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Ask HN: Change WYSIWYG to meta-WYSIWYG to better reflect the reality of 2022?
People usually view documents on a computer now, which means that page margins and page breaks don’t matter.
So maybe WYSIWYG is not the best term to use since what you see on the screen doesn't necessarily match what you see in the output.
Another point: I use Fira Code for programming because I like the ligatures. Moreover, I use TeXmacs to write notes because I like the way the text is typeset with high quality while I edit my notes. In both cases, the editing experience is made more pleasant but other people don't see the nice visuals. In other words, WYSIWYG is problematic because there is no output that matches the editing experience.
So maybe meta-WYSIWYG would be a better term to use nowadays to take into account these considerations?