[Casperin]

I got you. Put this in your ~/.config/helix/config.toml.

    theme = "bogster"

Or type `:theme` and use tab to cycle through the themes (it'll apply the theme to the current file while you cycle, no need to hit enter).

[contingencies]

Thanks. One theme (autumn_night) has a black background.

Next up: keys suck. I often use dw or d/something and these fail. Any quick way to resolve?

[Casperin]

No. And I hope there never will be. It's a different editor with its own ideas about how modal editing should be done.

It does not sound like that has your interest. That's fine. Stick with vim.