dtterm Terminal Emulator Help terminal emulator A terminal emulator is an application that displays a window that allows you to use UNIX commands and cut and paste text within or between terminal emulation windows. The command-line prompt is a special character that is displayed in your dtterm window after you press Return. It can be a %, <, $, or other special character. A small box or bar, called a cursor, shows where characters will appear in the window when you type something on the keyboard. The command-line prompt and cursor appear in terminal windows. &ProductName; provides a dtterm terminal emulator by default. It displays a window in which command-line prompts and function keys act like a DEC VT220 terminal. The dtterm terminal emulator emulates that portion of the VT220 terminal that is consistent with ANSI and ISO standards. Click on the topics below for more detailed information. Illustrations in these help topics show the default CDE screens. Your screens may be different from the illustrations if you or your system administrator have customized any of them.