Newline When DECterm receives a line feed (LF), form feed (FF), or vertical tab (VT) character, the cursor moves to the first column of the next line. When you press Return, both a carriage return (CR) and line feed are received. If you click on the Newline option and DECterm receives an LF, FF, or VT character, the cursor movers to the current column of the next line. When you press Return, DECterm only sends a CR.