JP3478274B2 - Hypertext editing apparatus and method - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hypertext editing device, and more particularly to a hypertext editing device which can easily divide nodes constituting a hypertext.

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2. Description of the Related Art In general, hypertext is a system in which a plurality of data (nodes) can be freely associated with each other by links, and the development and use of applications suitable for information collection, search, management, presentations, etc. Has been attracting attention as a possible system.

Conventionally, as a general hypertext,
“Reading and Writing the Electronic Book”, Co
mputer, 1985, 10, P15-30, IEEE and "Hypertext: An Introduction and Survey", Compu
ter, 1985, September, IEEE.

Further, the one described in "VP View Cars Operation Manual" issued by Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. in June 1988 is also known.

By the way, in such a conventional hypertext, when one node constituting the hypertext is divided into a plurality of nodes, at least 1) (number of nodes to be divided-1) in-node data Creates a new node that is empty. 2) Selects one of the divided data from the in-node data of the original node and moves it to one of the new nodes that created it. 3) The new data that generated this operation. Repeat as many times as there are nodes. 4) It is necessary to perform the operation of setting the link to the newly created node according to the situation.

When combining a plurality of nodes into one node, at least 1) determine the destination node 2) select all the in-node data of each node and determine the insertion position at the destination node 3) This operation is repeated as many times as necessary 4) A link is set in the destination node 5) An unnecessary node must be deleted.

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However, since such an operation is very troublesome and has to be performed manually, it requires a great deal of work in both the node division and the node combination. It took labor and time.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a hypertext editing device capable of easily performing a series of operations for node division in hypertext.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, in the hypertext editing apparatus according to the invention of claim 1, the division position of the data in the node of the division source node forming the hypertext is designated by the pointing device. A division position designating unit for designating a division position, and processing for dividing the in-node data of the division source node into a plurality of division data based on the division position designated by the division position designating unit; A process of generating a plurality of split nodes having a plurality of split data as in-node data and a process of setting a link to each of the generated split nodes in accordance with a preset link setting pattern are executed. And a processing means.

Further, in the hypertext editing apparatus according to the invention of claim 2, the division position is designated by designating the division position of the data in the node of the division source node forming the hypertext by the pointing device. Means, processing for dividing the in-node data of the division source node into a plurality of division data based on the division position designated by the division position designating means and a preset division pattern, and the plurality of division data And a processing unit that executes a process of generating a plurality of divided nodes each of which is set as in-node data, and a process of setting a link to each of the generated plurality of divided nodes according to a preset link setting pattern. It is characterized by having.

According to a third aspect of the hypertext editing method of the present invention, the division position of the in-node data of the division source node forming the hypertext is designated by a pointing device, and the division position is designated. A process of dividing the in-node data of the division source node into a plurality of divided data based on the divided position, and a process of generating a plurality of divided nodes each of which is the divided data. According to a preset link setting pattern, a process of setting a link to each of the generated split nodes is automatically executed.

According to the hypertext editing method of the present invention, the division position of the data in the node of the division source node forming the hypertext is designated by the pointing device, and the division position is designated. A process of dividing the in-node data of the division source node into a plurality of divided data based on the divided position and a preset division pattern, and a plurality of divisions in which the divided plurality of divided data are respectively the in-node data It is characterized by automatically executing a process of generating a node and a process of setting a link to each of the plurality of split nodes generated according to a preset link setting pattern.

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1 is a block diagram showing the outline of the overall construction of a hypertext editing apparatus according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1, the division location designating means 2 designates the division location of the data in the node to be processed by the hypertext 1 by inserting a predetermined division symbol or designating the position with the mouse.

The divided data recognizing means 3 recognizes each divided data of the in-node data which is the processing target of the hypertext 1 from the position designated by a predetermined dividing symbol or the mouse by the dividing position designating means 2.

The split node generating means 4 generates a new node in which the data in the node is empty, moves each split data recognized by the split data recognizing means 3 to the new node, and moves it into the hypertext 1. Create a split node.

