HOWTO: count “real” word in Latex document

Well, this should apply to all Latex documents, no matter it is edited in Windows or Linux environment. I jot this down because I am currently writing my final thesis, and just finished the first chapter. Then I want to check the word I’ve written, but I realised that the word count may include all the latex command which is not the real word count. Then I search the web find the ways to tackle this:

•  First “sudo apt-get install untex“. then “untex target.tex > count“, then “wc -w count“. Well, don’t know is there any untex in Windows.
• This is quite convinient. There is a Perl script that can do this job nicely in here. The online script is even more convinient, just upload all the code, and the result will come out in a second (click on the icon in that webpage, or click here directly).

Recommend: Yakuake, a cool terminal Emulator for KDE

In KDE, I use Konsole all the time, until I met Yakuake. I add this small tool to my long-term using applications immediately. The reason is simple. It’s pretty convenient, fast, and cool.

KDE lets me define a shortcut (I set it to Win+Ctrl+T, whilst Win+T to start it) to activate my Konsole no matter what desktop it is, or it is minimised or not. This is quite handy as whenever I want to switch to an opened Konsole instead of opening a new one, I just press the hotkey. However, it is annoy that after this I have to minimise it manually, otherwise it will be the current active window in my every 9 desktop!!

By using Yakuake, this wouldn’t be an issue anymore. I add it to my autostart applications. So instead of start a terminal and switch it every time and minimise after using it, I just press a hotkey (I set it to Alt+X as it is very handy for my left hand), a console will slide from my top screen edge, then I can type and command I want, or add more tabs. To inactivate it, just click outside this console it will slide back as nothing happens, or press the hotkey again. This applies to all my desktops. Besides, the interface is really cool, I set it to use Konsole’s settings, others default. Here is a screenshot:

To install is quite simple: in terminal “sudo apt-get install yakuake” , then say goodbye to your old terminal emulators.