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