The node extracting means 3 extracts data of a plurality of nodes in the hypertext 1 to be combined, and the synthesizable judging means 6 judges whether the extracted data can be combined.

The synthesizing node generating means 7 moves the data extracted by the node extracting means 5 to generate a new node in the hypertext 1 when the synthesizing judging means 6 judges that the synthesizing is possible.

FIG. 2 shows the overall construction of an embodiment of a hypertext editing apparatus to which the present invention is applied.

The hypertext editing apparatus of this embodiment has a bus 45, a central processing unit (CPU) 30, an actual memory 36, a display controller 35, and a keyboard / mouse controller 3.
1, a disk control unit 34, a network control unit 39, and a communication control unit 43 are connected.

A central processing unit (CPU) 30 controls the hypertext editing apparatus as a whole. Real memory 3
Reference numeral 6 stores various parameters and programs necessary for controlling the central processing unit (CPU) 30.

The display controller 35 controls the display on the display device 38. The keyboard / mouse control unit 31 includes a keyboard 32 and a mouse 3 for inputting data and various commands.
Control 3

The disk controller 34 controls the disk 37 that stores various data. Network control unit 39
Controls the transceiver 40 to transmit / receive data to / from the file server (database) 42 via the wireless line 41. Further, the communication control unit 43 has a communication port 44.
It controls communication with other devices (not shown) via.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the hypertext editing apparatus of the embodiment shown in FIG. The hypertext editing apparatus of this embodiment inputs and edits hypertext data 10, an input editing unit 11, a display unit 12 that displays the hypertext data 10, and a data management unit 13 that manages the hypertext data 10.
have.

The data management means 13 has a node management means 14 for managing the nodes of the hypertext data 10 and a link management means 15 for managing the links. The node management means 14 controls the transfer of the data in the node. Inner data transfer means 16, in-node data deleting means 17 for controlling deletion of in-node data, node generating means 18 for generating a new node, node deleting means 19 for deleting a node, and when dividing one node The link management means 15 has a split position designating means 20 for designating a position and a split symbol designating means 21 for designating a split symbol used when splitting one node. The link management means 15 sets a link between the nodes. , A link deleting means 23 for deleting a link, a link pattern for setting a link pattern when setting a link Has a setting means 24.

In the hypertext editing apparatus of this embodiment, in addition to the functions of the conventional hypertext editing apparatus, 1) by specifying the division symbol by the division symbol designating means 21, the in-node data transfer means 16 and the node Divide one node into a plurality of nodes by using the data deleting unit 17 and the node generating unit 2) By specifying the dividing position by the dividing position specifying unit 20, the in-node data transfer unit 16 and the in-node data deleting unit 17. Divide one node into a plurality of nodes by using the node generation means 18 3) In-node data transfer means 16, in-node data deletion means 17, node generation means 18, node deletion means 19 4) Combining nodes into one node Based on the link setting pattern set by the link pattern setting means 24 It has the function of automatically setting a link between split or node after synthesis.

In the functional block diagram of FIG. 3, the hypertext data 10 is stored in the disk 37 of FIG. 2, the input editing section 11 corresponds to the keyboard 32 and mouse 33 of FIG. 2, corresponding to the display device 38 of FIG. 2, the data management means 13, the node management means 14, the link management means 15, the intra-node data transfer means 1
6, in-node data deleting means 17, node generating means 1
8, a node deleting unit 19, a dividing position specifying unit 20, a dividing symbol specifying unit 21, a link setting unit 22, a link deleting unit 23, and a link pattern setting unit 24 are a central processing unit (CPU) 30, a keyboard / mouse of FIG. Control unit 3
1, keyboard 32, mouse 33, disk control unit 3
4. Realized by a portion including the real memory 36.

