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Pico Editing Commands
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Pico Editing Commands
| To access the pico text editor in mason, type pico
at the system prompt: mason.gmu.edu> pico . If you know the name
of the file you want to edit, at the prompt type: pico filename
(substitute the filename with the name of your file. You can use pico to
edit text documents, including html text. The ^ character denotes
the Ctrl key pressed simultaneously with the letter key.
^G or F1 - Display 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 or F8 - Move forward a page of text. ^Y or F7 - Move backward a page of text. ^W or F6 - Search for text, ignoring upper or lower case. ^L - Refresh the display. ^D - Delete the character at the cursor position. ^^ - Mark cursor position as beginning of selected text. ^K or F9 - Cut selected text (displayed in reverse characters). ^U or F10 - Uncut (paste) last cut text inserting it at the current cursor position. ^I - Insert a tab at the current cursor position. ^J or F4 - Format (justify) the current paragraph. ^T or F12 - To invoke the spelling checker ^C or F11 - Report current cursor position ^R or F5 - Insert an external file at the current cursor position. ^O or F3 - Output the current buffer to a file, saving it. ^X or F2 - Exit pico, saving buffer. |
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