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Re: Word Count in XYWdos4.017



** Reply to note from Harry Binswanger  Fri, 18 Oct 96 10:39:34 +0000

HB> If you bury the footnotes inside a  they become
HB> nonprinting notes and WC won't count them. So just do:
HB>
HB> ci //>/
HB>
HB> then do the count, then reverse the change. [...] In the above
HB> "ci" command, the "<" here stands for the guillemet character
HB> and the "WW " stands for the wild-string wildcard. The reason
HB> for having 3 of them (and you may need more) is that each WW is
HB> limited to 80 (if memory serves) characters and your footnotes
HB> might well be longer than that.

Harry: A good idea, but why the wildcards? Just temporarily change all
FootNotes to NoTes (or LaBels or InVisibles) with

ci /