The relationship between this embodiment and the functional block diagram of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 will be described. The division point designating means 2 in FIG. 1 corresponds to the division position designating means 20 and the division symbol designating means in FIG. 21 and data recognition means 3
Is realized by the data management means 13 of FIG. 3, and the split node generation means 4 is the intra-node data transfer means 1 of FIG.
6, in-node data deleting means 17, node generating means 18
And the node managing means 14, and the node extracting means 5 is realized by the node managing means 14 of FIG.
The synthesizable determination means 6 is realized by the data management means 13 and the node management means 14 of FIG. 3, and the synthesis node generation means 7 is the intra-node data transfer means 16, the intra-node data deletion means 17, the node generation means 18 and the nodes. It is realized by the management unit 14.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flow chart shown below.

1) Division of nodes FIG. 4 shows a dividing operation of a node.

First, a node to be divided is selected on the display screen of the display device 38 (step 101). The selection of this split target node is performed by selecting the split target node with the mouse 33 and highlighting this node or explicitly selecting it, or by blinking the caret on the split target node with the mouse 33. Be seen.

Subsequently, a menu relating to the node division processing is displayed on the display screen of the display device 38 (step 102). In this embodiment, two processes of "division by division symbol" and "division by division position" are performed as node division processing.
A kind of division mode can be selected, and an example of the menu is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the menu includes an area 51a for selecting the mode of "division by division symbol" and an area 51b for selecting the mode of "division by division position". When the area 51a for selecting the "division by" mode is selected (step 103), the division mode by the division symbol is set, and the division operation window by the division symbol is displayed on the display screen of the display device 38 (step 104). FIG. 6 shows an example of a window for a division operation using this division symbol.

The division operation window 52 by the division symbol shown in FIG. 6 sets an area 52a for instructing the start of division, an area 52b for instructing the end of division, a division symbol input area 52c for inputting a division symbol, and a link. The link pattern has areas 53a, 53b, 53c for designating any one of three types of "serial", "parallel", and "not set".

Thereafter, the division processing by the division symbol is activated by the selection operation on the division operation window 52, and the division processing by the division symbol is executed (step 200).
The details of the division processing using this division symbol will be described with reference to FIGS.
Will be described later in detail.

The division mode using the division symbol is effective when the in-node data of the node to be divided can be regarded as a data string, and normal text data is targeted. However, this text data may include a link icon or some graphic data.

In the menu display of step 102,
When the area 51b for selecting the "division by division position" mode is selected by the mouse 33 (step 105),
The division mode is set according to the division position, and it is checked whether the in-node data of the node to be divided next is normal text data that can be regarded as a data string (step 106). Here, the normal text data may include a link icon or a part of graphic data as in the case of the division mode using the division symbol.

If the in-node data of the node to be split is ordinary text data that can be regarded as a data string, a split operation window by the split position is displayed on the display screen of the display device 38 (step 107). An example of the division operation window according to this division position is shown in FIG.

The division operation window 54 according to the division position shown in FIG. 7 has an area 54a for instructing the start of division, an area 54b for instructing the end of division, an area 54c for instructing the start of the division position specification, and an end instruction. The area 54d to be set and the areas 55a, 55b, and 55c for designating any one of three types of "serial", "parallel", and "not set" as a link pattern for setting a link are provided.

Thereafter, the dividing process by the dividing position is activated by the selecting operation on the dividing operation window 54, and the node dividing process using the text data by the dividing position as the in-node data is executed (step 200). Details of the node dividing process using the text data by the dividing symbol as the in-node data will be described later with reference to FIGS. 22 to 24.

In step 106, the data in the node of the node to be divided cannot be regarded as a data string, that is, the data in the node of the node to be divided is spatially arranged as shown in FIG. If so, a menu for selecting the division method (division pattern) is displayed (step 108).

Note that, in FIG. 8, the text data and the graphic data are respectively indicated by a dotted text frame 5.
6. Although surrounded by the graphic data frame 57, the text frame 56 and the graphic data frame 57 are not generally displayed on the display screen of the display device 38.

