(POP-FORUM) termcap/terminfo

[os9106o02]

I think I have encountered the problem that led Aaron to disable the use 
of termcap in linux in 2003.  Non-x ved now starts up for terminals 
known to terminfo, and I can get around using control keys, but keys 
that generate sequences of characters - e.g., arrow keys and function 
keys - aren't working.  I _think_ the problem is that vedescapetable is 
not being populated correctly.  My uparrow key generates the sequence 
esc [ A, ascii 27 91 65.  When I have TERM set to xterm, 
vedescapetable(91) has a subsequence '65 vedcharup'.  When TERM is set 
to rxvt-unicode or some other vt100 superset that doesn't have its own 
poplog definitions, vedescapetable(91) does not have the number 65 
anywhere in it.

I haven't yet understood how vedescapetable gets its values.  The file 
vedtermcap.p looks relevant, but is not easy to follow.

Steve Isard