yafiygi

3 definitions found

yafiygi - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  YAFIYGI
  
     <abuse> /yaf'ee-y*-gee/ You asked for it, you got it.
  
     The command-oriented ed/vi/nroff/TeX style of word processing
      or other user interfaces which are not WYSIWYG.
     What you actually asked for is often not immediately apparent.
  
     This precise sense of "You asked for it, you got it" seems to
     have first appeared in Ed Post's classic parody "Real Programmers
      don't use Pascal"; the acronym is a more recent
     (as of 1993) invention.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1995-03-13)
  

yafiygi - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  YAFIYGI
   /yaf'ee.y@.gee/, adj.
  
     [coined in response to WYSIWYG] Describes the command-oriented
     ed/vi/nroff/TeX style of word processing or other user interface, the
     opposite of WYSIWYG. Stands for "You asked for it, you got it",
     because what you actually asked for is often not apparent until long
     after it is too late to do anything about it. Used to denote
     perversity ("Real Programmers use YAFIYGI tools...and like it!") or,
     less often, a necessary tradeoff ("Only a YAFIYGI tool can have full
     programmable flexibility in its interface.").
  
     This precise sense of "You asked for it, you got it" seems to have
     first appeared in Ed Post's classic parody Real Programmers don't use
     Pascal (see Real Programmers); the acronym is a more recent
     invention.
  

yafiygi - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  YAFIYGI
         You asked for it, you got it (Usenet, IRC, slang)