Plugin count comments although in the options it is indicated not to do it

[marconoris]

Hi, it seems plugin count comments although in the options it is indicated not to do it

[JVArcher]

I've just experienced the same issue.

[nicolascoffman]

#61 was closed but seems like it is the seem recurrent issue.

[nomad101]

Yes, I also see comments (wrapped by %% ... %%) are still being counted

[workingja]

I'm experiencing the same issue as of 2023-06-21. Hoping for a fix (plus a feature to exclude metadata in counting).

[mgmeyers]

This has been fixed in v0.10.0

[marconoris]

Thanks @mgmeyers... I guess would be important a feature to exclude metadata in counting too: there are very frequent cases in which you have to write texts with character limits and frontmatter should be excluded by default.

[hsandt]

I confirm fix for comments. We should close this issue then.

If you need to exclude more things you can add details to #84

[MitchWagnerSD]

I am still seeing this bug in 0.10.0.

[skztr]

I'm seeing what I believe to be a related bug:

1. I am often seeing comments counted in total counts
2. when I have comments within a section, I am sometimes seeing completely wrong counts eg: a 19-word comment results in a 447-word file reporting as only 71-words long / the 146-word section containing the comment (after leaving and re-entering the file) reporting as having only 39 words in it - this incorrect section count persists even after I remove the comment, until I have significantly altered the section (or leave / re-enter the file)

[scottzirkel]

Looks like this is still counting comments in the API. My counts via the API are different from the status bar. API seems to also count all frontmatter. A fresh note with frontmatter and comments should be a zero count.

---
front:
matter:
stuff:
---
%%
Comments
%%

I am using the getWordCountPagePath() method in dataviewjs.

[skaviouz]

V0.10.1

It's partial, maybe someone mixed up which "comments" are counted and omitted?

What works correctly in V0.10.1

<!---
HTML Comments
-->

%% There are Comments between two Double Percents
   Allows multi-line and/or in-line
%%

$% [[Another Comment that works]]$

  %% Comment
%%%% Multi-line
%%%% Excessive
%%

What does not work as expected in V0.10.1

%% Not counted
%% Counted, because multi-line depends on Obsidian? I swear I thought this one worked in the past?

```
# Codeblock Comments
```

[comment]: <> (Markdown Comment, universally compatible)

[//]: <> (Markdown Comment, alternative.)

[//]: # (Markdown Comment, compact)

Conclusion:

Some ways work, some don't. I think it depends on Obsidian and not the plugin on what's recognized and what isn't counted or omitted. Unless you are using a particular commenting method specific for a reason, which I seriously doubt, just change how you write comments, there are three normal options, and the one that goes between %% and %% seems like the easiest to type and forget.