[TxMt] get character count in current doc or selection?

Andy Armstrong andy at hexten.net
Sun Apr 22 18:39:24 UTC 2007


On 22 Apr 2007, at 19:34, Brooks Seymore wrote:

>
> The number of bytes in your document is a pretty close  
> approximation to how many characters are in your document. The  
> string 12345678910 is eleven bytes, but when you hit return a new  
> line character is created so your document would then have twelve  
> bytes. Accented characters, such as é count as two bytes. This  
> probably all goes out the window when one gets to Japanese and any  
> other non-Roman language.

Filter Through Command -> wc

or create a command that does this:

wc $TM_FILENAME | pre

-- 
Andy Armstrong, hexten.net




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