A terminal window (or terminal emulator) is a
window that allows you to type commands. Part II of this
guide describes common HP-UX commands.
Terminal windows are like user terminals connected to your system.
You may have several terminal windows open at the same time and execute
commands in each terminal window separately.
The command line prompt is a special character that is displayed at
the left edge of your terminal window. The prompt can be a $,
>, %, or other special character. A small rectangle, called a
cursor, shows where characters will appear in the window when you type
something on the keyboard.
HP VUE provides three types of terminal windows:
- hpterm
hpterm is the default terminal window for HP VUE. Its
command line prompts and softkeys act like an HP Term0
terminal.
- dtterm
dtterm provides an EUC 4-byte capable terminal emulator. It
emulates the DEC VT220 terminal emulator. For more details, see the
dtterm manual reference page or start a dtterm window and choose Help to read
the online help. (If the menu bar is not visible, display the dtterm
window menu and choose "Toggle Menubar".)
- xterm
xterm
provides a terminal window that emulates DEC VT102 and Tektronix 4014
terminals. xterm is provided for backward compatibility with
previous HP-UX releases. xterm users are encouraged to use either
hpterm or dtterm instead. For more details, see the xterm
manual reference page.
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