Is there a way to always show running word count in the vim ruler?

Question

I can get the current document word count in vim, with the keyboard combo:

g ctrl-g

Is there a way to get a running word count in the vim ruler?

Answer 1

If you would like the word count in the statusline (similar to ruler, only customizable) for the entire document, you might want to check some of the answers in this question on StackOverflow.