what you give is what you get
A WYSIWYG (pronounced "wiz-ee-wig") editor or program is one that allows a software developer to see what the end result will look like while the document is being created. WYSIWYG is an acronym that stands for "what you see is what you get". A WYSIWYG editor can be contrasted with more traditional editors that require the developer to enter descriptive codes and do not permit an immediate way to see the results of the markup. The first true WYSIWYG editor was a word processing