Editing VLC Playlists

[Jane Jordan (Gmail)]

I am trying to figure out how to get my playlist file to open in  
textEdit.  When I got down to open with, it doesn't show up as an  
option.  When I try to fix it so that I can use TextEdit as an  
option, it won't work.  How do I fix this?  Or is there another way  
to edit it?  Or do I have to rebuild the playlist whenever I add new  
songs?
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Jane