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WYSIWYG
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/wizeewig/ , /wisseewig/ , adj. [Traced to Flip Wilson's Geraldine character
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c.1970] Describes a user interface under which What You See Is What You Get
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, as opposed to one that uses more-or-less obscure commands that do not
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result in immediate visual feedback. True WYSIWYG in environments supporting
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multiple fonts or graphics is a rarely-attained ideal; there are variants of
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this term to express real-world manifestations including WYSIAWYG (What You
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See Is Almost What You Get) and WYSIMOLWYG (What You See Is More or Less
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What You Get). All these can be mildly derogatory, as they are often used to
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refer to dumbed-down user-friendly interfaces targeted at non-programmers; a
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hacker has no fear of obscure commands (compare WYSIAYG ). On the other
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hand, EMACS was one of the very first WYSIWYG editors, replacing (actually,
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at first overlaying) the extremely obscure, command-based TECO. See also
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WIMP environment. [Oddly enough, WYSIWYG made it into the 1986 supplement to
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the OED, in lower case yet.
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