Starting and Quitting PICO

Starting PICO

At the system prompt, enter

pico filename

where filename is either the name of the file you want to edit (one that already exists) or the name you want to give to a new file you want to create. If you don't provide a file name, Pico will open a new file, but it will be unnamed until you save it.

The screen for a new file will look something like this:

In the list of commands at the bottom of the PICO screen, the caret (^) stands for the control (ctrl) key. For example, ^G means to hold down the control key and press G. PICO commands are always a combination of the control key and another key. After you enter a PICO command you don't need to press the Return key.

Quitting PICO

Press ctrl-x to quit (or exit) PICO. PICO will prompt you with a message asking if you want to save your changes. Y saves the changes and N quits PICO without saving what you've done since the last time you saved.

Go to the PICO tutorial main page.

Last modified July 20, 2004 by cawalker