An Introduction to Pico
Introduction - Pico is an easy-to-use editor that in a number of respects resembles a simplified version of
emacs. Although it lacks most of emacs' sophisticated functions, many users find that pico more than compensates for this because there
is virtually no learning curve associated with its use.
Unlike EMACS, pico is a shell or terminal based editor only. There are no added benefits of running pico under X Windows. There
is no
toolbar, however, pico always displays a list of commands at the bottom of the screen.
Creating & Opening Files
- To create a file, type the name of the file that you wish to
create after the pico command. Ex: pico foo.c
- To open a file, type the name after the command, just as above.
Tutorial
Pico does not have as extensive of a tutorial as EMACS, but it does offer a built in help
screen. To access it type control-g
References - basic commands and the man pages
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Created by:
Daniel J. Hood,
August 2000
http://www.csee.umbc.edu/~cshc/resources/new_student/pico.shtml
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