Ok, so after looking through the source code for osso-xterm, it looks like my best route would be to modify elinks to call vte_terminal_new(), then fork and attach the child to the new terminal window. Second thing to do is look for each of the keyboard input routines in elinks, and have it pop up the input method when called (and remove the input method when done). Sounds simple enough (I'm just starting to learn GTK programming).

For those wondering, I found the docs for the vte library at: http://library.gnome.org/devel/vte/u...eTerminal.html