PICO - Usage (Command Overview)

The manual about PICO gives you an abstract description and descriptions to the various startup options - but it does not tell you about the commands you can use (ARGH!).

Pico makes use of *all* available control keys - execpt ^I, ^L, ^M, ^Q, ^S, and ^Z which are used for special, yet standard, things: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ********-**--***-*-******- ^I TAB ^L screen-update ^M return ^Q start ^S stop ^Z suspend Here's my help text for pico commands:

Help (Reading the Help Text)
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F01 ^G  Ctrl-g goto-help        Go to Help Mode
F02 ^X  Ctrl-x eXit             Exit  Help Mode

Jumps (Moving the cursor)
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    ^A  Ctrl-a Anfang           Jump onto first char in line (never leaves line)
    ^E  Ctrl-e end              Jump onto last  char in line (never leaves line)

    ^B  Ctrl-b backward         Jump onto previous character (wrap at first char in line)
    ^F  Ctrl-f forward          Jump onto next     character (wrap at first char in line)

    ^N  Ctrl-n next             Jump onto next     line      (stays in column if it exists)
    ^P  Ctrl-p previous         Jump onto previous line      (stays in column if it exists)

F07 ^Y  Ctrl-y [  up arrow]     Jump onto previous page (cursor will be at home position)
F08 ^V  Ctrl-v [down arrow]     Jump onto next     page (cursor will be at home position)

Changes (Changing text, ie copy, delete, move)
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F## Key description
    ^^  Ctrl-^ [set-mark]       make current char the start of marked text
    ^D  Ctrl-d delete           Deletes a character
    ^H  Ctrl-h backspace        Deletes previous character
F09 ^K  Ctrl-k kill             Deletes (kills) a line
F03 ^O  Ctrl-o output           Writes current buffer to the file or postpones the post when called from Pine
F10 ^U  Ctrl-u undelete         Undeletes (pastes) lines deleted previously with Ctrl-k
F05 ^R  Ctrl-r read-file        Reads existing text into the current file

F04 ^J  Ctrl-j justify          Justifies a paragraph

Special (special commands)
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F11 ^C  Ctrl-c cancel           Cancels message
F12 ^T  Ctrl-t to-check         Checks spelling
F06 ^W  Ctrl-w word-search      Searches the message for a word or partial word

    ^W^Y       FirstLine        jump to start of buffer
    ^W^V       LastLine         jump to end   of buffer

Exit (abort, quit, save)
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    ^X  Ctrl-x exit             Exits pico; prompts for save on modified buffer

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PICO Commands - sorted by Key Names

Function keys:
F01 ^G  CTRL-G  goto-help     Go to Help Mode
F02 ^X  CTRL-X  eXit          Exit  Help Mode
F03 ^O  CTRL-O  output        Writes current buffer to the file or postpones the post when called from Pine
F04 ^J  CTRL-J  justify       Justifies a paragraph
F05 ^R  CTRL-R  read-file     Reads existing text into the current file
F06 ^W  CTRL-W  word-search   Searches the message for a word or partial word
F07 ^Y  CTRL-Y  [  up arrow]  Jump onto previous page (cursor will be at home position)
F08 ^V  CTRL-V  [down arrow]  Jump onto next     page (cursor will be at home position)
F09 ^K  CTRL-K  kill          Deletes (kills) a line
F10 ^U  CTRL-U  undelete      Undeletes (pastes) lines deleted previously with Ctrl-k
F11 ^C  CTRL-C  cancel        Cancels message
F12 ^T  CTRL-T  to-check      Checks spelling

Links

More information about Pico is on the page

http://www.math.fu-berlin.de/~guckes/pico/

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Page Created: Mon May  5 00:00:00 CET 1997

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