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diff --git a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-wordcount.html b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-wordcount.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..116a7e58116 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-wordcount.html @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +<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>Simply stripping (La)TeX markup isn't 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. +<dl> +<dt><tt><i>detex</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/detex.zip">support/detex</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/detex.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/detex/">browse</a>) +<dt><tt><i>wordcount</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/wordcount.zip">macros/latex/contrib/wordcount</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/wordcount.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/wordcount/">browse</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> |