In this embodiment, when the intra-node data of the node to be split is spatially arranged, the intra-node data is split vertically as shown in FIG. 9 (a). Alternatively, three division methods (splitting in-node data in the horizontal direction as shown in FIG. 9B or splitting in-node data in both the vertical and horizontal directions as shown in FIG. 9C) Pattern) is selectable, and in the menu display in step 108, these three division methods are displayed on the display screen of the display device 38. One of the three division methods is, for example, the mouse 33 It is selected by operation (step 109).

When the division method is designated, the display device 3
A split operation window according to the split position is displayed on the display screen 8 (step 110). This division operation window is the same as that shown in FIG.

Hereinafter, the division processing by the division position is activated by the selection operation on the division operation window by the division position, and the division processing by the division position of the node where the in-node data is spatially arranged is executed ( Step 4
00). Details of the division processing according to the division positions of the nodes in which the in-node data is spatially arranged will be described later with reference to FIGS. 25 to 28.

A) Division processing by division symbol The division processing 200 by the division symbol of the node is targeted when the data in the node of this node can be regarded as a series of data strings, and is included in the data in this node. A predetermined symbol (hereinafter referred to as a split symbol) is designated to split the data in the node, and a plurality of nodes are generated as split nodes. Although any symbol can be used as the division symbol, for example, a line feed symbol, "☆", or the like can be used. A series of data strings, which are the data in the node of the node, are divided into a plurality of divided data with this dividing symbol as a boundary. As described above, the data in the node to be divided by the division symbol may include the link icon or the partial graphic data, but in this case, the link icon or the partial graphic data is specified as the division symbol. It is not possible.

FIG. 10 shows a division process 2 using this division symbol.
00 is a flowchart showing details of No. 00.

In FIG. 10, first, a division symbol is designated (step 210). Here, if the division symbol is “☆”, the division symbol “☆” is inserted in advance in the in-node data of the node to be divided corresponding to the division location. If a line feed symbol, which is used in a normal text as a division symbol, is used, it is not necessary to process the data in the node in advance.

The division symbol is specified by writing the division symbol in the division symbol designation area 52c of the division operation window 52 shown in FIG. This operation may be performed by directly writing from the keyboard 32 to the split symbol input area 52c of the split operation window 52, but the split symbol included in the in-node data is transcribed using the transcribing key of the keyboard 32. Good.

FIG. 11 shows the processing when the division symbol is specified by directly writing from the keyboard 32 to the division symbol input area 52c of the division operation window 52. In this case, first, the division symbol input area 52c of the division operation window 52 is clicked with the mouse 33 (step 211). Then, a predetermined division symbol, for example, "☆" is input from the keyboard 32 (step 21).
2).

FIG. 12 shows a process for designating a division symbol by transcribing the division symbol included in the data in the node using the transcription key of the keyboard 32. In this case, first, the mouse 33
The division symbol is selected by (step 213). next,
Press the transcription key on the keyboard 32 (step 214),
The display of the cursor pointing to the division symbol of the data in the node is changed for the transfer mode (step 215). Then, with the mouse 33, the split symbol input area 52 of the split operation window 52 is displayed.
Clicking c (step 216), the character string selected in the division symbol input area 52c of the division operation window 52,
That is, the division symbol is displayed (step 217).

When the division symbol is specified, the link setting method (link setting pattern) is then specified (step 220). The designation of the link setting method is performed on the split operation window 52 by areas 53a and 53b for designating "serial", "parallel", and "not set", respectively.
This is done by selecting 53c. Here, "serial" is a method of setting links in the order in which the divided data appear, starting from the original node, that is, the node to be divided, as shown in FIG. The node 60 is the original node, the node 61 is the node corresponding to the first divided data, the node 62 is the node corresponding to the next divided data, and the node 63 is the node corresponding to the next divided data. Is shown.
As is apparent from FIG. 13, a link 64 is set up between the node 60 and the node 61, a link 65 is set up between the node 61 and the node 62, and a link 66 is set up between the node 62 and the node 63. Stretched.

