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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-wordcount.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-wordcount.html deleted file mode 100644 index ef3b2841de0..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-wordcount.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,50 +0,0 @@ -<head> -<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label wordcount</title> -</head><body> -<h3>How many words have you written?</h3> -<p/>One often has to submit a document (e.g., a paper or a dissertation) -under some sort of constraint about its size. Sensible people set a -constraint in terms of numbers of pages, but there are some that -persist in limiting the numbers of words you type. -<p/>A simple solution to the requirement can be achieved following a -simple observation: the powers that be are unlikely to count all the -words of a document submitted to them. Therefore, a statistical -method can be employed: find how many words there are on a full page; -find how many full pages there are in the document (allowing for -displays of various sorts, this number will probably not be an -integer); multiply the two. However, if the document to be submitted -is to determine the success of the rest of one’s life, it takes a -brave person to thumb their nose at authority quite so -comprehensively… -<p/>The simplest method is to strip out the (La)TeX markup, and to count -what’s left. On a Unix-like system, this may be done using -<i>detex</i> and the built-in <i>wc</i>: -<pre> - detex <filename> | wc -w -</pre> -The <i>latexcount</i> script does the same sort of job, in one -“step”; being a <i>perl</i> script, it is in principle rather -easily configured (see documentation inside the script). -<i>Winedt</i> (see <a href="FAQ-editors.html">editors and shells</a>) -provides this functionality direct in the Windows environment. -<p/><i>TeXcount</i> also goes a long way with heuristics for counting, -starting from a LaTeX file; the documentation is comprehensive, and -you may try the script on-line via the - <a href="http://folk.uio.no/einarro/Comp/texwordcount.html">package home page</a>. - -Even quite sophisticated stripping of (La)TeX markup can never be -entirely reliable, however: that markup itself may contribute typeset -words, and this could be a problem. The <i>wordcount</i> package -contains a Bourne shell (i.e., typically Unix) script for running a -LaTeX file with a special piece of supporting TeX code, and then -counting word indications in the log file. This is probably as -accurate automatic counting as you can get, if it works for you. -<dl> -<dt><tt><i>detex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/support/detex.zip">support/detex</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/support/detex/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/detex.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>latexcount.pl</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/support/latexcount/latexcount.pl">support/latexcount/latexcount.pl</a>; <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org//help/Catalogue/entries/latexcount.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>TeXcount</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/support/texcount.zip">support/texcount</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/support/texcount/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/texcount.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>wordcount</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/wordcount.zip">macros/latex/contrib/wordcount</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/wordcount/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/wordcount.html">catalogue entry</a> -</dl> -<p/> -<p/><p/><p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=wordcount">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=wordcount</a> -</body> |