- “libterm”). That was subsequently released in System
- V Release 2. Thereafter, other developers added to the terminfo
- library. For instance, a student at Cornell University wrote an
- improved terminfo library as well as a tool (<code>tic</code>) to
- compile the terminal descriptions. As a general rule, AT&T
- did not identify the developers in the source-code or
- documentation; the <code>tic</code> and <code>infocmp</code>
- programs are the exceptions.</p>
+ “libterm”), and adapted the curses library to use
+ this. That was subsequently released in System V Release 2 (early
+ 1984). Thereafter, other developers added to the curses and
+ terminfo libraries. For instance, a student at Cornell University
+ wrote an improved terminfo library as well as a tool
+ (<code>tic</code>) to compile the terminal descriptions. As a
+ general rule, AT&T did not identify the developers in the
+ source-code or documentation; the <code>tic</code> and
+ <code>infocmp</code> programs are the exceptions.</p>