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Re: Counting words in LaTex mode


From: F. Xavier Noria
Subject: Re: Counting words in LaTex mode
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 15:56:03 +0200

Anders Johansson wrote:

> Has anyone written a lisp function for counting the number of words
> in a LaTex document? If so where can I get it? I tried using wc but the
> result is not correct. I think wc is counting the formatting commands and
> other stuff as well.

This is not Lisp, but perhaps you have `untex' in your system. Does

   untex file.tex | wc -w

help? You can remove all math with the -m flag if you wish (and there
are some other options, see man untex).

-- fxn



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