(c) James Kermode james.kermode@gmail.com 2014
Usage: aps-length [options] tex-files
Count number of equivalent words in an APS manuscript formatted in LaTeX, following guidelines described at http://journals.aps.org/authors/length-guide
Requires PyMuPDF to be installed (python3 -m pip install PyMuPDF) for pdf figures.
Note that PyMuPDF is more accurate than gs and identify for pdf figures.
Requires detex (http://www.ctan.org/pkg/detex) and either ghostscript (http://www.ghostscript.com/) or ImageMagick identify (http://www.imagemagick.org) to be available on your path.
Use --figs=gs if you have .eps or .pdf figures, and --figs=identify if you have .png figures.
Options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-v key value, --var=key value
Define TeX variables e.g. to specify location of
figure files.
-e env1,env2,..., --env=env1,env2,...
Comma-separated list of LaTeX environments to ignore.
-m (detex | wordcount), --method=(detex | wordcount)
Tool to use to count words in main text. Default is
wordcount, detex is also supported
(but tends to underestimate word count).
-f (identify | gs), --figs=(identify | gs)
Tool to use to extract bounding box from figure.
Default is gs, ImageMagick identify also supported.
gs works with eps and pdf images, while
identify is a better choice for png images.
--scale-figs=SCALE_FIGS
Scale estimate of figure word counts by factor,
default 1.1 (10%)
-j PRL, --journal=PRL
Journal abbreviation (e.g. PRL, PRB-RC)
-l LATEX, --latex=LATEX
Latex executable. Default is "pdflatex".