WYMeditor

{{Short description|Open-source WYSIWYG text editor}}

{{Infobox software

| name = WYMeditor

| author = Jean-François Hovinne, Daniel Reszka

| released = {{Start date and age|2005|10|07}}

| latest release version = 1.1.1

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2015|10|30}}

| programming language = JavaScript

| operating system = Cross-platform

| discontinued = yes

| genre = HTML editor

| license = GNU General Public License, MIT License

| website = {{URL|http://www.wymeditor.org/}}

}}

WYMeditor is an open-source WYSIWYM text editor written in the JavaScript programming language for editing content on web pages. It is based on the jQuery JavaScript framework. It differs from other embeddable text editors such as FCKeditor and TinyMCE in that it concentrates on the semantics and meaning of content leaving out visual details.{{cite web | url=http://www.standards-schmandards.com/2006/wysiwym/ | title=Visually Editing Semantics, WYSIWYM | date=5 December 2006 | access-date=27 May 2011}}{{cite book|author=Martin Brampton|title=PHP 5 CMS Framework Development - 2nd Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wyQyKTV7tjoC|access-date=16 June 2018|date=17 August 2010|publisher=Packt Publishing Ltd|isbn=978-1-84951-135-3}} Unlike WYSIWYG editors, it explicitly shows the XHTML structure of content to the user.{{cite web | url=http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200612/forget_wysiwyg_editors_use_wysiwym_instead/ | title=Forget WYSIWYG editors - use WYSIWYM instead | access-date=27 May 2011}}{{cite book|author=C. Lange|title=Enabling Collaboration on Semiformal Mathematical Knowledge by Semantic Web Integration|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rYl7AgAAQBAJ|access-date=16 June 2018|date=14 October 2011|publisher=IOS Press|isbn=978-1-61499-345-2|page=241}}

Presentation and visual coherence is added using CSS which is either provided prepackaged, or can be customized.{{cite web | url=http://mashable.com/2008/11/03/embeddable-html-editors/ | title=6 Embeddable HTML Editors for Your Website Compared | website=Mashable | date=3 November 2008 | access-date=27 May 2011}}

WYMeditor is web server agnostic meaning it can be integrated into web pages built with any server side language.

Although lacking in some areas, WYMeditor statedly has more readable and cleaner source code. The opposite is often said about its competitors.{{cite book|author1=Jeffrey Zeldman|author2=Ethan Marcotte|title=Designing with Web Standards|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zZ4K3-vdN3oC|access-date=16 June 2018|date=15 October 2009|publisher=New Riders|isbn=978-0-321-67978-9|page=101}}