Re: word count on latex document

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From: rodgers
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 1991 17:17

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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?

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