[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #8759: Word count function doesn't work in several languages

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#8759: Word count function doesn't work in several languages
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 Reporter:  jim912                   |       Owner:  nacin
     Type:  task (blessed)           |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  low                      |   Milestone:  3.4
Component:  I18N                     |     Version:  2.7
 Severity:  normal                   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch needs-testing  |
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Comment (by tenpura):

 Replying to [comment:39 nacin]:
 > Replying to [comment:35 tenpura]:
 > > In [attachment:8759.2.diff], I added space character counting
 capability to word-count.dev.js because it seems necessary.
 >
 > Could you explain that?

 What we (Japanese) need is simple mb_strlen() like character counting
 (with the functionality to remove spaces that web browsers ignore when
 rendering HTML). Thus [attachment:8759.2.diff] counts "a b c " as 5
 characters. In contrast, [attachment:8759.diff] counts "a b c " as 3
 characters which is far different from what we expected and useless.

 I noticed that sirzooro's needs seem exactly the same as ours (his
 language is not East Asian's, is it?). For that reason,
 [attachment:8759.2.diff]'s character counting method should be called
 something like "general character counting" rather than "East Asian's" to
 avoid confusion.

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