patch 7.4.1042
Problem: g-CTRL-G shows the word count, but there is no way to get the word
count in a script.
Solution: Add the wordcount() function. (Christian Brabandt)
diff --git a/runtime/doc/editing.txt b/runtime/doc/editing.txt
index 307e20d..1d104bc 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/editing.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/editing.txt
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@
than one position on the screen (<Tab> or special
character), both the "real" column and the screen
column are shown, separated with a dash.
- See also 'ruler' option. {not in Vi}
+ Also see the 'ruler' option and the |wordcount()|
+ function.
+ {not in Vi}
*v_g_CTRL-G*
{Visual}g CTRL-G Similar to "g CTRL-G", but Word, Character, Line, and
diff --git a/runtime/doc/eval.txt b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
index e40116b..10780bf 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*eval.txt* For Vim version 7.4. Last change: 2016 Jan 02
+*eval.txt* For Vim version 7.4. Last change: 2016 Jan 03
VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
@@ -2075,6 +2075,7 @@
winrestview( {dict}) none restore view of current window
winsaveview() Dict save view of current window
winwidth( {nr}) Number width of window {nr}
+wordcount() Dict get byte/char/word statistics
writefile( {list}, {fname} [, {flags}])
Number write list of lines to file {fname}
xor( {expr}, {expr}) Number bitwise XOR
@@ -6744,6 +6745,28 @@
: exe "normal 50\<C-W>|"
:endif
<
+wordcount() *wordcount()*
+ The result is a dictionary of byte/chars/word statistics for
+ the current buffer. This is the same info as provided by
+ |g_CTRL-G|
+ The return value includes:
+ bytes Number of bytes in the buffer
+ chars Number of chars in the buffer
+ words Number of words in the buffer
+ cursor_bytes Number of bytes before cursor position
+ (not in Visual mode)
+ cursor_chars Number of chars before cursor position
+ (not in Visual mode)
+ cursor_words Number of words before cursor position
+ (not in Visual mode)
+ visual_bytes Number of bytes visually selected
+ (only in Visual mode)
+ visual_chars Number of chars visually selected
+ (only in Visual mode)
+ visual_words Number of chars visually selected
+ (only in Visual mode)
+
+
*writefile()*
writefile({list}, {fname} [, {flags}])
Write |List| {list} to file {fname}. Each list item is
diff --git a/runtime/doc/usr_41.txt b/runtime/doc/usr_41.txt
index eb1d5f7..2194dc1 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/usr_41.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/usr_41.txt
@@ -923,6 +923,7 @@
mzeval() evaluate |MzScheme| expression
py3eval() evaluate Python expression (|+python3|)
pyeval() evaluate Python expression (|+python|)
+ wordcount() get byte/word/char count of buffer
==============================================================================
*41.7* Defining a function