== Pico Cheat Sheet

**pico** is a simple, display-oriented text editor originally developed for the https://wiki.sdf.org/doku.php?id=email_at_sdf#email_programs_from_shell_membershipsuser_or_arpa_or_metaarpa[pine] e-mail client.
**pico** is the default editor for SDF's https://wiki.sdf.org/doku.php?id=bboard[bboard] system.

=== Survival Guide

image::https://wiki.sdf.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=pico-label.png[alt="UW PICO",width=400]

=== Control Keys

_(The key sequence_ ++Esc Esc x++ _can be used instead of the combination_ ++Ctrl-x++__).__

|===
|Ctrl-A |beginning of line | Ctrl-N | next line
|Ctrl-B |backward character |Ctrl-O |output file
|Ctrl-C |cursor position |Ctrl-P |previous line
|Ctrl-D |delete character |Ctrl-R |read insert file
|Ctrl-E |end of line |Ctrl-T |spell check
|Ctrl-F |forward character |Ctrl-U |paste
|Ctrl-G |get help |Ctrl-V |forward page
|Ctrl-I |insert tab |Ctrl-W |search
|Ctrl-J |justify paragraph |Ctrl-X |save exit
|Ctrl-K |cut region |Ctrl-Y |backward page
|Ctrl-L |refresh display |Ctrl-$$^$$ |set mark
|===

=== Function Keys

|===
|F1 |get help |F5 |read insert file |F9 |cut region
|F2 |save exit |F6 |search |F10 |paste
|F3 |output file |F7 |backward page |F11 |cursor position
|F4 |justify paragraph |F8 |forward page |F12 |spell check
|===

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$$Source:$$ http://sdf.org/?tutorials/pico