Further, "parallel" means that, as shown in FIG. 14, if there is a link set with the original node, that is, the node to be divided as the end point, all the newly created nodes. On the other hand, in the method shown in FIG. 14, the node 60 is the original node,
The nodes 71, 72 and 73 are newly created nodes. In this case, three links 74, 75, 76 having the same start point as the link set with the original node 60 as the end point and the end points as the respective nodes 71, 72, 73
Is stretched.

Further, "not set" indicates a method in which a link is not automatically set for a node newly generated by division. In this case, for example, the operator manually sets a link as needed.

FIG. 15 shows an example of designation of the link setting method. First, three items of link designation of the split operation window 52, that is, "serial", "parallel",
Areas 53a and 53 for specifying "not set" respectively
One of b and 53c is clicked with the mouse 33 (step 221). Then, the link setting method is explicitly specified by highlighting the selected item. Thus, in the subsequent link setting, the link is set according to the designated link setting method.

When the designation of the link setting method is completed, the area 5 for instructing the start of the division of the division operation window 52 is next.
It is checked whether 2a is clicked by the mouse 33 (step 230), and if clicked, the in-node data of the split target node is split (step 240). Details of the division of the data in the node are shown in FIG.

In FIG. 16, first, the in-node data of the original node consisting of the data string is sequentially read into the buffer from the beginning (step 241). This buffer is a real memory 3
6 is provided. At the same time, pattern matching with the designated division symbol is started (step 242). And
By this pattern matching, it is checked whether the pattern of the designated division symbol matches the pattern of the data in the node read into the buffer or the end of the data in the node (step 243), and the pattern of the designated division symbol is read into the buffer. If the pattern of the data in the node matches, it is determined to be a division symbol, and a storage area for a new node is set in the real memory 36 (step 24).
4) The data in the node before the division symbol read in the buffer is moved to the storage area (step 24).
5). Then, 1 is added to the number of generated nodes (step 246). That is, in this case, the number of nodes to be generated is 0, so the number of nodes to be generated is 1. Then, it is checked whether or not the data in the node in the buffer has disappeared (step 247). If not, the process returns to step 242 again to repeat this operation.
If it is determined in step 243 that the data in the node is at the end, or if it is determined in step 247 that the data in the node in the buffer is exhausted, the process of dividing the data in the node is terminated. Here, when there are n division symbols in the node, the number of nodes counted in step 246 is (n + 1), and this (n +
1) A storage area corresponding to the number of nodes is formed in step 244, and the data in each node divided into this storage area is moved in step 245.

When the division of the data in the node is completed, a node (divided node) is generated next (step 250).
In the generation of this split node, the data stored in the storage area is transferred to the new generated node, and this operation is performed as shown in FIG.
6 is repeated for the number of nodes counted in step 246. The process of generating this node is shown in FIG.

In FIG. 17, first, one node in which the in-node data (data area) is empty is generated (step 251), and the data area of this node is stored in the first storage area set in step 244 of FIG. The data is moved (step 252). Subsequently, 1 is subtracted from the number of nodes to be generated (step 253), and it is checked whether this value, that is, the rest of the nodes to be generated becomes 0 (step 2).
54), if it is not 0, the process returns to step 251 again, and this operation is repeated until the rest of the nodes generating the operation becomes 0. As a result, the same number of split nodes as the nodes counted in step 246 of FIG. 16 are generated.

FIG. 18 shows details of the node generation processing shown in step 251 of FIG. Figure 1
In 8, first, the memory area required for the node is secured (step 2511), then the internal variables of this node are initialized (step 2512), and then this node is displayed on the display (display device 38). (Step 2513).

When the generation of the split nodes is completed, the link is set next (step 260). The link is set according to the link setting method designated in step 220.

