Word Count

Summary: Displays the number of words in the selected record.
Requires: EagleFiler
Install Location: ~/Library/Scripts/Applications/EagleFiler/

Description

This script shows an alert that reports the number of words in the current document and the number of words in the current selection.

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Script

tell application "EagleFiler"
    tell browser window 1
        set {_record} to selected records
        set _title to "Word Count for “" & _record's filename & "”"
        set _text to selected text
        set _selectedText to _record's text content
        set _message to "Selection: " & (count words of _text) & return
        set _message to _message & "Document: " & (count words of _selectedText)
        display alert _title as informational message _message
    end tell
end tell

Last Modified: 2011-09-23

Running the Script

You can use AppleScript Editor (AppleScript Utility prior to Mac OS X 10.6) to enable Mac OS X’s built-in Script menu. To run the script, just select it from the menu. FastScripts provides a similar menu that supports keyboard shortcuts and other features.