> Even if off-subject, please, in a few bullets or sentences, 
> what's better about vile than, say, vim. 

the usual - personal biases (it does some things that vim doesn't do - yet).
  
> Never tried vile.  (I assume vile means vi-something). 
>  
> Most importantly, can it "do" really-long lines, as in .newsrc? 
yes (though REALLY long lines are a problem in either vile or vim ;-)
 
> David 


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