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 central UNIX servers, which you use 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 central UNIX servers.

After you log in to the central UNIX server, at the "xxxxx.udel.edu%" prompt, type

pico filename

and then press the ENTER key. Replace filename with the name of the file you want to create or modify.

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Pico: Instructions

Instructions for Pico can be found at the following:

Using the Pico Editor: A Tipsheet
by searching for classes and handouts on the Central Computing System Information page
online while running Pico and pressing CTRL-G ("Get Help")

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Common Problems

If you use pico on an X terminal, you can have the pico command open a separate window by adding the following lines to your .localalias file:

     if $?DISPLAY then
       alias pico 'xterm -name pico -e pico \!* &'
     endif

This is useful if you want to edit several files at once.

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Other Resources

Connect to the following search pages:

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If You Still Need Help

If you need help quickly, 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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