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Better Word Count

lukeleppanlukeleppan602k downloads

Count the words of selected text in the editor.

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Better Count Word

This plugin is the same as the built-in Word Count plugin, except when you select text, it will count the selected word instead of the whole document. I recommend turning off the built-in Word Count because this plugin is designed to replace that. This plugin also has the ability to store statistics about your vault.

Features

  • Allows you to store statistics about your vault.
  • Works with all languages.
  • Can display a variety of different stats. Including:
    • Words, Characters, Sentences, Footnotes, and Pandoc Citations in current file.
    • Total Words, Characters, Sentences, Footnotes, Pandoc Citations, and Files in vault.
    • Words, Characters, Sentences, Footnotes, and Pandoc Citations typed today.
  • Highly Customizable status bar that can be adapted to your needs.

Contributors

  • @leoccyao
    • Added all word, char, sentence count when not viewing a markdown file.
  • @chrisgrieser
    • Added Footnotes and Citation Counting.
  • @bakuzan
    • Added page counts.
    • Fixed issue that caused errors at start up.
  • @THeK3nger
    • Fixed issue that occurred when renaming files.
  • @lishid
    • Helped solve the performance issue.
  • @Noxellar
    • Fixed alt bar spacing issue.
  • @mgmeyers
    • Added word counts to section titles.

Special Thanks

  • @liamcane
  • @eleanorkonik
  • @AngelusDomini
  • @archelpeg
  • @aproximate
  • @Quorafind
  • @torantine
  • @lammersma
  • @aknighty74
  • @dhruvik7

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Replace the built-in word count with a counter that counts selected text or the entire file. Record vault-wide statistics and display words, characters, sentences, footnotes, Pandoc citations, file/page totals, and today's counts in a highly customizable status bar.
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Details
Current version
0.10.1
Last updated
3 years ago
Created
6 years ago
Updates
31 releases
Downloads
602k
Platforms
Desktop, Mobile
License
MIT
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lukeleppanlukeleppan
lukeleppan.com
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