Subject: Re: PICO - Trying to find info

From: David L Miller <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 16:34:41 -0700

On Wed, 25 Sep 1996 [email-masked] wrote:

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> Subject: PICO - Trying to find info
> Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 13:16:57 -0400
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> Hallo there.  I work for my university's Information Systems department,
> and we're trying to put together information packets for new students
> about the unix email system.  I have been able to find plenty of info on
> the web about unix commands and the vi editor we support, and even
> plenty of info about pine, but next to NOTHING about pico!!
> 
> The only information about pico i can find is a basic list of commands,
> which is the same list that is always displayed at the bottom of the
> editing screen!  I tried the U. Washington homepage, the pine homepage,
> nothing!  (you'd think that they'd have info about the program they
> wrote).  I wrote email to them and got an automated reply (which also
> said i would get no personal reply) (what is the point of having a way
> to email them if no human ever reads it?)

We read as much of the incoming mail as we can, but with 130+
messages/day coming in, we wouldn't get anything done if we answered
each one personally.

> 
> Is the reason i am finding NILL on pico because it has NO advanced
> capabilities, and the only commands available are the ones on the
> screen?

Between the online help text (press ^G) and the man page, I think the
documentation is basically complete.  Pico does not have any
"advanced" capabilities hidden away anywhere.  There are some
references to Pico in the Tech Notes, but most of that is covered in
the help text or man page...

--DLM

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 13:16:57 -0400

Is the reason i am finding NILL on pico because it has NO advanced
capabilities, and the only commands available are the ones on the
screen? It seems there MUST be more to things than that.  Is there at
least a FAQ out there or SOMETHING?

Please help me out, or at least point me in the right direction for
finding answers.  

I dont check this newsgroup, so if you could please send any replies to
[email-masked] i would really appreciate it.  Thanks!

-Rebecca Hoffman