feat: add character count based on Ionaru#304

Author: eykd

gulpfile.js

@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ function lint() {
 
 function scripts() {
     return browserify({entries: './src/js/easymde.js', standalone: 'EasyMDE'}).bundle()
-        .pipe(source('easymde.min.js'))
+        .pipe(source('easymde-custom.js'))
         .pipe(buffer())
-        .pipe(terser())
+        //.pipe(terser())
         .pipe(header(banner, {pkg: pkg}))
         .pipe(gulp.dest('./dist/'));
 }

src/js/easymde.js

@@ -1801,7 +1801,9 @@ function EasyMDE(options) {
 
     // Handle status bar
     if (!Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(options, 'status')) {
-        options.status = ['autosave', 'lines', 'words', 'cursor'];
+        // PATCH:
+        // https://github.com/Ionaru/easy-markdown-editor/pull/304/files#diff-819b920f90c798c48e6f526ad645b9abd97ea786e65615fdcb03de412d2fdc76R1680
+        options.status = ['autosave', 'lines', 'words', 'characters', 'cursor'];
 
         if (options.uploadImage) {
             options.status.unshift('upload-image');
@@ -2758,7 +2760,16 @@ EasyMDE.prototype.createStatusbar = function (status) {
         } else {
             var name = status[i];
 
-            if (name === 'words') {
+            // PATCH:
+            // https://github.com/Ionaru/easy-markdown-editor/pull/304/files#diff-819b920f90c798c48e6f526ad645b9abd97ea786e65615fdcb03de412d2fdc76R2593-R2600
+            if (name === 'characters') {
+                defaultValue = function (el) {
+                    el.innerHTML = cm.getValue().length;
+                };
+                onUpdate = function (el) {
+                    el.innerHTML = cm.getValue().length;
+                };
+            } else if (name === 'words') {
                 defaultValue = function (el) {
                     el.innerHTML = wordCount(cm.getValue());
                 };