<s>
In	O
computing	O
,	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
(	O
)	O
,	O
an	O
acronym	O
for	O
What	B-Application
You	I-Application
See	I-Application
Is	I-Application
What	I-Application
You	I-Application
Get	I-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
system	O
in	O
which	O
editing	O
software	O
allows	O
content	O
to	O
be	O
edited	O
in	O
a	O
form	O
that	O
resembles	O
its	O
appearance	O
when	O
printed	O
or	O
displayed	O
as	O
a	O
finished	O
product	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
printed	O
document	O
,	O
web	O
page	O
,	O
or	O
slide	O
presentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WYSIWYG	B-Application
implies	O
a	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
that	O
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
view	O
something	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
end	O
result	O
while	O
the	O
document	O
is	O
being	O
created	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
general	O
,	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
implies	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
directly	O
manipulate	O
the	O
layout	O
of	O
a	O
document	O
without	O
having	O
to	O
type	O
or	O
remember	O
names	O
of	O
layout	O
commands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
the	O
adoption	O
of	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
techniques	O
,	O
text	O
appeared	O
in	O
editors	O
using	O
the	O
system	O
standard	O
typeface	O
and	O
style	O
with	O
little	O
indication	O
of	O
layout	O
(	O
margins	O
,	O
spacing	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
environment	O
there	O
was	O
very	O
little	O
distinction	O
between	O
text	B-Application
editors	I-Application
and	O
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
program	O
had	O
its	O
own	O
special	O
way	O
to	O
format	O
a	O
document	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
difficult	O
and	O
time-consuming	O
process	O
to	O
change	O
from	O
one	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
to	O
another	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bravo	B-Application
,	O
a	O
document	B-General_Concept
preparation	I-General_Concept
program	O
for	O
the	O
Alto	B-Device
produced	O
at	O
Xerox	O
PARC	O
by	O
Butler	O
Lampson	O
,	O
Charles	O
Simonyi	O
and	O
colleagues	O
in	O
1974	O
,	O
is	O
generally	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
first	O
program	O
to	O
incorporate	O
the	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
technology	O
,	O
displaying	O
text	O
with	O
formatting	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Alto	B-Device
monitor	O
(	O
72	O
PPI	B-Algorithm
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
typographic	O
unit	O
)	O
was	O
designed	O
so	O
that	O
one	O
full	O
page	O
of	O
text	O
could	O
be	O
seen	O
and	O
then	O
printed	O
on	O
the	O
first	O
laser	O
printers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
text	O
was	O
laid	O
out	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
,	O
72	O
PPI	B-Algorithm
font	O
metric	O
files	O
were	O
used	O
,	O
but	O
when	O
printed	O
,	O
300	O
PPI	B-Algorithm
files	O
were	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bravo	B-Application
was	O
released	O
commercially	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
software	O
eventually	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
Xerox	B-Operating_System
Star	I-Operating_System
can	O
be	O
seen	O
as	O
a	O
direct	O
descendant	O
of	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
1978	O
,	O
in	O
parallel	O
with	O
but	O
independent	O
of	O
the	O
work	O
at	O
Xerox	O
PARC	O
,	O
Hewlett-Packard	O
developed	O
and	O
released	O
the	O
first	O
commercial	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
software	O
application	O
for	O
producing	O
overhead	O
slides	O
(	O
or	O
what	O
today	O
are	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
presentation	O
graphics	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
release	O
,	O
named	O
BRUNO	B-Application
(	O
after	O
an	O
HP	O
sales	O
training	O
puppet	O
)	O
,	O
ran	O
on	O
the	O
HP	B-Device
1000	I-Device
minicomputer	O
,	O
taking	O
advantage	O
