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  wysiwyg
       adj : relating to or being a word processing system that prints
             the text exactly as it appears on the computer screen

  WYSIWYG
       What You See Is What You Get (DTP)
       
       
       
       
       

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