no help from the following:
*** termcap~ Fri Mar 18 14:34:01 2011
--- termcap Sun Apr 24 23:33:52 2011
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*** 3131,3136 ****
--- 3131,3137 ----
#
# Customization begins here.
xterm-xfree86|xterm terminal emulator (XFree86):\
+ :te=\E[?1049l:ti=\E[?1049h:\
:tc=xterm-new:
#
# This is the only entry which you should have to customize, since "xterm"