The bottom two lines in the PICO screen list Quick Command keys. PICO displays up to 19 lines on the screen at one time.
The status line at the top of the screen (to the left) indicates which version of PICO you are currently using, and (at the center) the name of the file you are editing. (Don't forget the period before the word login.) If you open PICO and UNIX doesn't know what type of terminal you are on, you will see a message similar to: Press ( on a Macintosh) after each command. Where filename is the name of the file you want to create or the file you want to edit. To create a text file or to edit an existing text file, at the UNIX prompt ($) type: If you use the PINE email program, you are automatically placed in PICO when you select the Compose and Send a Message option or when you reply to a received message. One advantage of PICO over other editors is that typed words are automatically wrapped from one line to the next, which is helpful for composing messages - but beware of that feature if you use PICO for writing computer programs. PICO is a quick and efficient text editor for composing mail messages and for creating and modifying UNIX files. 410 - Use PICO to Edit Text in Linux/UNIX
