How to see the length of selected text in gedit?

pers

5/27/24, 7:26 PM

How can I see the length of selected text in gedit like this example image?

I'm using Ubuntu 22.04.

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gedit

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22.04

gnome-text-editor

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Nonny Moose

5/27/24, 7:57 PM

You can do this (crudely) using the External Tools plugin. First enable the plugin:

Then create the following external tool with the code

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import sys
text = sys.stdin.read()
print(len(text))

Then add a shortcut key of your choice. Now you can select some text, press the keybind, and get a character count of your selection in a popup at the bottom of your window.

(You can also go to (menu)->Tools->Document Statistics, but this is not very keyboard-friendly.)

You could probably also hack something together using the python console, or even write a bespoke plugin for this. With that said, I would probably just use a more customizable editor. Gedit is more meant for when you just need a text editor now and nothing else.

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pers

5/28/24, 3:34 PM

Thanks for the answer and comments

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