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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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− | + | {{w|WYSIWYG}}, pronounced, "wizz-ee-wig" IPA /ˈwɪziˌwɪg/, is an acronym that stands for "What you see is what you get". In regards to computers, it refers to text editors in which the user can see exactly what will be published as they are typing it. But the comic compares various types of editors in a more different manner. | |
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− | + | *A WYSIWYG editor displays the edited document in its final form. This could be a printed paper, a WEB page, a PDF document, and more. This is a real term used for text editors. | |
+ | *A WYSINWYG, is a source editor — such as a {{w|wiki markup}} editor or {{w|TeX|T<sub>E</sub>X}}. In the example an HTML source editor is shown, where you enter raw HTML code and then presented with the rendered appearance of the final page. The <nowiki><em></nowiki>-tag marks text that has stress emphasis. This is a rarely-used tongue-in-cheek term. | ||
+ | *The WYSITUTWYG ("... is totally unrelated to ...") editor apparently takes your input and proceeds to ignore it entirely, instead displaying totally unrelated words. Possibly a commentary on the Autocorrect function. Randall seems to have made this term up. ("The horse is a noble animal" is the name of a giant rocking-horse sculpture in Yorkshire, or at least that's what Google returns for it.) | ||
+ | *WYSIHYD ("... is how you die") shows an ''editor'' which is not an editor at all, but a pun on the multiple meanings of the word "get": If you see "eaten by wolves", you will get ... eaten by wolves. This is a very surreal term only used in xkcd. | ||
− | + | The title text is a fictitious command, {{w|meta key|meta}}-x machineofdeath-mode, to the highly extensible {{w|Emacs}} text editor. Emacs operates in various "modes", which are customizations for specific purposes. Placing Emacs into "Machine of Death" mode would turn it into a WYSIHYD editor. Another fictitious emacs command can be found in comic [[378]]. "Machine of Death" is a reference to the 2010 book [http://machineofdeath.net/ Machine of Death], with [[Randall Munroe]] being one of the writers. It is a collection of short stories about a device that can predict how people die from a drop of their blood. In many of the stories very unusual deaths are predicted, often in a very literal way. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[There are four panels, each with different headings | + | :[There are four panels, each with different headings over them.] |
− | :[The first | + | :[The first panel shows two titled text boxes, one above the other.] |
− | + | :'''WYSIWYG''' What you see is what you get | |
− | + | :[Upper text box title] What you see: | |
− | :'''WYSIWYG''' | ||
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:''Hi'' | :''Hi'' | ||
− | :What you get: | + | :[Lower text box title] What you get: |
:''Hi'' | :''Hi'' | ||
− | :[ | + | :[The second panel shows two titled text boxes, one above the other, the same as the first box.] |
− | :'''WYSINWYG''' | + | :'''WYSINWYG''' What you see is not what you get |
− | + | :[Upper text box title] What you see: | |
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:<nowiki><em>Hi</em></nowiki> | :<nowiki><em>Hi</em></nowiki> | ||
− | :What you get: | + | :[Lower text box title] What you get: |
:''Hi'' | :''Hi'' | ||
− | :[ | + | :[The third panel is presented the same as the first two.] |
− | :'''WYSITUTWYG''' | + | :'''WYSITUTWYG''' What you see is totally unrelated to what you get |
− | + | :[Upper text box title] What you see: | |
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:<nowiki><em>Hi</em></nowiki> | :<nowiki><em>Hi</em></nowiki> | ||
− | :What you get: | + | :[Lower text box title] What you get: |
:The HORSE is a noble animal. | :The HORSE is a noble animal. | ||
− | :[The fourth panel shows two titled text areas, | + | :[The fourth panel shows two titled text areas, (which are not outlined with a border), one above the other.] |
− | + | :'''WYSIHYD''' What you see is how you die | |
− | + | :[Upper text area title] What you see: | |
− | :'''WYSIHYD''' | + | :[White text on a black background] '''EATEN BY WOLVES''' |
− | + | :[Lower text area] What you get: | |
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− | :'''EATEN BY WOLVES''' | ||
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::Eaten by wolves | ::Eaten by wolves | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Emacs]] | [[Category:Emacs]] | ||
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