[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #20738: Improve Javascript Word Counting for TinyMCE

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#20738: Improve Javascript Word Counting for TinyMCE
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 Reporter:  westi        |       Owner:  chriscct7
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  4.3
Component:  I18N         |     Version:  3.4
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  close        |     Focuses:
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Changes (by azaozz):

 * keywords:  has-patch needs-unit-tests => close


Comment:

 Looking at 20738.2.patch, it has three loops, tho of them nested and is
 testing each individual character, twice. This seems far too slow in
 longer posts. Also it would count any non-ASCII char, including emoji,
 etc.

 Also, seems the character count works differently for Japanese and
 Chinese, one counts spaces, the other doesn't according to the comments
 and patches on the original ticket:
 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/8759#comment:15.

 In that terms maybe it will be better to concentrate on #30966 and close
 this one as "close enough" duplicate.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/20738#comment:17>
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