Origins of the term 'WYSIWYG?

On Mon, 16 Jan 2017, Al Kossow wrote: OK, so use for computers, it was an appropriation of Flip Wilson's use. Flip Wilson's use of the phrase as a comedic social/vaguely sexual catchphrase was an appropriation of an earlier phrase in other uses. It was not "never heard before"! (Just as "You Asked For It, You Got It" existed long before and after the TV show of the same name) One of those uses in mid-sixties (and apparently earlier) was in photography for single lens reflex, intending to point out its advantage over rangefinder (Leica, etc.) As such, it was not uncommonly used, although never with as much intensity or silliness as when Flip Wilson picked it up. The alternative rangefinder systems did not have a catchphrase, just a thinner registration distance permitting much smaller cameras until the development of mirrorless DSLR (M4/3, Nex, etc. which can use Leica lenses on adapters) The alternative to WYSIWYG in computers, of embedding format codes visible to the author (such as "raw" HTML) was sometimes called YAFIYGI ("You Asked For It, You Got It"). That name never really caught on, as amateurs, such as ourselves, needed WYSIWYG. A professional typesetter scoffed at it, "I know what 36 point Helvetica looks like, I don't need it in my way to set a line of it." Although I did my early XenoCopy manuals with embedded Cordata codes and XenoFont screen captures, without his level of experience, I have difficulty justifying a line of text without WYSIWYG. And, contrary to the ads, WYSIWYG does NOT give me the capability of producing output comparable to his. Which brings up another ATTRIBUTION question. I think that it was Douglas Adams who said that DeskTop Publishing permits "justification of lines of text that previously would have had no possible justification". Anyone know the correct attribution details? -- Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com