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When comparing pico vs ne, the Slant community recommends ne for most people. In the question“What are the best terminal text editors?” ne is ranked 14th while pico is ranked 18th.
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Auto CompleteYes
Bracket MatchingYes
Collaborative editingNo
Column selectionNo
Cross PlatformYes
Extension languageN/A
Initial Release1993
Latest ReleaseFebruary 27, 2020
LicenseGPL-3.0-or-later
Multi Language SupportNo
PlatformsLinux, MacOS, BSD, UNIX-line, Windows (partial, via Cygwin)
Plugin ManagerNo
Supported keybinding stylesIBM CUA, flexible..
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Pros
Pro Built-in cheat sheet for shortcuts
All command characters are shown at the bottom of the editor.
Pro Easy to use
Pico includes only the bare minimum of functionality needed to edit documents making it very simple.
Pro Runs in terminal
Cons
Con No way to override command characters
Characters such as ^D, ^T, ^L, etc will always be interpreted as commands and there's no way to write them in text.
Con Lacks some commonly expected functionality even for a basic editor
Pico lacks search and replace functionality as well as the ability to work work with multiple files at the same time.
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