Avisual editoriscomputer softwarefor editingtext filesusing atextualorgraphicaluser 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 inreal time,correctly formatted, and are often referred to asWYSIWYG(What You See Is What You Get). It is common for the software to permit switching tosource-code editormode so that the originalsource codecan be viewed or modified.[1][2][3]

By definition, all visual editors require a refreshable display device. However, some editors[a]using such devices, e.g.,BRIEF,ISPF,gVim,KEDIT,THE,XEDIT,are not visual editors.

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  1. ^even GUI editors

References

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  1. ^"Definition of visual editor".PCMAG.Retrieved2021-12-26.
  2. ^Silvestrini, Stefano (Dec 2007).Xoops - To Create Dynamic Web Sites Simply.Stefano Silvestrini.ISBN978-0-9762432-3-6.{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  3. ^Smith, Bud E. (2009-03-11).Creating Web Pages For Dummies.John Wiley & Sons.ISBN978-0-470-44002-5.