about wp, was editor in linux shell that does charactor count?

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On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 6:58 PM, Linux for blind general discussion
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Huh, I was nearly certain that WP had a character-count
functionality, but pulling it up, I can't seem to find it.



I appreciate you  ringing this bell.  Indeed word perfect 6.0 has a 
character count.  Under writing tools alt-f1, the 4th option is document 
information.

This includes allot, first listing being character count.
I do not know if this appears in 5.1 plus, but it is possible since that
program came into being after 6.1.thanks!

Karen.






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Re: editor in linux shell that does charactor count?

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On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 6:58 PM, Linux for blind general discussion
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> Huh, I was nearly certain that WP had a character-count
> functionality, but pulling it up, I can't seem to find it.

You've sparked a memory. I don't recall in the DOS versions but in the
Windows versions, the character count up to the cursor position is
displayed in the lower right corner, just below the editing pane. So
put the cursor at the end of the text and look there.

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Re: editor in linux shell that does charactor count?

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I have not had a moment to check but I believe it is one of the 6.0 or 6.1 
writing  tools options.

I have a sense that i used it  before.
Regardless, one of the other things might work.
Thanks,
Karen



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On September 25, 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:

to the best of my knowledge, and I will check on this lol. word
count  is all  I can recall.


Huh, I was nearly certain that WP had a character-count
functionality, but pulling it up, I can't seem to find it.  Granted,
I'm trying to dredge WP commands from the mid 90s when last I used
it as my primary editor for high-school papers. But still, I was nigh
certain it was there and can't find it now.  Sorry for the
distraction.

-tim


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Re: editor in linux shell that does charactor count?

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ed and edbrowse count characters when you write the file.
or I just suspend the editor and type:

wc -c filename

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On September 25, 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> to the best of my knowledge, and I will check on this lol. word
> count  is all  I can recall.

Huh, I was nearly certain that WP had a character-count
functionality, but pulling it up, I can't seem to find it.  Granted,
I'm trying to dredge WP commands from the mid 90s when last I used
it as my primary editor for high-school papers. But still, I was nigh
certain it was there and can't find it now.  Sorry for the
distraction.

-tim


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Re: editor in linux shell that does charactor count?

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Emacs can do this

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to the best of my knowledge, and I will check on this lol. word count  is
all  I can recall.
However, a tiny bell is now ringing hinting at a place I have not checked,
so  we shall see.
Karen



On Mon, 25 Sep 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:

> Tim following up to my previous email:  also, if you run the DOS
> version of Word Perfect, it should also give you document statistics.
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Re: editor in linux shell that does charactor count?

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to the best of my knowledge, and I will check on this lol. word count  is 
all  I can recall.
However, a tiny bell is now ringing hinting at a place I have not checked, 
so  we shall see.

Karen



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Tim following up to my previous email:  also, if you run the DOS
version of Word Perfect, it should also give you document statistics.

-tim


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Re: editor in linux shell that does charactor count?

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Hi,
Thanks,  I will see if either exist on our Linux shell as I do not run 
Linux  so to speak, simply  telnet to shell editions.

Thanks again,
Kare



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On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 1:07 PM, Linux for blind general discussion
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Hi,
I can use wordperfect for word count.  still I am writing something that
requires  a character limit.
Ideas?


The NoteCase Pro outliner has this feature. .
Download and install, select free Trial Version when launching
(feature is missing from the free Lite version). Look for the Word
Count option on the Writing Tools submenu of the Tools menu. It
displays character count as well as word count for the current node.

I don't know how well that program does for accessibility.

LibreOffice Writer's Word Count feature also displays character count,
either for the document or for selected text.

Best regards,

Paul

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Re: editor in linux shell that does charactor count?

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Hi,
Indeed just a text file, since I will be placing it elsewhere.  will 
explore the wc option, or nano.

thanks again,
Karen



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I can use wordperfect for word count.  still I am writing something
that requires  a character limit.


Tim here.  Any editor that lets you write your document contents
through an external pipe should suffice.  Ed, vi/vim, and emacs all
do (I'm not sure about Nano).

In ed, you'd use

 ,w !wc

which will give you the character, word, and line counts for the
range (in this case, the whole document) that you piped into it.

For vi/vim, you can do similarly:

 :%w !wc

or in vim you can use "g control+g" to get the cursor location in the
document of the form "Col 9 of 58; Line 16 of 32; Word 146 of 291;
Byte 821 of 1625".

I don't use emacs, so I can't help much there.

Within Nano, you can use meta+D (possibly  followed by "d") to
return the file stats.

If you just want one of the stats from "wc", you can use either the
"-c" (characters) "-w" (words) or "-l" (lines) parameter such as:

 :%w !wc -c

to get the character-count.

Alternatively, assuming you're just editing plain-text instead of
markup, you can save your file and just pipe it through wc:

 $ wc -c < mydocument.txt

Hope this helps,

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Tim following up to my previous email:  also, if you run the DOS
version of Word Perfect, it should also give you document statistics.

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Sorry, I just noticed that you were looking for a shell editor.
Neither of the editors I mentioned qualify.

Best regards,

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On September 25, 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> I can use wordperfect for word count.  still I am writing something
> that requires  a character limit.

Tim here.  Any editor that lets you write your document contents
through an external pipe should suffice.  Ed, vi/vim, and emacs all
do (I'm not sure about Nano).

In ed, you'd use

  ,w !wc

which will give you the character, word, and line counts for the
range (in this case, the whole document) that you piped into it.

For vi/vim, you can do similarly:

  :%w !wc

or in vim you can use "g control+g" to get the cursor location in the
document of the form "Col 9 of 58; Line 16 of 32; Word 146 of 291;
Byte 821 of 1625".

I don't use emacs, so I can't help much there.

Within Nano, you can use meta+D (possibly  followed by "d") to
return the file stats.

If you just want one of the stats from "wc", you can use either the
"-c" (characters) "-w" (words) or "-l" (lines) parameter such as:

  :%w !wc -c

to get the character-count.

Alternatively, assuming you're just editing plain-text instead of
markup, you can save your file and just pipe it through wc:

  $ wc -c < mydocument.txt

Hope this helps,

-tim




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On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 1:07 PM, Linux for blind general discussion
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> Hi,
> I can use wordperfect for word count.  still I am writing something that
> requires  a character limit.
> Ideas?

The NoteCase Pro outliner has this feature. .
Download and install, select free Trial Version when launching
(feature is missing from the free Lite version). Look for the Word
Count option on the Writing Tools submenu of the Tools menu. It
displays character count as well as word count for the current node.

I don't know how well that program does for accessibility.

LibreOffice Writer's Word Count feature also displays character count,
either for the document or for selected text.

Best regards,

Paul

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editor in linux shell that does charactor count?

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Hi,
I can use wordperfect for word count.  still I am writing something that 
requires  a character limit.

Ideas?
Thanks,
Karen


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