                                12/15/1999

This ZIP archive includes vile.exe and xvile.exe, version 9.0e, compiled
for Alpha/VMS 7.1 using the DECC compiler.  These versions of vile should 
be compatible with with any Alpha/VMS 7.x host.

Note that vile.exe has been tested rather extensively, while xvile.exe
is a relatively unknown quantity (due to lack of access to a VMS host
that supports DEC Windows).

Refer to README.VMS for installation and configuration help.

Refer to macros.doc for a detailed description of vile's macro language.

Within [x]vile, type ":h" to browse the editor's internal help (vile.hlp).
Note that [x]vile includes several useful vms-specific modes, which are
described in vile.hlp in the section entitled "VMS specifics".
