Pico is an easy-to-use text editor on the PCS systems that is designed to work in tandem with Pine e-mail. It can also be used with the Tin news reader and can be set as the default text editor for your Logon Server account.
You can start Pico two ways:
* by typing in "pico filename" at the PCS UNIX system prompt Unlike many UNIX file editors, which require memorizing and typing a lot of commands on a command line, Pico works with key combinations based on the Control key (Ctrl).
Ctrl-f moves the cursor forward a character
Ctrl-b moves the cursor backward a character
Ctrl-p moves the cursor to the previous line
Ctrl-n moves the cursor to the next line
Ctrl-a moves the cursor to the beginning of the current
line
Ctrl-e moves the cursor to the end of the current line
Ctrl-v moves the cursor forward one page
Ctrl-y moves the cursor backward one page
Ctrl-w searches for a string of text
Ctrl-l refreshes the screen display
Ctrl-d deletes the character at the cursor position
Ctrl-k cuts selected text
Ctrl-u pastes the text, which was last cut, at the cursor
position
Ctrl-i inserts a tab at the current cursor position
Ctrl-j justifies the current paragraph
Ctrl-t invokes the spelling checker
Ctrl-r inser