Basic Pico Editing
This document provides descriptions of selected editing commands for the pico editor. More help is available in pico with the command ^G.
The carat symbol (^) represents the control key.
file management
- ^R - read/insert file
- ^O - write out to file (save as)
- ^X - close file and editor
- ^C - cancel
editing
- ^D - delete character
- ^K - delete line
- ^U - undelete line
navigation
- ^F - go forward one character
- ^B - go back one character
- ^E - go to end of line
- ^A - go to start of line
- ^V - go to next page
- ^Y - go to previous page
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