Subtract value for word/character count

[Jean-Marc Lasgouttes]

Le 25/03/2024 à 17:09, Pavel Sanda a écrit :
> 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).

Propose a lfun syntax and/or a UI, and we'll see how natural this feels.

JMarc