of	O
HP	O
HP	O
's	O
first	O
bitmapped	O
computer	O
terminal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BRUNO	B-Application
was	O
then	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
HP-3000	O
and	O
re-released	O
as	O
"	O
HP	O
Draw	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
1981	O
,	O
MicroPro	B-Application
advertised	O
that	O
its	O
WordStar	B-Application
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
had	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
,	O
but	O
its	O
display	O
was	O
limited	O
to	O
displaying	O
styled	O
text	O
in	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
fashion	O
;	O
bold	O
and	O
italic	O
text	O
would	O
be	O
represented	O
on	O
screen	O
,	O
instead	O
of	O
being	O
surrounded	O
by	O
tags	O
or	O
special	O
control	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1983	O
,	O
the	O
Weekly	O
Reader	O
advertised	O
its	O
Stickybear	B-Application
educational	O
software	O
with	O
the	O
slogan	O
"	O
what	B-Application
you	I-Application
see	I-Application
is	I-Application
what	I-Application
you	I-Application
get	I-Application
"	O
,	O
with	O
photographs	O
of	O
its	O
Apple	O
II	O
graphics	O
,	O
but	O
home	O
computers	O
of	O
the	O
1970s	O
and	O
early	O
1980s	O
lacked	O
the	O
sophisticated	O
graphics	O
capabilities	O
necessary	O
to	O
display	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
documents	O
,	O
meaning	O
that	O
such	O
applications	O
were	O
usually	O
confined	O
to	O
limited-purpose	O
,	O
high-end	O
workstations	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
IBM	B-Protocol
Displaywriter	I-Protocol
System	I-Protocol
)	O
that	O
were	O
too	O
expensive	O
for	O
the	O
general	O
public	O
to	O
afford	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
improving	O
technology	O
allowed	O
the	O
production	O
of	O
cheaper	O
bitmapped	O
displays	O
,	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
software	O
started	O
to	O
appear	O
in	O
more	O
popular	O
computers	O
,	O
including	O
LisaWrite	B-Device
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
Lisa	I-Device
,	O
released	O
in	O
1983	O
,	O
and	O
MacWrite	B-Operating_System
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
,	O
released	O
in	O
1984	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
system	O
was	O
originally	O
designed	O
so	O
that	O
the	O
screen	B-General_Concept
resolution	I-General_Concept
and	O
the	O
resolution	O
of	O
the	O
ImageWriter	O
dot-matrix	O
printers	O
sold	O
by	O
Apple	O
were	O
easily	O
scaled	O
:	O
72	O
PPI	B-Algorithm
for	O
the	O
screen	O
and	O
144	O
DPI	O
for	O
the	O
printers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thus	O
,	O
the	O
scale	O
and	O
dimensions	O
of	O
the	O
on-screen	O
display	O
in	O
programs	O
such	O
as	O
MacWrite	B-Operating_System
and	O
MacPaint	B-Operating_System
were	O
easily	O
translated	O
to	O
the	O
printed	O
output	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
ImageWriter	O
was	O
the	O
only	O
model	O
of	O
printer	O
physically	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
printer	O
port	O
,	O
this	O
created	O
an	O
effective	O
closed	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
,	O
when	O
Macs	B-Device
using	O
external	O
displays	O
became	O
available	O
,	O
the	O
resolution	O
was	O
fixed	O
to	O
the	O
size	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
to	O
achieve	O
72	O
DPI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thus	O
,	O
while	O
a	O
Macintosh	B-Device
monitor	O
had	O
the	O
same	O
640×480	B-General_Concept
resolution	O
as	O
a	O
PC	O
,	O
a	O
screen	O
would	O
be	O
fixed	O
at	O
832×624	O
rather	O
than	O
the	O
800×600	B-General_Concept
resolution	O
used	O
by	O
PCs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
third-party	O
dot-matrix	O
printers	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
laser	O
printers	O
and	O
multisync	B-General_Concept
monitors	I-General_Concept
,	O
resolutions	O
deviated	O
from	O
even	O
multiples	O
of	O
the	O
screen	B-General_Concept
resolution	I-General_Concept
,	O
making	O
true	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
harder	O
to	O
achieve	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
