Default theme, file not found?

[nednoodlehead]

Hello, I installed Helix from source, which is located at F:\Various Software\helix\helix. Next, I opened up through powershell and opened the config file using :config-open, and I have the simple config of:

theme = "tokyonight_storm"

[editor.cursor-shape]
insert = "bar"

And when I write and run :config-reload, only the cursor is changed. It may also be important that the config file is at AppData\Roaming\helix\config.toml (maybe it is searching the local directory for that file).

I tried to delete it and make a config.toml inside of the source folder, but after reopening helix, and opening config, it made the config file back at the AppData path, and ignored the new file.

I only get the file not found error when i explcitly look for the theme using :theme "tokyonight_storm"

Could not load theme: Theme: file not found for: tokyonight_storm

I am also like, brand new to this editor (and this type of editor), so dumbing things down would help.

[the-mikedavis]

It sounds like the runtime directory can't be found - that's where the theme files are. Did you setup the runtime directory when building from source? https://docs.helix-editor.com/master/install.html#configuring-helixs-runtime-files

[nednoodlehead]

I did not set up the runtime directory. I just copied the runtime directory next to the config.toml file, so in AppData/Roaming/helix, and it now works as expected. It is also possible to see the status of it with hx --health, which I did not know..