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-rw-r--r--doc/emacs/basic.texi14
-rw-r--r--etc/NEWS3
-rw-r--r--lisp/simple.el9
-rw-r--r--lisp/textmodes/paragraphs.el18
4 files changed, 33 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/doc/emacs/basic.texi b/doc/emacs/basic.texi
index 196a28be5a1..b93a6d5de6e 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/basic.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/basic.texi
@@ -653,14 +653,14 @@ Toggle automatic display of the current line number or column number.
displayed before each line, see @ref{Display Custom}.
@item M-=
-Display the number of lines, words, and characters that are present in
-the region (@code{count-words-region}). @xref{Mark}, for information
-about the region.
+Display the number of lines, sentences, words, and characters that are
+present in the region (@code{count-words-region}). @xref{Mark}, for
+information about the region.
@item M-x count-words
-Display the number of lines, words, and characters that are present in
-the buffer. If the region is active (@pxref{Mark}), display the
-numbers for the region instead.
+Display the number of lines, sentences, words, and characters that are
+present in the buffer. If the region is active (@pxref{Mark}),
+display the numbers for the region instead.
@item C-x =
Display the character code of character after point, character position of
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ narrowed region and the line number relative to the whole buffer.
@kindex M-=
@findex count-words-region
@kbd{M-=} (@code{count-words-region}) displays a message reporting
-the number of lines, words, and characters in the region
+the number of lines, sentences, words, and characters in the region
(@pxref{Mark}, for an explanation of the region). With a prefix
argument, @kbd{C-u M-=}, the command displays a count for the entire
buffer.
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 85a0ee44b9e..1165ac37b24 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -330,6 +330,9 @@ a convenient method of making commands disabled in this way.
---
** 'count-lines' will now report buffer totals if given a prefix.
++++
+** 'count-words' will now report sentences count when used interactively.
+
---
** New user option 'find-library-include-other-files'.
If set to nil, commands like 'find-library' will only include library
diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el
index db52d83cea4..a254ee22514 100644
--- a/lisp/simple.el
+++ b/lisp/simple.el
@@ -1667,8 +1667,9 @@ START and END."
If called interactively, START and END are normally the start and
end of the buffer; but if the region is active, START and END are
the start and end of the region. Print a message reporting the
-number of lines, words, and chars. With prefix argument, also
-include the data for the entire (un-narrowed) buffer.
+number of lines, sentences, words, and chars. With prefix
+argument, also include the data for the entire (un-narrowed)
+buffer.
If called from Lisp, return the number of words between START and
END, without printing any message. TOTALS is ignored when called
@@ -1708,11 +1709,13 @@ from Lisp."
(defun count-words--format (str start end)
(let ((lines (count-lines start end))
+ (sentences (count-sentences start end))
(words (count-words start end))
(chars (- end start)))
- (format "%s has %d line%s, %d word%s, and %d character%s"
+ (format "%s has %d line%s, %d sentence%s, %d word%s, and %d character%s"
str
lines (if (= lines 1) "" "s")
+ sentences (if (= sentences 1) "" "s")
words (if (= words 1) "" "s")
chars (if (= chars 1) "" "s"))))
diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/paragraphs.el b/lisp/textmodes/paragraphs.el
index 7daf71e990e..98eb494823d 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/paragraphs.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/paragraphs.el
@@ -477,7 +477,23 @@ sentences. Also, every paragraph boundary terminates sentences as well."
(skip-chars-backward " \t\n")
(goto-char par-end)))
(setq arg (1- arg)))
- (constrain-to-field nil opoint t)))
+ (let ((npoint (constrain-to-field nil opoint t)))
+ (not (= npoint opoint)))))
+
+(defun count-sentences (start end)
+ "Count sentences in current buffer from START to END."
+ (let ((sentences 0)
+ (inhibit-field-text-motion t))
+ (save-excursion
+ (save-restriction
+ (narrow-to-region start end)
+ (goto-char (point-min))
+ (while (ignore-errors (forward-sentence))
+ (setq sentences (1+ sentences)))
+ ;; Remove last possibly empty sentence
+ (when (/= (skip-chars-backward " \t\n") 0)
+ (setq sentences (1- sentences)))
+ sentences))))
(defun repunctuate-sentences-filter (_start _end)
"Search filter used by `repunctuate-sentences' to skip unneeded spaces.