From 319745e05e4fb518a30336a332ce89b1a45fe110 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: yctct <yctct@yctct.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 14:35:56 +0100
Subject: Add files

---
 wcm.lua | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 56 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 wcm.lua

(limited to 'wcm.lua')

diff --git a/wcm.lua b/wcm.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1406f88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wcm.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+-- counts words in a document
+
+words = 0
+characters = 0
+characters_and_spaces = 0
+process_anyway = false
+
+wordcount = {
+  Str = function(el)
+    -- we don't count a word if it's entirely punctuation:
+    if el.text:match("%P") then
+        words = words + 1
+    end
+    characters = characters + utf8.len(el.text)
+    characters_and_spaces = characters_and_spaces + utf8.len(el.text)
+  end,
+
+  Space = function(el)
+    characters_and_spaces = characters_and_spaces + 1
+  end,
+
+  Code = function(el)
+    _,n = el.text:gsub("%S+","")
+    words = words + n
+    text_nospace = el.text:gsub("%s", "")
+    characters = characters + utf8.len(text_nospace)
+    characters_and_spaces = characters_and_spaces + utf8.len(el.text)
+  end,
+
+  CodeBlock = function(el)
+    _,n = el.text:gsub("%S+","")
+    words = words + n
+    text_nospace = el.text:gsub("%s", "")
+    characters = characters + utf8.len(text_nospace)
+    characters_and_spaces = characters_and_spaces + utf8.len(el.text)
+  end
+}
+
+-- check if the `wordcount` variable is set to `process-anyway`
+function Meta(meta)
+  if meta.wordcount and (meta.wordcount=="process-anyway"
+    or meta.wordcount=="process" or meta.wordcount=="convert") then
+      process_anyway = true
+  end
+end
+
+function Pandoc(el)
+    -- skip metadata, just count body:
+    pandoc.walk_block(pandoc.Div(el.blocks), wordcount)
+    print(words .. " words in body")
+    print(characters .. " characters in body")
+    print(characters_and_spaces .. " characters in body (including spaces)")
+    if not process_anyway then
+      os.exit(0)
+    end
+end
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