On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 8:34 AM, Susan Cragin <susancra...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Does anyone know of any Linux application that does an > accurate word count, so I can check?
First we have to define what we mean by "word". :) I'm no expert on the subject, but I've been told if you ask an English major, a computer scientist, a magazine editor, and a lawyer to count the number of words in a document, you'll get different answers from each. Computers typically use "a word is a sequence of non-blank characters separated by blanks" unless special attention is paid to the matter. Magazine editors reportedly have some convoluted formula they use, apparently because what they really care about is how much space on the page the text will consume. -- Ben _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
