Terminal Emulator Widget

The DtTerm widget provides the functionality required to emulate an ANSI X3.64-1979-style terminal emulator (specifically a DEC VT220-like terminal with extensions). The Terminal Emulator widget library, libDtTerm, provides the DtTerm widget for use in adding a terminal emulator window to a GUI. If you include a terminal emulator in your application, use Common Desktop Environment Motif widgets to add display enhancements to it such as pop-up menus and scroll bars.

The Common Desktop Environment Terminal Emulator, which is a part of the run-time environment, is a window that behaves as a terminal, enabling access to traditional terminal-based applications from within the desktop. The DtTerm widget is the foundation for the desktop run-time terminal emulator, dtterm.

The libDtTerm library includes a set of convenience functions to create, access, and support the DtTerm widget.

Library and Header Files

The libDtTerm library provides a set of widgets based on Motif for designing a terminal emulator or for adding a terminal emulator window to a GUI.

Include the Dt/Term.h header file to access libDtTerm APIs in your application.

Demo Programs

You can find the Terminal Emulator demos in /usr/dt/examples/dtterm. Read the README file for detailed information on the demos.

Related Documentation

For more information on the DtTerm widget, see the relevant man pages.

For more information on the desktop terminal emulator, see the terminal emulator help volume, the relevant man pages, or the Solaris Common Desktop Environment: User's Guide.