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Pico Editor CommandsModified: June 3 2002Pico is the editor which you use when composing email using PINE. It is also an easy-to-use standalone editor which can be used independently. The status line at the top of the display shows pico's version, the current file being edited and whether or not there are outstanding modifications that have not been saved. The third line from the bottom is used to report informational messages and for additional command input. The bottom two lines list the available editing commands. As characters are typed they are immediately inserted into the text. |
| ACTION | COMMAND |
|---|---|
| Create or edit a file from the UNIX command line | pico file.txt |
| Create a new file from the MENU system | Select "File", then "DirEd', then "C" |
| Edit an existing file from the MENU system | Select "File", then "DirEd', then "E" |
| Exit and save changes | Control-X, Y |
| Exit and abandon changes | Control-X, N |
| Insert text | position cursor, type |
| Delete a character | delete key |
| Delete a line | Control-K |
| Paste a line | Control-U |
| Mark a section of text | Control-shift-^ |
| Cut a marked section of text | Control-K |
| Paste a marked section of text | Control-U |
| Justify (reformat) text in a paragraph | Control-J |
| Reverse the justification of a paragraph | Control-U |
| Move forward a page of text | Control-V |
| Move backward a page of text | Control-Y |
| Search (where is?) | Control-W |
| Spell Check | Control-T |
| Identify the position of the cursor | Control-C |
| Include the text from another file | Control-R |
| Recover a file (unnamed) | pico pico.save |
| Recover a file (named -- where * is the name of file) | pico *.save |
| Get HELP inside the pico editor | Control-G |
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