word count checklist?

word count checklist?

[scrawler]

Hey guys,

is it possible to to define a number of words and have a
checklist-type progress-monitor (/ or %) tell you how close
you are to reaching the number?

Just curious--it would come in handy...

-- 

-tom

Re: word count checklist?

[Eric Schulte]

The following org-mode file uses a Babel code block to return the ratio
of the number of words in the current buffer against the word-goal
variable as a percent.

Note that it doesn't take into account the words used in the code block,
so that may be worth adding to the word-goal, or possibly something
fancier could be done, like pushing the code block out into the Library
of Babel, and adding a grep call to the shell script to remove the
#+call line from the file before passing it to wc.

Best -- Eric

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* return % num-words/word-goal

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#+results: word-goal
: 200

#+begin_src sh :var file=(buffer-file-name) :var goal=word-goal
  echo "`wc $file |awk '{print $2}'`00 / $goal"|bc
#+end_src

#+results:
: 47
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<scrawler@gmail.com> writes:

> Hey guys,
>
> is it possible to to define a number of words and have a
> checklist-type progress-monitor (/ or %) tell you how close
> you are to reaching the number?
>
> Just curious--it would come in handy...

Re: word count checklist?

[Andrea Crotti]

I feel that maybe a minor mode would be a good choice for this.
You could set a file variable (something like
// -*- compile-command: "gcc -Wall -o dest file" -*-
)
where you set the max and the minor mode with a hook on every key could
update a value in the modeline.

I'm not sure I can do it but I might try if I don't get asleep :D