====== Pico Cheat Sheet ======

**pico** is a simple, display-oriented text editor originally developed for the [[email_at_sdf#email_programs_from_shell_membershipsuser_or_arpa_or_metaarpa|pine]] e-mail client. **pico** is the default editor for SDF's [[bboard]] system.

===== Survival Guide =====
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===== 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-<nowiki>^</nowiki> |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