Bravo text editor

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Bravo text editor was an early WYSIWYG word processing program developed at Xerox PARC that pioneered many modern graphical text-editing concepts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf WYSIWYG text editor
computer program
word processor
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
developer Xerox PARC
Xerox PARC
surface form: Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
feature WYSIWYG editing
cut copy and paste operations
menus for commands
mouse-based text selection
multiple fonts
on-screen formatting
scrolling text windows
styled text
followedBy Gypsy word processor
genre word processing software
hardwareEnvironment bitmap display
mouse input device
hasTypeOfEditing direct manipulation of formatted text
historicalPeriod early personal computing era
historicalSignificance key influence on later commercial word processors
milestone in the development of GUI-based applications
inception mid-1970s
influenced Apple Lisa word processing software
Gypsy text editor
Word
surface form: Microsoft Word

Xerox Star system
surface form: Xerox Star software

early Macintosh word processors
locationOfDevelopment Palo Alto California NERFINISHED
notableFor being one of the first WYSIWYG word processors
introducing many modern graphical text-editing concepts
operatingSystem Xerox Alto
partOf Xerox PARC software ecosystem
pioneerIn graphical text editing
modern WYSIWYG word processing
platform Xerox Alto
surface form: Xerox Alto personal computer
precededBy line-oriented text editors
programmingLanguage BCPL
supports interactive document layout
mixed fonts in a single document
screen display approximating printed output
usedWith Xerox Alto
surface form: Xerox Alto document preparation environment
userInterface graphical user interface

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Xerox PARC technical reports describes Bravo text editor
Xerox PARC developed Bravo text editor
Alto personal computer softwareIncluded Bravo text editor
subject surface form: Xerox Alto
this entity surface form: Bravo word processor