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| − | {{w|WYSIWYG}}, pronounced, "wizzy-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. The comic compares various types of editors, each one a play-on-words on WYSIWYG.
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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.
| + | {{w|WYSIWYG}}, pronounced, "wizz-ee-wig", 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 he is typing it. The comic compares various types of editors. |
| − | *A WYSINWYG editor is the opposite; there is a distinct difference between what the editor displays, and what will be printed. Hence, what you see is ''not'' what you get. They are also known as source editors, such as a {{w|wiki markup}} editor or {{w|TeX}}. In the comic 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.
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| − | *The WYSITUTWYG ("... is totally unrelated to ...") editor apparently takes your input and proceeds to ignore it entirely, instead displaying unrelated words. Possibly a commentary on the Autocorrect function. Randall seems to have made this term up. The phrase "The HORSE is a noble animal" may be a reference to the {{w|Stereotypes of animals#Horses|stereotypes}} commonly associated with horses, or possibly to {{w|Houyhnhnm}} in ''{{w|Gulliver's Travels}}'', an extreme version of those stereotypes. "The horse is a noble animal" is also the name of a giant rocking-horse sculpture in {{w|Yorkshire}}.
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| − | *WYSIHYD ("... is how you die") shows an "editor" which is not really an editor at all, but rather a pun on the multiple meanings of the word "get": If you ''see'' "eaten by wolves", you will ''get''... eaten by wolves. As in physically attacked and devoured by wolves. This is an example of the [[wikipedia:use-mention distinction|use-mention distinction]], or simply ''get'' meaning "to receive" or "to become" (compare German's different evolution: ''werden'' ("to become") but ''bekommen'' ("to receive")).
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| − | 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. (For another fictitious emacs command see [[378: Real Programmers]]). See [[#Machine of Death book|below]] for why this was used.
| + | A WYSIWYG editor displays the edited document in its final, typically printed, form. |
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| − | ===Machine of Death book===
| + | A WYSIN(not)WYG, is similar to an HTML source editor, where you enter raw HTML code and are (in a different view) presented with the rendered appearance of the page. The em tag marks text that has stress emphasis |
| − | The title text is a reference to "{{w|Machine of Death}}". This book from 2010 is a collection of short stories edited by amongst other {{w|Ryan North}} (of {{w|Dinosaur Comics}}) mentioned here since the idea was based on one of [http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=675 his comics]. Since [[Randall Munroe]] wrote one of the stories the reference is very likely, and would be Randall's first [[:Category:Book promotion|book promotion]] in xkcd, but not the last. All the stories are based around a device, the "Machine of Death", that can predict, with 100% accuracy though generally with extreme ambiguity, 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, but not so you know when or where you will die. From the [http://machineofdeath.net/ official home page] the entire book can be downloaded for free as a [http://machineofdeath.net/ebook PDF file]. Randall's story begins on page 421 - or page 218 of the two-sided PDF file. It is simply called "?". In [[1525: Emojic 8 Ball]] the default question is ''How will I die?'' and can then be answered by an ''Emojic 8 Ball'', which would make it a type of Machine of Death.
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| − | ==Transcript==
| + | The WYSITUTWYG ("... is totally unrelated to ...") editor apparently takes your input and proceeds to ignore it entirely, instead displaying totally unrelated words. |
| − | :[There are four panels, each with different headings and explanations of the headings above the panels.]
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| − | :[The first three panels show two titled text boxes, one above the other, with text inside. This text is formatted with both small and capital letters as opposed to all capital letters in the rest of the comic.]
| + | Finally, the WYSIHYD ("... is how you die") "editor" 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. The white-on-black writing is probably a reference to the anime ''Death Note''. |
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| − | :[Heading panel 1:] | + | The title text is a fictitious command, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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. |
| − | :'''WYSIWYG'''
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| − | :What you see is
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| − | :what you get
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| − | :[Panel 1.]
| + | ==Transcript== |
| − | :What you see:
| + | [There are four panels, each with different headings over them.] |
| − | :''Hi''
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| − | :What you get:
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| − | :''Hi''
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| − | :[Heading panel 2:]
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| − | :'''WYSINWYG'''
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| − | :What you see is
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| − | :not what you get
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| − | :[Panel 2.]
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| − | :What you see:
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| − | :<nowiki><em>Hi</em></nowiki>
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| − | :What you get:
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| − | :''Hi''
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| − | :[Heading panel 3:]
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| − | :'''WYSITUTWYG'''
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| − | :What you see is totally
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| − | :unrelated to what you get
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| − | :[Panel 3.]
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| − | :What you see:
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| − | :<nowiki><em>Hi</em></nowiki>
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| − | :What you get:
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| − | :The HORSE is a noble animal.
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| − | :[The fourth panel shows two titled text areas, the top is a black rectangle with white text in a very large font, and the bottom text area is not outlined with a border.]
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| − | :[Heading panel 4:]
| + | [The first panel shows two titled text boxes, one above the other] |
| − | :'''WYSIHYD''' | + | :[First panel title] '''WYSIWYG''' What you see is what you get |
| − | :What you see is | + | ::[Upper text box title] What you see: |
| − | :how you die | + | :::''Hi'' |
| | + | ::[Lower text box title] What you get: |
| | + | :::''Hi'' |
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| − | :[Panel 4.] | + | [The second panel shows two titled text boxes, one above the other, the same as the first box] |
| − | :What you see: | + | :[Second panel title] '''WYSINWYG''' What you see is not what you get |
| − | :'''EATEN BY WOLVES''' | + | ::[Upper text box title] What you see: |
| − | :What you get: | + | :::<em>Hi</em> |
| − | ::Eaten by wolves | + | ::[Lower text box title] What you get: |
| | + | :::''Hi'' |
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| − | {{comic discussion}}
| + | [The third panel is presented the same as the first two] |
| | + | :[Third panel title] '''WYSITUTWYG''' What you see is totally unrelated to what you get |
| | + | ::[Upper text box title] What you see: |
| | + | :::<em>Hi</em> |
| | + | ::[Lower text box title] What you get: |
| | + | :::The HORSE is a noble animal. |
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| − | [[Category:Emacs]] | + | [The fourth panel shows two titled text areas, (which are not outlined with a border), one above the other] |
| − | [[Category:Book promotion]] <!-- Machine of Death in title text --> | + | :[Forth panel title] '''WYSIHYD''' What you see is how you die |
| | + | ::[Upper text area title] What you see: |
| | + | :::[White text on a black background] EATEN BY WOLVES |
| | + | ::[Lower text area] What you get: |
| | + | :::Eaten By Wolves |
