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{{about|WYSIWYG editors, which display the final form of marked-up text|full-screen text editors|Full-screen writing program|the MediaWiki editor used on Wikipedia|VisualEditor}} | {{about|WYSIWYG editors, which display the final form of marked-up text|full-screen text editors|Full-screen writing program|the MediaWiki editor used on Wikipedia|VisualEditor}} | ||
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A '''visual editor''' is [[computer software]] for editing [[ASCII|text files]] using a [[text user interface|textual]] or [[graphical user interface|graphical]] user interface that normally renders the content (text) in accordance with embedded markup code, e.g., [[HTML]], [[Wiki#Editing|Wikitext]], rather than displaying the raw text. Edits made to the page appear in [[wikt:real-time|real time]], correctly formatted, and are often referred to as [[WYSIWYG]] (What You See Is What You Get). It is common for the software to permit switching to [[source-code editor]] mode so that the original [[source code]] can be viewed or modified.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Definition of visual editor|url=https://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/visual-editor|access-date=2021-12-26|website=PCMAG|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Silvestrini|first=Stefano|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oCF7aoyPBZMC&pg=PA95|title=Xoops - To Create Dynamic Web Sites Simply|publisher=Stefano Silvestrini|year=2007|isbn=978-0-9762432-3-6|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Smith |first=Bud E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UUoJ0nJ7taYC&pg=PA141 |title=Creating Web Pages For Dummies |date=2009-03-11 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-0-470-44002-5 |language=en}}</ref> | A '''visual editor''' is [[computer software]] for editing [[ASCII|text files]] using a [[text user interface|textual]] or [[graphical user interface|graphical]] user interface that normally renders the content (text) in accordance with embedded markup code, e.g., [[HTML]], [[Wiki#Editing|Wikitext]], rather than displaying the raw text. Edits made to the page appear in [[wikt:real-time|real time]], correctly formatted, and are often referred to as [[WYSIWYG]] (What You See Is What You Get). It is common for the software to permit switching to [[source-code editor]] mode so that the original [[source code]] can be viewed or modified.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Definition of visual editor|url=https://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/visual-editor|access-date=2021-12-26|website=PCMAG|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Silvestrini|first=Stefano|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oCF7aoyPBZMC&pg=PA95|title=Xoops - To Create Dynamic Web Sites Simply|publisher=Stefano Silvestrini|year=2007|isbn=978-0-9762432-3-6|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Smith |first=Bud E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UUoJ0nJ7taYC&pg=PA141 |title=Creating Web Pages For Dummies |date=2009-03-11 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-0-470-44002-5 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
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A visual editor is computer software for editing text files using a textual or graphical user interface that normally renders the content (text) in accordance with embedded markup code, e.g., HTML, Wikitext, rather than displaying the raw text. Edits made to the page appear in real time, correctly formatted, and are often referred to as WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get). It is common for the software to permit switching to source-code editor mode so that the original source code can be viewed or modified.[1][2][3]
By definition, all visual editors require a refreshable display device. However, some editorsTemplate:Efn using such devices, e.g., BRIEF, ISPF, gVim, KEDIT, THE, XEDIT, are not visual editors.
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