Pico Text Editor

Description
Where to Find Pico
Pico: Instructions
Common Problems
Other Resources
If You Still Need Help

Description

Pico is a text editor on the UNIX systems that is used to create and modify text files. It is a menu-driven program--a "menu" (list) of the options you can use is displayed on the screen. To select an option, you press the appropriate key(s).

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Where to Find Pico

Pico is available on the UNIX systems.

After you log in to a UNIX composer system, at the "xxxxx.udel.edu%" prompt, type

pico filename

and then press the ENTER or RETURN key.

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Pico: Instructions

Instructions for Pico can be found:

in the tipsheet Using the Pico Editor;
by searching for classes and handouts on the Central Computing System Information page;
on-line while running Pico by pressing CTRL-G (Get Help).

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Common Problems

Running Pico on an X-terminal

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Other Resources

Connect to search pages:

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If You Still Need Help

If you need help quickly, you may call the Help Center at 831-6000 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Or, you can submit a question through e-mail.

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