³1username³2³2name³2text_default³2version³21³2ts³2981521638³2ip³2209.66.79.109³2data³2newauthor³31³3minor³30³3text³3'''WYSIWYG'''

'''acronyms (in order of increasing obscurity):'''
WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get (basic)
WYSIAYG - What You See Is All You Get (used by hackers and computer programers)
WYSIAWYG - What You See Is Almost What You Get (most text editing programs)
WYSIMOLWYG - What You See Is More Or Less What You Get (another way of stating WYSIAWYG)

'''meaning:'''
· a description of an user interface that allows the user to view the end result while the document or graphic character is being created
· allows the user to concentrate entirely in how the content should appear, although having the trade-off of not have the results being easily fine-tuned\
· also used to describe specifically a web-page creation program in which the user creates the webpage visually, while the program writes the HTML (hypertext markup language) for it
· most programs, even Microsoft Office, are not WYSIWYG since printing and page formatting are still hidden from view
· users expect WYSIWYG


'''historical notes:'''
· was originally a cataphrase on an old TV program called Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, (1968-1973)
· first applied to computers in the 1980's
· EMACS was one of the first WYSIWYG editors, replacing the program TeX which uses mark-up commands for formating


'''TMI:'''

http://www.atpm.com/4.12/page7.shtml
http://www.ideography.co.uk/library/seybold/WYSIWYG.html


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