Editing text in a terminal window

Is it possible to unlock text printed in a terminal window? I want to print a sentence and let the user edit the sentence using the keyboard. Then I want the user to press Enter, which will update the String with the new sentence. I wrote the code to input text. The keyboard can add text, but the printed text is locked. I cant edit it. How can I unlock it?
For example...
the terminal window prints:
This is my sentence
Using the keyboard, you can scroll through the sentence and maybe change it to:
This is your sentence

Hi hg,
The "terminal window" that you talk about is supplied by the
operating system, you can only edit stuff in it if the OS (Windows,
whatever) lets you. I haven't seen an operating system that lets
you do this - not after the whole line is written.
So the answer is: No, you can't.
Luckily for you Java lets you create your own windows, write
text in them and let the user scroll through and change the
text. Search this site for the tutorial, and read it until you come
to "JTextPane", then you'll be in business.
Cheers,
Peter

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