Pico

Pico can be started by typing:

	world%  pico 

Once you are inside the Pico window, you may begin typing
in text.  When you exit from Pico, you will be prompted to
save the text to a file, and asked to give it a filename.

To edit an already existing file, you must first read it 
in from	within the Pico window, using the Control-r command,
and then make the desired changes.  Alternatively, you can
invoke Pico on a filename directly:

	world% pico filename

For additional help on using Pico, please refer to the 
following text which was taken from Pico's internal help area.

Pico Help Text
 
Pico is designed to be a simple, easy-to-use text editor with a
layout very similar to the pine mailer.  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.
 
Each character typed is automatically inserted into the buffer
at the current cursor position.  Editing commands and cursor
movement (besides arrow keys) are given to pico by typing
special control-key sequences.  A caret, '^', is used to denote
the control key, sometimes marked "CTRL", so the CTRL-q key
combination is written as ^Q.
 
The following functions are available in pico (where applicable,
corresponding function key commands are in parentheses).
 
  ^G (F1)   Display this help text.
 
  ^F        move Forward a character.
  ^B        move Backward a character.
  ^P        move to the Previous line.
  ^N        move to the Next line.
  ^A        move to the beginning of the current line.
  ^E        move to the End of the current line.
  ^V (F8)   move forward a page of text.
  ^Y (F7)   move backward a page of text.
 
  ^W (F6)   Search for (where is) text, neglecting case.
  ^L        Refresh the display.

  ^D        Delete the character at the cursor position.

 
  ^D        Delete the character at the cursor position.
  ^^        Mark cursor position as beginning of selected text.
            Note: Setting mark when already set unselects text.
  ^K (F9)   Cut selected text (displayed in inverse characters).
            Note: The selected text's boundary on the cursor side
                  ends at the left edge of the cursor.  So, with 
                  selected text to the left of the cursor, the 
                  character under the cursor is not selected.
  ^U (F10)  Uncut (paste) last cut text inserting it at the
            current cursor position.
  ^I        Insert a tab at the current cursor position.
 
  ^J (F4)   Format (justify) the current paragraph.
            Note: paragraphs delimited by blank lines or indentation.
  ^T (F12)  To invoke the spelling checker
  ^C (F11)  Report current cursor position

  ^R (F5)   Insert an external file at the current cursor position.
  ^O (F3)   Output the current buffer to a file, saving it.
  ^X (F2)   Exit pico, saving buffer.
    
Pine and Pico are trademarks of the University of Washington.
No commercial use of these trademarks may be made without prior
written permission of the University of Washington.
    
End of Help.
 

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