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> That’s a problem that no WYSIWYG has been able to solve yet. It’s probably an unavoidable abstraction leakage. I think it comes from conflating layout with
by madhadron 6y ago
> That’s a problem that no WYSIWYG has been able to solve yet. It’s probably an unavoidable abstraction leakage.
I think it comes from conflating layout with writing. In QuarkXPress or InDesign it really isn't an issue. Those tools are quite uncomfortable for sitting to write in, though.
LyX does a decent job of this, I think, though it's not exactly WYSIWYG.
- tambourine_man 6y agoYou’re probably onto something. There’s also an issue with black box language vs something like HTML, which has semantic value besides pure presentational function. I don’t care if the auto generated PostScript is ugly as long as the printed work is perfect.