Word – How to check the word count of selected text in Notepad++

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Is it possible to view the word count for a selected text in Notepad++?

I'm been able to view the current number of selected characters and lines in the bottom status bar.

I'm able to view the total number of words in my document by opening View → Summary.

Unfortunately, neither option lets me view the word count for my currently selected text.

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This can be achieved with the TextFX plugin for Notepad++.

Install the plugin by clicking Plugins -> Plugin Manager -> Show Plugin Manager
Check TextFX Characters in the list of available plugins and click Install (Notepad++ will need to restart to finish the installation)
After installation finishes, you can view the word count for the selected text by going to the TextFX menu, selecting TextFX Tools and finally Word Count:

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Mac – Word count for LaTeX within emacs

(defun latex-word-count ()
  (interactive)
  (shell-command (concat "/usr/local/bin/texcount.pl "
                         ; "uncomment then options go here "
                         (buffer-file-name))))

You may opt to put texcount.pl somewhere other than /usr/local/bin, just modify the code as appropriate if you do. This creates a new command "M-x latex-word-count", which will run texcount.pl on the current file (it will give the wrong result if you have not saved the file though). You can remove the semicolon and replace the filler text with any command line arguments you want to use, if any. You can bind this to a keyboard command with something like this in your .emacs:

(define-key latex-mode-map "\C-cw" 'latex-word-count)

The page which describes how to install texcount is here: texcount faq. Short version:

sudo cp texcount.pl /usr/local/bin/texcount.pl

or alternatively you could do as they recommend and simply name it texcount, and update the code appropriately.

Notepad++ highlight occurrences of selected text

Try the Settings -> Preferences -> Highlighting and uncheck the "Match whole word only" under Smart Highlighting.

that seemed to work for me.

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