FIG. 19 shows a link setting process when the designated link setting method is "serial". In this case, first, the original node is node1 (step 261). Then, the generated split node is set to the node
2 (step 262), and this node1 and node
A link is established with the 2 (step 263). After that, node2 is set to node1 (step 265).
Then, it is checked whether or not there is a split node generated next (step 265), and if there is, the process returns to step 263 again, and this operation is repeated until it is determined in step 265 that there is no split node generated next. This allows step 25
Links are "serial" to all split nodes created with 0
It is set by the method of.

FIG. 20 shows a link setting process when the designated link setting method is "parallel". In this case, first, the starting points of the links set in the original node are listed, and the number is set to m (step 266). Then, the number of generated split nodes is checked and set to n (step 267). Then, m × n links from the m starting points listed in step 266 to the n nodes checked in step 267 are set (step 26).
8).

FIG. 21 shows the details of the link generation processing used in the processing of step 263 of FIG. 19 and step 268 of FIG. In FIG. 21, first, a memory area required for linking is secured (step 26
31), followed by initializing the internal variables of the link (step 2632), and then setting the specified object at each end point of the link (step 263).
3).

With the above processing, the division processing by the division symbol is completed.

B) Division processing by division position The division processing by the division position of a node is performed when the data in the node of this node can be regarded as a series of data strings and when it is spatially arranged. different. First, the division processing 300 by the division position when the data in the node can be regarded as a series of data strings will be described.

FIG. 22 shows the details of the division processing 300 by the division position when the data in the node of this node can be regarded as a series of data strings.

In FIG. 22, first, a link setting method is designated (step 310). The designation of the link setting method is the same as the designation of the link setting method shown in step 220 of FIG. That is, first, one of the three items 55 a, 55 b, 55 c for designating each of the three items of link designation of the split operation window 54 shown in FIG. 7, that is, “serial”, “parallel”, and “not set” is selected. By clicking with the mouse 33, the link setting method is explicitly specified by highlighting the selected item. This allows
In the subsequent link setting, the link is set according to the designated link setting method.

Next, the division position is designated (step 3).
20). Details of the designation of the division position are shown in FIG. First, the mouse 33 is clicked on the start button of the item for designating the division position of the division operation window 54, that is, the area 54c for instructing the start of the designation of the division position (step 321). Next, on the display screen of the display device 38, the mouse 33 is clicked on the position to be divided in the node data of the node to be divided (step 322). Then, the coordinates of the clicked position on the screen are converted into the relative coordinates of the node (step 323). Then, the relative coordinates on this node are converted into the position on the data string of the node (step 324). Next, it is checked whether the end button of the item for designating the division position in the division operation window 54 has been pressed, that is, whether the area 54d for instructing the end of the designation of the division position has been clicked with the mouse 33 (step 325). If it is determined that is not pressed, the process returns to step 322 again, and the next division position is designated. This operation is repeated until the end button of the item for specifying the division position in the division operation window 54 is pressed, and then the specified division positions are arranged in ascending order (step 326) and the designation of the division position is completed.

When the designation of the division position is completed, the in-node data of the node is divided (step 330). Details of the data division within the node are shown in FIG.

In FIG. 24, first, the in-node data of the original node is read into the buffer (step 332). Then, the storage areas for the new nodes are set as many as the designated division positions (step 332). Then, the in-node data of the original node read into the buffer is divided based on the specified division position and moved to the corresponding storage area set in step 332.
3).

When the division of the in-node data of the original node is completed in this way, generation of divided nodes is executed (step 340). The generation of this split node is step 33.
It is executed in correspondence with the number of pieces of data in the node divided by 0, but the details are the same as in the case of the division processing by the division symbol described above. The repeated description will not be given here.

When the generation of the split nodes is completed, the link setting operation is next executed (step 350). This link setting operation is executed according to the link setting method set in step 310, but this link setting operation is the same as the case of the division processing by the division symbol described above.

