Subtract value for word/character count

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 05:09:29PM +0100, Pavel Sanda wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> evil and external sources sometimes declare that I need to cut my document
> by certain amount of characters/words :)
> Mentally tracking the difference (e.g. 4587 - 150 words) while editing is
> somewhat annoying.
> 
> I plan to add possibility for subtractive value applied to our statistics
> function so I can easily see the relative counts and track my progress.
> 
> However I am not sure how much is my usecase obscure in general and
> thus whether I should upstream some reasonable UI/lfun (preffered) --
> or should I just go for simple hack for my personal patchset.
> 
> Objections if I add this? 
> (For 2.5.x and 2.4.1/2 if Riki agrees).

No particular objection, but it would be nice to get a +1 from another user. I think it's common to have a specific maximum amount of characters/words, but I have not heard before of a use case where feedback is "you need to cut 150 words from your current 4587 words".

Scott
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