On 03/30/2010 08:34 AM, Susan Cragin wrote: > I actually don't know if OO does a correct word count. On a 40,000 > word document, I get a difference between that and gedit. It's of some > concern to me because I'm a writer. Does anyone know of any Linux > application that does an accurate word count, so I can check? >
I do wonder what 'correct' means, or if there is an agreed-upon standard. The folks over at NaNoWriMo [1] suggest you try wc. I believe that wc only works against text files. [1] http://www.nanowrimo.org/nl/node/3442160 -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com
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