Not sure what you mean with the Windows comment - if you have your terminal in black-on-white, it's generally considered "inverse" colours on any platform. That

Not sure what you mean with the Windows comment - if you have your terminal in black-on-white, it's generally considered "inverse" colours on any platform. That means you probably have to pick white to get what your terminal shows as black. And this has nothing to do with, nor provides an alternative to vi/vim.