Next, the division processing 400 by the division position when the in-node data of the node is spatially arranged will be described.

FIG. 25 shows the details of the division processing 400 by the division position when the data in the node is spatially arranged. In the following description, the case where the division method for dividing the intra-node data shown in FIG. 9C into the vertical and horizontal directions is selected in the selection of the division method in step 109 shown in FIG. 4 is shown.

In FIG. 25, first, the division position is designated (step 410). The details of the designation of the division position are shown in FIG. First, the mouse 33 is clicked on the start button of the item for designating the division position of the division operation window 54, that is, the area 54c for instructing the start of the designation of the division position (step 411). Next, the mouse 33 is clicked at the position on the display screen of the display device 38 where the data in the node is to be divided (step 412). Then, a vertical line and a horizontal line that intersect at the clicked position are displayed as dotted lines in the node (step 413). For example,
If point P1 is clicked in FIG. 9 (c),
A vertical line L1 and a horizontal line L2 intersecting at this point P1 are displayed in the node by dotted lines. As a result, the node is divided into four by the vertical line L1 and the horizontal line L2. This FIG. 9 (c)
In this example, the mouse 33 clicks two points P1 and P2, and the node is divided into nine areas.

Then, the end button of the item for designating the division position in the division operation window 54 is pressed, that is, the region 54d for instructing the end of the designation of the division position is moved to the mouse 33.
It is checked whether or not the button has been clicked (step 414), and if it is determined that the end button has not been pressed, step 41
Returning to step 2, the next division position is specified, and this operation is repeated until the end button of the item for specifying the division position in the division operation window 54 is pressed to end the specification of the division position.

The designation of the above-mentioned division position is shown for the case where the method of dividing the data in the node shown in FIG. 9C into the vertical and horizontal directions is selected as the division method (division pattern). If the method of vertically dividing the in-node data shown in FIG. 9 or the method of horizontally dividing the in-node data shown in FIG. 9B is selected, only the vertical line or the horizontal line is calculated in step 413. Only the vertical line or the horizontal line passing through the position where the mouse 33 is clicked is displayed in the node as a dotted line, and the node may be divided.

When the designation of the division position is completed, the link setting method is designated next (step 420). The designation of this link setting method is the same as the designation of the link setting method shown in step 310 of FIG. That is, first, three items of link designation of the split operation window 54 shown in FIG. 7, that is, “series”, “parallel”, and “not set”.
One of the areas 55a, 55b, 55c for designating each of the above is clicked with the mouse 33, and the link setting method is explicitly designated by highlighting the selected item. Thus, in the subsequent link setting, the link is set according to the designated link setting method.

Next, a node is generated (step 43).
0). Details of the generation of this node are shown in FIG.

In FIG. 27, first, the number of nodes in which the in-node data is the same as the number of divided rectangular regions divided by the designation of the division position in step 410 is generated (step 43).
1). Then, the size of the node generated in step 431 is changed to include the corresponding rectangular area as the data area.

Next, data division is performed based on the designation of the division position in step 410, and the data division movement processing for moving the divided data to the nodes generated in step 430 is executed.

Details of this data division / movement processing are shown in FIG.
Shown in. That is, first, for all the data frames of the in-node data of the original node, it is calculated in which rectangular area the coordinates of the upper left vertex are divided by the designation of the division position in step 410 (step 44).
1) Then, the data in each data frame is moved to the data area of the node corresponding to the rectangular area to which the coordinates of the upper left vertex belong (step 442).

