Xref: utzoo comp.text:7933 comp.text.tex:5130 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!pacbell.com!ucsd!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!clausius.mmwb.ucsf.edu!rodgers From: rodgers@clausius.mmwb.ucsf.edu Newsgroups: comp.text,comp.text.tex Subject: Re: word count on latex document Keywords: word count wc latex Message-ID: Date: 1 Feb 91 17:17:31 GMT References: <5317@gara.une.oz.au> <3635@scott.ed.ac.uk> Sender: daemon@cgl.ucsf.edu Lines: 16 In <3635@scott.ed.ac.uk> rda@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Robert Dale) writes: >ascott@gara.une.oz.au (Tony Scott STPG) writes: >>I need to count the number of words in a document that is >>built up of latex commands. Is there something available that will >I've often wished for such a thing, ... >I'd also be interested to know of any solutions -- perhaps doing the >word count on the output of dvi2ps might be easier (only 0.5 :-)? How about using the pd program detex (at the stanford archive, I believe, followed by wc? Cheerio, Rick Rodgers R. P. C. Rodgers, M.D. (415)476-2957 (work) 664-0560 (home) UCSF Laurel Heights Campus UUCP: ...ucbvax.berkeley.edu!cca.ucsf.edu!rodgers 3333 California St., Suite 102 Internet: rodgers@maxwell.mmwb.ucsf.edu San Francisco CA 94118 USA BITNET: rodgers@ucsfcca