Thank you for your explanation, Paul. (I'm quite honoured that more than one of vile's developers have posted replies to this thread.)
I don't yet have much more than the rudiments of vile editing mastered so I need to study your alternative. It's not a big deal; I'm just curious to see what vile's potential is, and indeed I'm more interested to see the various workarounds, since they tell me more about vile than a canned solution would. Gerard Lally
