Niklas Burtscheid <Niklas.Burtscheid <at> gmx.de> writes: > > There should be an option in the general preferences to show the statistics (number of characters & number > of words) permanently in the status-bar (at the right side of it).
Recent versions of Word do exactly this, and it's pretty handy. Implementing this would allow LyX to lose the Tools->Statistics menu entry and corresponding dialog, so that's a usability win in my book. I'm not a developer, but I'd suggest filing an RFE.
