The terminal type determines what type of window will be opened when the icon is activated. Note that this property is only valid for icons on the Common Desktop Environment (CDE) and will be ignored when installing icons on the GNOME or KDE desktops.
For CDE icons on the AIX platform, there are three choices for terminal type:
NO_STDIO
When this type is used, no extra terminal window will be
launched by the icon. This type should be used if the application has its
own window, or if the command run has no visible output.
PERM_TERMINAL
When this type is used, a terminal window is opened by
activating the icon, and it must be explicitly closed by the user.
This type should be used if the command being run requires user input, or
displays output.
TERMINAL
When this type is used, a terminal window is opened, but is closed
automatically when the command is complete. This type would be used
with full-screen commands like "vi".