pico-alpine

[Al]PIne's message COmposition editor and Pilot file manager

Pico and Pilot are simple, display-oriented tools. Commands are displayed at the bottom of the screen, and context-sensitive help is provided. In Pico as characters are typed they are immediately inserted into the text. It has three basic features: paragraph justification, searching, and block cut/paste. In Pilot several basic file manipulation commands are provided: Delete, Rename, Copy, View, Launch, and Edit. The "View" and "Edit" commands operate on text files only. The "Edit" command invokes "pico." The "Launch" command provides a convenient way to either execute the selected file or to run an application on it.