash term='asdf", "E475:")
+endfunc