Bravo (editor)

This article is about the word processor. For the casino application, see Bravo (application).
Bravo
Original author(s)Butler Lampson, Charles Simonyi and colleagues
Developer(s)Xerox PARC
Initial release1974; 50 years ago (1974)
Written inBCPL
Operating systemAlto Executive (Exec)
PlatformXerox Alto
Available inEnglish
TypeWord processor

Bravo was the first WYSIWYG document preparation program.[1] It provided multi-font capability using the bitmap displays on the Xerox Alto personal computer. It was produced at Xerox PARC by Butler Lampson, Charles Simonyi and colleagues in 1974.[2]

  1. ^ Borenstein, Nathaniel S. (1991). Programming as if people mattered : friendly programs, software engineering, and other noble delusions (4. print. ed.). Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. pp. 132. ISBN 9780691087528.
  2. ^ Smith & Alexander 1988, p. 102.