Quick Guide to Pico

So, you're tired of working with that monstrosity called Word, worrying about how you're saving your files, and ftp? Ready to try the alternatives? Good. On this page, I will briefly discuss some of the highlights of one of the simplest text-editor avaible, pico.

How to Start Pico You have 2 options for starting pico:

If you want a brand new file and don't have a name for it yet
This is the simplest case. Just type 'pico' at your acme prompt. You can give the file a name later.
If you have a name for your brand new file, or want to edit an existing text document
Just type in:
```
   
                'pico '
           
```
at your prompt. Your telnet session should enter the editor with either the words
```
                UW PICO(tm) 3.4              NEW BUFFER
           
```
and a blank screen if it's a new file or
```
                UW PICO(tm) 3.4              File:  
           
```
and the text on the screen if it's an existing file.

Getting Help To bring up the help screen for pico, type Ctrl-G

Moving Around Your Document If, for whatever reasons you are not able to use your arrow keys to move around your document, you can use the following key sequences to get around the document.

	Ctrl-F	move Forward a character
	Ctrl-B	move Backward a character
	Ctrl-P	move to the Previous line
	Ctrl-N	move to the Next line
	Ctrl-A	move to the beginning of the current line
	Ctrl-E	move to the End of the current line
	Ctrl-V	move forward a page of text
	Ctrl-Y	move backward a page of text

Searching Your Document Type Ctrl-W to search your document for a word or phrase in your document. If you want to search for the same word or phrase again, type Ctrl-W-Enter

Deleting You have the option of deleting a character or a line:

	Ctrl-D	Delete the character your cursor is on
	Ctrl-K	Cut a line or marked area
	Ctrl-U	Uncut (paste) last cut text inserting it at the current cursor position

You can also delete ares of text by marking the text you want to delete. Move your cursor to where you want to start deleting and press Ctrl-^ (Yes, you'll have to press three buttons at once, it'll be a test of your coordination :) ). Move the text to the end of the area you want to delete (you'll notice the highlighting) and press Ctrl-K to delete. Press Ctrl-^ to unselect the text.

Saving Out Files, Reading In Files, Quitting

	Ctrl-R	Read in a file
	Ctrl-O	Save file without quitting
	Ctrl-X	Exit Pico. Will prompt you to save if your file has been modified

When you are saving, pico will prompt you to enter a name for a file. The default name so save the file as is the name the file had originally.

That's about all you really have to remember for pico. See? Told you it was easy.

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