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From: "Roodwriter@core.com" <Roodwriter@core.com>
Subject: Re: Counting words
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 20:55:03 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <vsl7n7k1n0se06@corp.supernews.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: m3oeut1xxn.fsf@defun.localdomain

Jesper Harder wrote:

> David Sumbler <david@nospam.co.uk> writes:
> 
>> How do I do a word count in Emacs?
> 
> `M-| wc -w'


That is an elegant solution. This after I slipped some Lisp code I found on 
the web into my .emacs file.

It's coming out now.

I need to think a little more about the M-| command.

Thanks.

--Rod

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Author of "Linux for Non-Geeks--Clear-eyed Answered for Practical Consumers" 
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2003-12-01  1:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-11-30 18:54 Counting words David Sumbler
2003-11-30 19:03 ` Jesper Harder
2003-11-30 20:03   ` David Sumbler
2003-11-30 23:51     ` Matthias Mees
2003-12-01  1:55   ` Roodwriter [this message]
     [not found] <E1AQYTg-0008GI-SU@monty-python.gnu.org>
2003-11-30 20:55 ` Masashi Ito
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-04-10 10:46 "Wilfred Zegwaard (privé)"
     [not found] <mailman.1903.1176202249.7795.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-04-10 11:05 ` Robert D. Crawford
2007-04-10 11:46 ` "Wilfred Zegwaard (privé)"
2007-04-10 15:13   ` Peter Dyballa
2007-04-10 17:37   ` "Wilfred Zegwaard (privé)"
     [not found] ` <mailman.1904.1176205848.7795.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-04-11 19:42   ` Colin S. Miller
2007-04-12 13:14     ` thorne

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