phrase	O
"	O
what	B-Application
you	I-Application
see	I-Application
is	I-Application
what	I-Application
you	I-Application
get	I-Application
,	O
"	O
from	O
which	O
the	O
acronym	O
derives	O
,	O
was	O
a	O
catchphrase	O
popularized	O
by	O
Flip	O
Wilson	O
's	O
drag	O
persona	O
Geraldine	O
,	O
first	O
appearing	O
in	O
September	O
1969	O
,	O
then	O
regularly	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1970s	O
on	O
The	O
Flip	O
Wilson	O
Show	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multiple	O
hit	O
songs	O
and	O
albums	O
debuted	O
in	O
1971	O
that	O
could	O
have	O
also	O
contributed	O
to	O
popularizing	O
this	O
phrase	O
including	O
"	O
What	B-Application
You	I-Application
See	I-Application
Is	I-Application
What	I-Application
You	I-Application
Get	I-Application
"	O
by	O
Stoney	O
&	O
Meatloaf	O
,	O
Stand	O
by	O
Me	O
(	O
Whatcha	O
See	O
Is	O
Whatcha	O
Get	O
)	O
by	O
Bernard	O
Purdie	O
,	O
and	O
Whatcha	O
See	O
Is	O
Whatcha	O
Get	O
by	O
The	O
Dramatics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
1974	O
,	O
Karen	O
Thacker	O
,	O
the	O
technophobe	O
wife	O
of	O
Xerox	O
hardware	O
designer	O
Charles	O
"	O
Chuck	O
"	O
Thacker	O
,	O
was	O
introduced	O
to	O
a	O
Xerox	B-Device
Alto	I-Device
running	O
Bravo	B-Application
,	O
and	O
commented	O
,	O
"	O
You	O
mean	O
,	O
what	O
I	O
see	O
is	O
what	O
I	O
get	O
?	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
mid-1975	O
,	O
John	O
W	O
.	O
Seybold	O
,	O
the	O
founder	O
of	O
Seybold	O
Publications	O
,	O
and	O
researchers	O
at	O
PARC	O
,	O
incorporated	O
Gypsy	B-Protocol
software	I-Protocol
into	O
Bravo	B-Application
to	O
create	O
Bravo	B-Application
3	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
text	O
to	O
be	O
printed	O
as	O
displayed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WYGIWYG	O
;	O
what	O
you	O
get	O
is	O
what	O
you	O
get	O
,	O
often	O
used	O
in	O
a	O
similar	O
way	O
to	O
WYSIAYG	B-Application
,	O
WYSIMOLWYG	O
,	O
or	O
WYSINWYW	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WYGIWYS	O
,	O
what	O
you	O
get	O
is	O
what	O
you	O
see	O
,	O
used	O
in	O
computing	O
to	O
describe	O
an	O
interaction	O
paradigm	O
in	O
results-oriented	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
WYSIAYG	B-Application
,	O
what	O
you	O
see	O
is	O
all	O
you	O
get	O
,	O
used	O
to	O
point	O
out	O
that	O
advanced	O
users	O
are	O
sometimes	O
limited	O
by	O
the	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
WYSIMOLWYG	O
,	O
what	O
you	O
see	O
is	O
more	O
or	O
less	O
what	O
you	O
get	O
,	O
recognizing	O
that	O
most	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
implementations	O
are	O
imperfect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WYSIWYW	O
,	O
what	O
you	O
see	O
is	O
what	O
you	O
want	O
,	O
used	O
to	O
describe	O
GNU	B-Application
TeXmacs	I-Application
editing	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
abbreviation	O
clarifies	O
that	O
unlike	O
in	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
editors	I-Application
,	O
the	O
user	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
customize	O
WYSIWYW	O
platforms	O
to	O
act	O
(	O
possibly	O
in	O
part	O
)	O
as	O
manual	O
typesetting	O
programs	O
such	O
as	O
TeX	B-Application
or	O
troff	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
YAFIYGI	O
,	O
you	O
asked	O
for	O
it	O
you	O
got	O
it	O
,	O
used	O
to	O
describe	O
a	O
text-command	O
oriented	O
document	O
editing	O
system	O
that	O
does	O
not	O
include	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
,	O
in	O
reference	O
to	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
users	O
of	O
such	O
systems	O
often	O
ask	O
for	O
something	O
they	O
did	O
not	O
really	O
want	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
opposite	O
of	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
phrase	O
was	O
first	O
used	O
in	O
this	O
context	O
in	O
1983	O
in	O
the	O
essay	O
Real	O
Programmers	O
Do	O
n't	O
Use	O
Pascal	O
to	O
describe	O
the	O
TECO	B-Application
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
system	O
,	O
and	O
began	O
to	O
be	O
abbreviated	O
circa	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
