[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 38983] Word Count counts incorrectly with dashes and other separators

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38983

--- Comment #4 from Tor Lillqvist <tlillqvist at novell.com> 2011-07-06 11:16:53 PDT ---
Come on, since when is "word count" an exactly defined term anyway? There are
as many definitions as there are software implementations plus the number
people trying to come up with an exact definition. We will never be able to
satisfy the whims of any word-counting writer/editor/teacher/student. 

If the word count displayed by LO is "too small", write more text. If it is
"too large", delete some unneeded verbiage. Don't blame the word-counting
algorithm;)

In my humble opinion, LO should not even attempt to offer an exact "word
count". It should round it in some suitably mysterious fashion to a nice round
number. For instance with at least +/- 5 "tolerance" and at most 10%
"precision", or something like that. The bikeshedding possibilities here are
endless!

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