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* word count
@ 2012-07-24 18:55 Enda
  2012-07-24 19:02 ` Jai Dayal
  2012-07-24 20:43 ` rfcoder89
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From: Enda @ 2012-07-24 18:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org

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Is there a word count function within Emacs?, or will I stick with

M-! wc -w file


- Enda

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* Re: word count
  2012-07-24 18:55 word count Enda
@ 2012-07-24 19:02 ` Jai Dayal
  2012-07-24 20:43 ` rfcoder89
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From: Jai Dayal @ 2012-07-24 19:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Enda; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org

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http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/WordCount
On Jul 24, 2012 12:55 PM, "Enda" <enda_k2@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Is there a word count function within Emacs?, or will I stick with
>
> M-! wc -w file
>
>
> - Enda
>

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* Re: word count
  2012-07-24 18:55 word count Enda
  2012-07-24 19:02 ` Jai Dayal
@ 2012-07-24 20:43 ` rfcoder89
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: rfcoder89 @ 2012-07-24 20:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Help-gnu-emacs


The new emacs 24 has a built-in function called "count-words". If your still
on a previous version then you could always roll out your own, simply
save-excursion, jump to beginning of the buffer, enter a loop to
forward-word until you reach the end of the buffer and increment a counter.


Bugzilla from enda_k2@yahoo.com wrote:
> 
> Is there a word count function within Emacs?, or will I stick with
> 
> M-! wc -w file
> 
> 
> - Enda
> 

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