Document Statistics Plugin

The Document Statistics plugin counts the number of lines, words, characters with spaces, characters without spaces, and bytes in the current file. The plugin displays the results in a Document Statistics dialog. To use the Document Statistics plugin, perform the following steps:

  1. Choose Tools ▸ Document Statistics to display the Document Statistics dialog. The Document Statistics dialog displays the following information about the file:

    • Number of lines in the current document.
    • Number of words in the current document.
    • Number of characters, including spaces, in the current document.
    • Number of characters, not including spaces, in the current document.
    • Number of bytes in the current document.
  2. You can continue to update the gedit file while the Document Statistics dialog is open. To refresh the contents of the Document Statistics dialog, click Update.