How to select text in Pico when I don't have a carat character?

Posted by Andrew Swift on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Andrew Swift
Published on 2011-11-21T08:33:09Z Indexed on 2011/11/21 9:57 UTC
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I am using Pico via Terminal/SSH on an iPad with a French bluetooth keyboard. There is no way to type the carat (^) key to select text (control-carat to start selection).

The carat on the keyboard is used to type a circonflex accent (août), and only becomes active when one types a letter after pressing it. There is therefore no way to type control-^.

When I do type ctrl-^ in Pico, the cursor moves to the previous line.

Is there an alternate way to select text in Pico? I can't see how to use it without finding a solution.

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