What You See Is What You Mean

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What You See Is What You Mean is a document-editing philosophy that emphasizes semantic structure and content meaning over visual appearance, contrasting with traditional WYSIWYG approaches.

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instanceOf document-editing philosophy
editing paradigm
user interface concept
abbreviation WYSIWYM
advantageOverWYSIWYG better support for complex documents
easier large-scale formatting changes
more consistent structure
appliesTo document editing
structured authoring
technical documentation
associatedWith LaTeX NERFINISHED
XML-based editing
markup languages
structured text editors
benefits accessibility
automated processing of documents
searchability
comparedTo visual layout-centric editing
contrastsWith WYSIWYG NERFINISHED
What You See Is What You Get NERFINISHED
direct manipulation of layout
deemphasizes visual appearance
editingModel author specifies structure and meaning
system generates final visual layout
emphasizes logical document structure
separation of content and presentation
encourages authoring by meaning rather than appearance
use of structural elements like sections and headings
focusesOn content meaning
semantic structure
goal accurate representation of document meaning
device-independent formatting
long-term document maintainability
relatedConcept content–presentation separation
semantic editing
single-source publishing
structured documents
supports content reuse
multi-format publishing
semantic markup
typicalUser documentation engineers
researchers
technical authors
usedIn academic publishing workflows
content management systems
technical writing workflows

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LyX designPhilosophy What You See Is What You Mean