jove on xterms on Linux probs

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (robert)]

Sorry if this has already been asked, but I've been having problems with
4.16beta.52 in xterms on Linux 2.0.0.  It seems that insert redisplay is
in correct.  It appears that some sort of an insert mode is on, but that,
in addition to the actual character getting inserted, a space is also
inserted causing the display to be incorrect.

For example, if my original line is:

foobar

and I insert an 'x' at the beginning of this line, the resulting line is:

x foobar

Upon hitting ESC-^L, this line is redrawn as:

xfoobar

Since my TERMCAP variable is not set, I assume that /etc/termcap is being
used.

Has this problem been fixed in a later version?  Is this a known bug?