[OS X TeX] Word Count
John Vokey
vokey at uleth.ca
Tue Jan 16 03:30:12 CET 2007
>> I took a look at the WordService, it seems to be a good tool, the
>> only
>> problem is that it doesn't recognize (La)TeX commands, does it?
>>
>
> Right, it does not.
>
> TeXShop uses detex to remove (La)TeX commands and then counts with
> wc ...
>
> --
> Greetings
>
> Pete
And, of course, the TeXShop count will not include the expansion of
the unexpanded citations, which makes it less useful than it first
appears. To get around this limitation, I compile the finished
document to a pdf, convert the pdf to text, delete all the headers,
etc., then do a correct word count using WordService.
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can do evil, but for good people to do evil — that takes religion."
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Dr. John R. Vokey
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