Re: Wordcount routine available within LyX ?

2001-09-06 Thread Garst R. Reese
What about export ASCII, wc -w tmp.txt, insert ascii as lines tmp.txt, cleanup Garst R. Lahaye wrote: A simpler approach: What if we would use the spell-checker's policy and use the word count it gives at the end of the spell-checking? We need to bypass the spell-checking, but only let

Re: Wordcount routine available within LyX ?

2001-09-06 Thread Garst R. Reese
What about export ASCII, wc -w > tmp.txt, insert ascii as lines tmp.txt, cleanup Garst "R. Lahaye" wrote: > > A simpler approach: > > What if we would use the spell-checker's policy and use the word > count it gives at the end of the spell-checking? > We need to bypass the spell-checking, but

Re: Wordcount routine available within LyX ?

2001-09-04 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 02:44:05PM +0900, R. Lahaye wrote: As far as I understand does LyX not have a straightforward word-count routine. Often journals or publications put limitations on the number of words, in which case a word-count would come in handy. I think the main problem is

Re: Wordcount routine available within LyX ?

2001-09-04 Thread R. Lahaye
Andre Poenitz wrote: On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 02:44:05PM +0900, R. Lahaye wrote: As far as I understand does LyX not have a straightforward word-count routine. Often journals or publications put limitations on the number of words, in which case a word-count would come in handy. I think

Re: Wordcount routine available within LyX ?

2001-09-04 Thread Philipp Reichmuth
As far as I understand does LyX not have a straightforward word-count routine. Often journals or publications put limitations on the number of words, in which case a word-count would come in handy. AP I think the main problem is answering the question What constitutes a word? AP Is I a word?

Re: Wordcount routine available within LyX ?

2001-09-04 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Am Dienstag, 4. September 2001 09:12 schrieb Andre Poenitz: Is I a word? i.e.? a? b? a+b? a+\frac{4}{5b}? i.e. are two words (id est) and should be typed i.\,e. A pragmatic definition of a word is: - every letter or combination of letters which is separated against other letters or

Re: Wordcount routine available within LyX ?

2001-09-04 Thread Helge Hafting
Philipp Reichmuth wrote: As far as I understand does LyX not have a straightforward word-count routine. Often journals or publications put limitations on the number of words, in which case a word-count would come in handy. AP I think the main problem is answering the question What

Re: Wordcount routine available within LyX ?

2001-09-04 Thread Philipp Reichmuth
Is I a word? i.e.? a? b? a+b? a+\frac{4}{5b}? RL Yes to all. There we are, the first divergence of opinion :-) My German WordPerfect counts i.e. as two words. Philippmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] __ The ten thousand things / How long do any

Re: Wordcount routine available within LyX ?

2001-09-04 Thread R. Lahaye
Philipp Reichmuth wrote: Is I a word? i.e.? a? b? a+b? a+\frac{4}{5b}? RL Yes to all. There we are, the first divergence of opinion :-) My German WordPerfect counts i.e. as two words. Then forget me igniting this differgence. i.e. as two words is fine with me!!! I would say start of

Re: Wordcount routine available within LyX ?

2001-09-04 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 09:51:34AM +0200, Philipp Reichmuth wrote: So how does Word treat this? How should I know? Andre' -- André Pönitz . [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Wordcount routine available within LyX ?

2001-09-04 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 02:44:05PM +0900, R. Lahaye wrote: > As far as I understand does LyX not have a straightforward word-count > routine. Often journals or publications put limitations on the number > of words, in which case a word-count would come in handy. I think the main problem is

Re: Wordcount routine available within LyX ?

2001-09-04 Thread R. Lahaye
Andre Poenitz wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 02:44:05PM +0900, R. Lahaye wrote: > > As far as I understand does LyX not have a straightforward word-count > > routine. Often journals or publications put limitations on the number > > of words, in which case a word-count would come in handy. >

Re: Wordcount routine available within LyX ?

2001-09-04 Thread Philipp Reichmuth
>> As far as I understand does LyX not have a straightforward word-count >> routine. Often journals or publications put limitations on the number >> of words, in which case a word-count would come in handy. AP> I think the main problem is answering the question "What constitutes a word?" AP> Is

Re: Wordcount routine available within LyX ?

2001-09-04 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Am Dienstag, 4. September 2001 09:12 schrieb Andre Poenitz: > Is "I" a word? "i.e."? "a"? "b"? "a+b"? "a+\frac{4}{5b}"? "i.e." are two words ("id est") and should be typed i.\,e. A pragmatic definition of a word is: - every letter or combination of letters which is separated against other

Re: Wordcount routine available within LyX ?

2001-09-04 Thread Helge Hafting
Philipp Reichmuth wrote: > > >> As far as I understand does LyX not have a straightforward word-count > >> routine. Often journals or publications put limitations on the number > >> of words, in which case a word-count would come in handy. > > AP> I think the main problem is answering the

Re: Wordcount routine available within LyX ?

2001-09-04 Thread Philipp Reichmuth
>> Is "I" a word? "i.e."? "a"? "b"? "a+b"? "a+\frac{4}{5b}"? RL> Yes to all. There we are, the first divergence of opinion :-) My German WordPerfect counts i.e. as two words. Philippmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] __ The ten thousand things / How

Re: Wordcount routine available within LyX ?

2001-09-04 Thread R. Lahaye
Philipp Reichmuth wrote: > > >> Is "I" a word? "i.e."? "a"? "b"? "a+b"? "a+\frac{4}{5b}"? > > RL> Yes to all. > > There we are, the first divergence of opinion :-) My German > WordPerfect counts i.e. as two words. Then forget me igniting this differgence. "i.e." as two words is fine with

Re: Wordcount routine available within LyX ?

2001-09-04 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 09:51:34AM +0200, Philipp Reichmuth wrote: > So how does Word treat this? How should I know? Andre' -- André Pönitz . [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Wordcount routine available within LyX ?

2001-09-03 Thread R. Lahaye
Hi, As far as I understand does LyX not have a straightforward word-count routine. Often journals or publications put limitations on the number of words, in which case a word-count would come in handy. One can start the spell checker, and get the number at the end of the checking. However,

Wordcount routine available within LyX ?

2001-09-03 Thread R. Lahaye
Hi, As far as I understand does LyX not have a straightforward word-count routine. Often journals or publications put limitations on the number of words, in which case a word-count would come in handy. One can start the spell checker, and get the number at the end of the checking. However,