I tend to use iTerm instead of Terminal, so I modified the script a bit so it works in iTerm. This will also deal with multiple files (opens a new tab for each), and it will also leave you in the same directory where the opened text file resides:

on run
	set this_inputfile to ""
	set this_inputfiledir to "~/Desktop"
	my launchVI(this_inputfile, this_inputfiledir)
end run

on open inputfiles
	repeat with this_inputfile in inputfiles
		tell application "Finder"
			set this_inputfiledir to quoted form of POSIX path of (container of this_inputfile as string)
		end tell
		my launchVI(this_inputfile, this_inputfiledir)
	end repeat
end open

on launchVI(this_inputfile, this_inputfiledir)
	tell application "iTerm"
		activate
		tell the first terminal
			set mySession to (make new session at the end of sessions)
			tell mySession
				set short_name to system attribute "USER"
				exec command "login -fp " & short_name
				if this_inputfile ≠ "" then
					write text "cd " & this_inputfiledir
					write text "vi " & quoted form of POSIX path of this_inputfile & return
				else
					write text "cd " & this_inputfiledir
					write text "vi"
				end if
			end tell
		end tell
	end tell
end launchVI

-Chris

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Ooh, this is nice. I'm thrilled that my first hint submission has gone so well. Maybe I'll do more :)

I'm saving your script in place of my own, by the way. This does *exactly* what I want.

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Awesome tip, Chris! One of the best on this site!

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