YAFIYGI
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.
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