Word Count - Page 3

Man Eating Duck · 06-06-2011, 08:30 PM

@Idolse: have you gotten around to this yet? I think that a user initiated counting process which updated a custom column is a good solution. As of now I use an unholy shell incantation which relies on wc and the book existing in txt format to do exactly this, but I'd be interested in a plugin which handled it for me

I'm no python coder, but if there is anything I can do to help let me know.

If anyone's interested in the shell script I can share it, but I wouldn't recommend it for production use (horned bipedals might show up on your door).

theducks · 06-06-2011, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Man Eating Duck

@Idolse: have you gotten around to this yet? I think that a user initiated counting process which updated a custom column is a good solution. As of now I use an unholy shell incantation which relies on wc and the book existing in txt format to do exactly this, but I'd be interested in a plugin which handled it for me

I'm no python coder, but if there is anything I can do to help let me know.

If anyone's interested in the shell script I can share it, but I wouldn't recommend it for production use (horned bipedals might show up on your door).

There is now a Page Count plugin

Man Eating Duck · 06-06-2011, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by theducks

There is now a Page Count plugin

That's interesting, thanks for the tip

I'd still like word count though, as that's a meaningful number for me (I work in a publishing house). I have had a look at the source code for the plugin, and believe I can extend it to also calculate word count as an option. I'll have a chat with kiwidude and see what he thinks.

user_none · 06-07-2011, 09:01 AM

ADE stands for Adobe Digital Editions. It is Adobe's ebook manaagement software.
There is a page count plugn for calibre that works with EPUB and MOBI in the plugin sub forum. It is made by Kiwidude.

Edit: stupid me not realizing there was more than one page of comments...

ldolse · 06-07-2011, 11:53 PM

I haven't had much time for Calibre development lately, but the page count plugin could probably be modified trivially to do word count as a third algorithm. I'll look into it and discuss with kiwidude if it looks feasible.

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06-06-2011, 08:30 PM	#31
Man Eating Duck Addict Posts: 254 Karma: 69786 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oslo, Norway Device: Kobo Aura, Sony PRS-650	@Idolse: have you gotten around to this yet? I think that a user initiated counting process which updated a custom column is a good solution. As of now I use an unholy shell incantation which relies on wc and the book existing in txt format to do exactly this, but I'd be interested in a plugin which handled it for me I'm no python coder, but if there is anything I can do to help let me know. If anyone's interested in the shell script I can share it, but I wouldn't recommend it for production use (horned bipedals might show up on your door).

06-07-2011, 09:01 AM	#34
user_none Sigil & calibre developer Posts: 2,487 Karma: 1063785 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida, USA Device: Nook STR	ADE stands for Adobe Digital Editions. It is Adobe's ebook manaagement software. There is a page count plugn for calibre that works with EPUB and MOBI in the plugin sub forum. It is made by Kiwidude. Edit: stupid me not realizing there was more than one page of comments...

06-07-2011, 11:53 PM	#35
ldolse Wizard Posts: 1,337 Karma: 123455 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Malaysia Device: PRS-650, iPhone	I haven't had much time for Calibre development lately, but the page count plugin could probably be modified trivially to do word count as a third algorithm. I'll look into it and discuss with kiwidude if it looks feasible.

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