TextFX and word count

[Brigham Narins]

First of all, I just noticed that the TextFX plugin is gone, as though I removed it, but I didn’t. And it isn’t listed among the available titles in the Plugin Admin. Did I miss something in that last few days?

The two main features I used in TextFX:

1. Word count, particularly the ability to report the number of words in selected text
2. Line sorting that eliminates duplicates

Are these things available in other plugins?

[PeterJones]

@Brigham-Narins ,

See this FAQ

[Brigham Narins]

@PeterJones Thanks. I know about the View > Summary for whole-file word counts, but it doesn’t count the words in selected text. If you know how to do that, or know of another plugin that does it, I’d appreciate it.

[Alan Kilborn]

@Brigham-Narins

Simple Pythonscript, called WordCountInSelectedText.py:

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from __future__ import print_function

from Npp import *
import inspect
import os

#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

class WCIST(object):

    def __init__(self):
        self.this_script_name = inspect.getframeinfo(inspect.currentframe()).filename.split(os.sep)[-1].rsplit('.', 1)[0]
        self.total = 0
        def match_found(m): self.total += 1
        editor.research(r'\w+', match_found, 0, editor.getSelectionStart(), editor.getSelectionEnd())
        self.mb('Words in selected text = {}'.format(self.total))

    def mb(self, msg, flags=0, title=''):  # a message-box function
        return notepad.messageBox(msg, title if title else self.this_script_name, flags)

#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

if __name__ == '__main__': WCIST()

[Brigham Narins]

@Alan-Kilborn Thank you! Running such a script is something I’ve never done in NPP. Can you point me to a section of the manual or give me simple instructions?

[PeterJones]

@Brigham-Narins ,

Running such a script is something I’ve never done

We have a FAQ on that

[Brigham Narins]

@PeterJones @Alan-Kilborn Thank you both

[Alan Kilborn]

Of course, it is arguably even easier to just set up a search and press the Count button in the Find window, like this:

The result is shown in the status bar of the Find window.

This can be macro-recorded for easy running; the downside is that to see the result, the Find window has to be open.

[Alan Kilborn]

There’s also a way to put a selection’s word-count in the status bar; see HERE for that.