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+;; -*- mode: Emacs-Lisp; mode: rainbow; -*-
+
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or ;;
+;; modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as ;;
+;; published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at ;;
+;; your option) any later version. ;;
+;; ;;
+;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but ;;
+;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of ;;
+;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU ;;
+;; General Public License for more details. ;;
+;; ;;
+;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License ;;
+;; along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. ;;
+;; ;;
+;; Written by and Copyright (C) Francois Fleuret ;;
+;; Contact <francois@fleuret.org> for comments & bug reports ;;
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+
+;; Counts the number of words and characters between the previous and
+;; the next line of '-' (with at least four '-' in each line)
+
+(defun tc/text-counters-string () (interactive)
+ (let ((a (save-excursion
+ (and (re-search-backward "^--.*--*$" nil t)
+ (match-end 0))))
+ (b (save-excursion
+ (and (re-search-forward "^--.*--*$" nil t)
+ (match-beginning 0)))))
+
+ (when (and a b)
+ (format "%dw %dc " (count-words a b) (- b a))
+ )))
+
+;; Add the said counters into the modeline
+
+(defun tc/add-text-counters-in-modeline () (interactive)
+ (add-to-list 'mode-line-buffer-identification '(:eval (tc/text-counters-string)))
+ )