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jallen
11-27-2000, 07:42 PM
I use PICO as my command line editor. Yep, I know there are many alternatives, and everybody has their favorities. Mine is Pico.

Except for one small problem I have been having.... When I type a line beyond the screen's end, it wraps when I do not want it to. Is there a special command I am missing that prevents pico from inserting a hard return when you reach the end of a line?

I know its possible because occasionally I come across a line that ends with a $ and you can scroll to the right to read the characters beyond the $... What I do not know how to do is actually get to edit in this mode.

Thanks!

Jallen

Sweede
11-27-2000, 08:32 PM
man pico

jallen
11-27-2000, 11:14 PM
man newbie

and

man grumpyol*nixweenie

:P

Tigger
11-28-2000, 12:27 AM
pico -w filename

jallen
11-28-2000, 04:44 PM
That did it!

THANK YOU!