vile is a text editor which is extremely compatible with vi in terms of "finger feel". In addition, it has extended capabilities in many areas, notably: multi-file editing and viewing key rebinding (in addition to :map, :map!, and :abbr) mouse support (in an xterm, or when built as xvile) infinite undo many additional operator commands selection highlighting rectangular operations "next error" cursor positioning after compilation full function- and arrow-key support filename, command, internal mode and variable completion auxiliary utilities for man page and C program syntax highlighting built-in macro language portability to all UNIX platforms, VMS, DOS, Win32, OS/2