[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #30966: Let's make word count better (master ticket)

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#30966: Let's make word count better (master ticket)
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 Reporter:  iseulde       |       Owner:  iseulde
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  4.3
Component:  Editor        |     Version:
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch     |     Focuses:  javascript
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Comment (by iseulde):

 To do:

 * Exclude astral unicode blocks that contain punctuation and symbols. The
 most important one is emoji.
 * Exclude shortcodes.
 * Exclude text inside certain HTML tags like `<pre><code>` (or `<code>` in
 general?) and maybe `<form>`? `<script>` can also be use by admins and
 should also be excluded.
 * Any HTML entities that should be replaced?
 * Make sure astrals are counted as one character. In JavaScript the
 `length` of an astral character is two.
 * Figure out how a mix of languages should be counted (but most likely
 wontfix).

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/30966#comment:49>
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