Editing Desktop publishing (section)

=== With other digital layout software ===
In earlier modern-day usage, DTP usually did not include digital tools such as [[TeX]] or [[troff]], though both can easily be used on a modern desktop system, and are standard with many [[Unix-like]] operating systems and are readily available for other systems. The key difference between [[digital typesetting]] software and DTP software is that DTP software is generally interactive and "What you see [onscreen] is what you get" ([[WYSIWYG]]) in design, while other digital typesetting software, such as TeX, [[LaTeX]] and other variants, tend to operate in "[[batch mode]]", requiring the user to enter the processing program's [[markup language]] (e.g. [[HTML]]) without immediate visualization of the finished product. This kind of workflow is less user-friendly than WYSIWYG, but more suitable for conference proceedings and scholarly articles as well as corporate newsletters or other applications where consistent, automated layout is important. 

In the 2010s, interactive front-end components of TeX, such as [[TeXworks]] and [[LyX]], have produced "what you see is what you mean" ([[WYSIWYM]]) hybrids of DTP and batch processing.<ref>For more editors in the genre, see [[Comparison of TeX editors]] under the WYSIWYM / (partial) WYSIWYG editing style.</ref> These hybrids are focused more on the [[semantics]] than the traditional DTP. Furthermore, with the advent of TeX editors the line between desktop publishing and markup-based typesetting is becoming increasingly narrow as well; a software which separates itself from the TeX world and develops itself in the direction of WYSIWYG markup-based typesetting is [[GNU TeXmacs]].

On a different note, there is a slight overlap between desktop publishing and what is known as [[hypermedia]] publishing (e.g. [[web design]], kiosk, [[CD-ROM]]). Many graphical [[HTML editor]]s such as [[Microsoft FrontPage]] and [[Adobe Dreamweaver]] use a layout engine similar to that of a DTP program. However, many web designers still prefer to write HTML without the assistance of a WYSIWYG editor, for greater control and ability to fine-tune the appearance and functionality. Another reason that some Web designers write in HTML is that WYSIWYG editors often result in excessive lines of code, leading to [[code bloat]] that can make the pages hard to [[troubleshoot]].