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A structure editor is a kind of source code editor, in which the user manipulates not textual representations of valid source code but rather manipulates the formal syntax of the programming language, which makes it harder to write programs with invalid syntax. Examples of structure editors go as far back as Interlisp-D; a modern example is the PubChem Server Side Structure Editor[1]; such editors are sometimes called WSYIWYG editors.

Further reading

  • "Semantics for structure editing environments", by Kaiser, Dr. Gail Elaine, Carnegie Mellon University, 1985, 230 pages; AAT 8517525; DAI-B 46/06, p. 1981, Dec 1985 (dissertation)
  • "Hierarchical structure editor for web sites", Samir Arora et al; Patent number: 5911145. Filing date: Jul 29, 1996. Issue date: Jun 8, 1999.