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<RefEntryTitle>DtCreateTerm</RefEntryTitle>
<ManVolNum>library call</ManVolNum>
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<RefName><Function>DtCreateTerm</Function></RefName>
<RefPurpose>create a DtTerm widget
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<FuncSynopsis Remap="ANSI">
<FuncSynopsisInfo>#include &lt;Dt/Term.h>
</FuncSynopsisInfo>
<FuncDef>Widget <Function>DtCreateTerm</Function></FuncDef>
<ParamDef>Widget <Parameter>parent</Parameter></ParamDef>
<ParamDef>String <Parameter>name</Parameter></ParamDef>
<ParamDef>ArgList <Parameter>arglist</Parameter></ParamDef>
<ParamDef>Cardinal <Parameter>argcount</Parameter></ParamDef>
</FuncSynopsis>
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<Title>DESCRIPTION</Title>
<Para>The
<Function>DtCreateTerm</Function> function creates a terminal emulator widget hierarchy.
</Para>
<Para>The
<Symbol Role="Variable">parent</Symbol> argument specifies the parent widget ID.
</Para>
<Para>The
<Symbol Role="Variable">name</Symbol> argument specifies the name of the created widget.
</Para>
<Para>The
<Symbol Role="Variable">arglist</Symbol> argument specifies the argument list.
</Para>
<Para>The
<Symbol Role="Variable">argcount</Symbol> argument specifies the number of attribute and value
pairs in the argument list
(<Symbol Role="Variable">arglist</Symbol>).
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<Para>The DtTerm widget provides the core set of functionality needed to
emulate an <Literal>ANSI X3.64-1979</Literal>- and <Literal>ISO 6429:1992(E)</Literal>-style terminal,
such as the DEC VT220.
This functionality includes text rendering, scrolling, margin and tab support,
escape sequence parsing and the low-level OS-specific interface required to
allocate and configure a
<Literal>pty</Literal> or STREAMS pseudo-terminal device and write the system's
<Literal>utmp</Literal> device.
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<Title>RETURN VALUE</Title>
<Para>Upon successful completion, the
<Function>DtCreateTerm</Function> function returns the DtTerm widget ID.
</Para>
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<Title>SEE ALSO</Title>
<Para>&cdeman.dtterm;, <![ %CDE.C.CDE; [&cdeman.dttermesc;, <Filename MoreInfo="RefEntry">pty</Filename>(7), ]]><![ %CDE.C.XO; [<XRef Linkend="XCSA.M5DTT.anch.1" Role="2">; ]]>&cdeman.Dt.Term.h;, &cdeman.DtTerm;, &cdeman.DtTermInitialize;, &cdeman.DtTermDisplaySend;, &cdeman.DtTermSubprocSend;, &cdeman.DtTermSubprocReap;.</Para>
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