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dail8859 / NotepadNext

A cross-platform, reimplementation of Notepad++
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Feature request: word count in statusbar, insert key -> overwrite #582

Closed nordwin82 closed 1 day ago

nordwin82 commented 1 week ago

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Really love what you are doing.

Feature request: word count in statusbar, insert key switches between insert and overwrite

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dail8859 commented 4 days ago

Just curious, what is the exact need for having a live, updated wordcount in a status bar?

nordwin82 commented 3 days ago

Hi, word count would be useful when you have an obligation to write a text of a certain word count. A few times a year I write 300 words for a local dutch publication. Maybe I am the only one with such tasks ;-)

dail8859 commented 1 day ago

I did add overtyping in the next release.

Having a real-time word count is a very small use case for the tradeoff of performance (i.e. rescanning the document every time an edit is made). Also the definition of 'what is a word' can vary between users which adds more complexity.

I'd recommend sticking to word processing applications that need more 'word' based functionality rather than a text editor.