hexo-symbols-count-time

Symbols count and time to read for articles in Hexo blog.

Better than hexo-reading-time and faster than hexo-wordcount. No external dependencies.

Installation

$ npm install hexo-symbols-count-time

Usage

You can set options of hexo-symbols-count-time in the Hexo's _config.yml (which locates in the root dir of your blog):

symbols_count_time:
  symbols: true
  time: true
  total_symbols: true
  total_time: true
  exclude_codeblock: false
  awl: 4
  wpm: 275
  suffix: "mins."

If symbols_count_time option is not specified, the default parameters will be used.

Parameters

• awl – Average Word Length (chars count in word). Default: 4. You can check this here.
  • CN ≈ 2
  • EN ≈ 5
  • RU ≈ 6
• wpm – Words Per Minute. Default: 275. You can check this here.
  • Slow ≈ 200
  • Normal ≈ 275
  • Fast ≈ 350
• suffix – If time to read less then 60 minutes, added suffix as string parameter.
  If not defined, mins. will be used as default.
• exclude_codeblock – Allow to exclude all content inside code blocks for more accurate words counting.
  If not defined, false will be used as default.

Note for Chinese users: because in Chinese language average word length about ~1.5 and if you at most cases write posts in Chinese (without mixed English), recommended to set awl to 2 and wpm to 300.
But if you usualy mix your posts with English, awl to 4 and wpm to 275 will be nice.

NexT theme

This plugin integrated in «NexT» and after plugin enabled in main Hexo config, you may adjust options in NexT config:

symbols_count_time:
  separated_meta: true
  item_text_post: true
  item_text_total: false

Development

$ cd hexo
$ git clone https://github.com/theme-next/hexo-symbols-count-time.git node_modules/hexo-symbols-count-time
$ cd node_modules/hexo-symbols-count-time

Tests

$ npm install mocha chai --save-dev
$ npm test

Tests with coverage

$ npm install -g nyc
$ nyc --print both node_modules/.bin/_mocha -- test/index.js

Templates

Symbols Count

{{ symbolsCount(post) }}

Symbols Time

{{ symbolsTime(post) }}

Or with predefined parameters:

{{ symbolsTime(post, awl, wpm, suffix) }}

Symbols Count Total

{{ symbolsCountTotal(site) }}

Symbols Time Total

{{ symbolsTimeTotal(site) }}

Or with predefined parameters:

{{ symbolsTimeTotal(site, awl, wpm, suffix) }}

Renderers syntax

SWIG / Nunjucks: {{ template }}
EJS: <%- template %>
Jade: span= template