Pico

Pico is an easy-to-use, full-screen editor available on the academic system. To start pico, open a telnet session and issue the following command:

frank $ pico filename

Basic Pico commands and descriptions:

Pico Command	What It Does
Ctrl-G	Help
Ctrl-A	Move to the beginning of the current line
Ctrl-E	Move to the end of the current line
Ctrl-V	Move forward one page
Ctrl-Y	Move backward one page
Ctrl-W	Search for a test string
Ctrl-L	Refresh the screen
Ctrl-6	Mark the beginning position to select text
Ctrl-K	Cut selected text (if no text selected, the current line will be cut)
Ctrl-U	Paste the last cut
Ctrl-R	Insert an external file at the current cursor position
Ctrl-O	Save current buffer to a file
Ctrl-T	Check spelling
Ctrl-X	Exit pico, saving buffer