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Pico
Pico is a simple, display-oriented text editor based on the Pine message system composer. As with Pine, commands are displayed at the bottom of the screen, and context-sensitive help is provided. As characters are typed they are immediately inserted into the text.
Editing commands are entered using control-key combinations. As a work-around for communications programs that swallow certain control characters, you can emulate a control key by pressing ESCAPE twice, followed by the desired control character, e.g. "ESC ESC c" would be equivalent to entering a ctrl-c. The editor has five basic features: paragraph justification, searching, block cut/paste, a spelling checker, and a file browser.
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Launch Syntax:
$ pico -w file.any
-w : No Text Wrap
Options:
Ctrl + X : Exit
Ctrl + O : Save
Ctrl + V : Next Page
Ctrl + Y : Previous Page
Ctrl + K : Cut a line
Ctrl + V : paste last cut text
Ctrl + G :Help
vi
vi (visual) is a display-oriented text editor based on an underlying line editor ex. It is possible to use the
command mode of ex from within vi and to use the command mode of vi from within ex. The visual commands are described on this manual page; how to set options (like automatically numbering lines and automatically starting a new output line when you type carriage return) and all ex line editor
commands are described on the ex manual page.
When using vi, changes you make to the file are reflected in what you see on your terminal screen. The position of the cursor on the screen indicates the position within the file.
Launch Syntax:
$ vi file.any
Options
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