CountChars Help screen [was Re: Edit FootNote]

[cld@xxxxxxxx (Carl Distefano)]

Reply to note from "M.C."  Sat, 12 Mar 2005 22:31:40
+0100

> When you have time, I think it would be interesting to move the
> help text from the Countchars frame to the .INF file.

Didn't I do that? Hmmm (checking)... yes, I did! Just never posted
it. Here it is:

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{countchars,countchars*}[cr|lf][cr|lf]COUNTCHARS -- C.L.Diste
fano rev. 2/12/05[cr|lf][cr|lf]Purpose:[cr|lf]Count character
s|bytes in DeFined block[cr|lf]Optionally, exclude embedded c
ommands and/or specified characters from the count. Further{032}
option to include text in footnotes, headers, footers, etc.,{032}
while excluding embedded commands from count[cr|lf][cr|lf]Bas
ic usage:[cr|lf]With block DeFined: [cr|lf] COUNTCHARS[cr|lf][cr|lf]Complete usage:[cr|lf]With block DeFined: [c
r|lf] COUNTCHARS[/NF[-command1,command2,...]] [-"aBc"][cr|lf][cr|lf]Options:[cr|lf] Switch /NF excludes all emb
edded formatting from count (including footnotes, headers, fo
oters, etc.)[cr|lf] Additional parameter -command1,command2{032}
modifies the /NF option by counting text within the specified
 embedded commands command1,command2, etc.[cr|lf] Parameter{032}
-"aBc" excludes chars a, B and c (cAsE-sEnSiTiVe); use double
 quotes (mandatory) around characters_to_exclude, which may i
nclude (single) SEarch wildcards (see Examples, below)[cr|lf]
[cr|lf]Examples:[cr|lf] COUNTCHARS[cr|lf]  All-in
clusive character|byte count[cr|lf] COUNTCHARS/NF[c
r|lf]  Exclude embedded commands from count[cr|lf] COUNTCH
ARS/NF-FN[cr|lf]  Exclude embedded commands, count
 text in footnotes[cr|lf] COUNTCHARS/NF-FN,RH,RF[cr
|lf]  Exclude embedded commands, count text in footnotes, h
eaders and footers[cr|lf] COUNTCHARS/NF-FN -" "[cr|
lf]  Excluded embedded commands, count text in footnotes; e
xclude spaces[cr|lf] COUNTCHARS -"[wN][wS]"[cr|lf]{032}
  Exclude numbers and separators[cr|lf] [cr|lf]One availabl
e window required for /NF and -"" exclude options[cr|lf][cr|l
f]{<}FC{>}[cr|lf]For use by RENUMBER.PM[cr|lf]Renumber COUNTC
HARS* in PACK mode[cr|lf]OPTIONs: FREEZE 50-52[cr|lf]Do NOT r
enumber to any S/G range overlapping 01-06[cr|lf](used by chi
ld frame DEFDELIM)[cr|lf][cr|lf]{<}US0{>}{<}FL{>}[cr|lf]-{tab
}-
{tab}-{tab}-{tab}-{tab}-{tab}-{tab}-{tab}-{tab}-[cr|lf][cr|lf
]
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Carl Distefano
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