Next, the link is set (step 45).
0). This link setting operation is executed according to the link setting method set in step 420, and this link setting operation is performed in the same manner as in the case of the division processing by the division symbol described above. However, when the node division position is designated as shown in FIG. 9, there is no generation order of the divided nodes. Therefore, in this case, when "serial" is selected as the link setting method, for example, first,
The node corresponding to the upper left rectangular area is the first node, the next is the node corresponding to the rectangular area to the right of the rectangular area, and the second node is the corresponding node to the rectangular area to the right of the rectangular area. Nodes are arranged in order, and when the right adjacent rectangular area is exhausted, the node returns to the leftmost rectangular area, and the node corresponding to the next adjacent rectangular area is the next rank. Thereafter, the right direction is given priority, and the nodes are ranked in the direction. Note that this ranking is an example, and can be changed as appropriate according to the content of the data to be divided. Note that when “parallel” or “not set” is selected, it is exactly the same as the case of the division process using the division symbols.

2) Node Compositing The node compositing process is a process for compositing a plurality of nodes displayed on the screen of the display device 38 to generate one node. In this embodiment, the mouse 3 is used to specify a plurality of nodes to be combined displayed on the screen of the display device 38.
3 is clicked by the left button, and the node designation is ended by clicking the right button of the mouse 33. Details of the combining process of this node are shown in FIG.
Indicated.

In FIG. 29, first, a menu is displayed (step 501), node synthesis is selected by clicking the mouse 33 or the like (step 502), and the node synthesis mode is set. As a result, a message indicating that the node to be combined should be specified is displayed (step 50).
3). This starts the designation of the node to be combined. As described above, the mouse 3 is used to specify the node to be composed.
Click the left button of 3. That is, move the cursor of the mouse 33 to the position of the node to be composed,
Click the left button of the mouse 33 at this position.

When the left button of the mouse 33 is clicked at the position of the node to be combined (step 504), it is determined that the node to be combined is specified, and this specified node is stored as the node to be combined. (Step 51
0), the mouse 33 that indicates the end of the designation of the node
Repeat until the right button of is clicked.

When the right button of the mouse 33 is clicked and the designation of the node to be combined is completed, it is checked whether or not the next designated node can be combined (step 505). Here, when a node cannot be combined, for example, when a direct link is set among the designated nodes and when the data in the node of the designated node is 2
This is a case where some are dimensionally arranged and some are not.

If it is determined in step 505 that the designated node is compositable, a new node is created (step 506) and all the data of the designated node is moved to this new node (step 507), establish a link to this new node (step 50)
8). After that, the unnecessary original node is deleted (step 509). This completes the node combining processing.

In the above embodiment, a plurality of nodes to be combined are designated by clicking the left button of the mouse 33, and the designation of nodes is terminated by clicking the right button of the mouse 33. However, it is also possible to use a combination operation window as in the case of the above-described node division, and to start the node combination processing from this combination operation window.

[0096]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The present invention has an effect that it is possible to extremely easily perform the node division work which has required a lot of labor and time in the past.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a hypertext editing device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a hypertext editing device to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a main flowchart for explaining node division processing in the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a menu display for node division processing in the embodiment shown in FIG.

6 is a diagram showing an example of a split operation window used for splitting a node by split symbols in the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a division operation window used for division according to the division position of a node in the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of nodes in which data is spatially arranged.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a method of dividing a node in which data is spatially arranged.

FIG. 10 is a main flowchart for explaining a division process using the division symbol of the node shown in FIG.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an example of designation of division symbols in the division processing using the division symbols shown in FIG.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating another example of designation of division symbols in the division processing using the division symbols shown in FIG.

13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a link setting method in the division process using the division symbols shown in FIG.

FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining another example of the link setting method in the division process using the division symbols shown in FIG.

15 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a link setting method in the division process using the division symbols shown in FIG.

16 is a flowchart illustrating an example of data division processing in the division processing using the division symbols shown in FIG.

17 is a flowchart illustrating an example of node generation processing in the division processing using the division symbols shown in FIG.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart illustrating details of the node generation process shown in FIG.

19 is a flowchart illustrating an example of link setting processing in the division processing using the division symbols shown in FIG.

20 is a flowchart illustrating another example of the link setting process in the division process using the division symbol shown in FIG.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart illustrating details of the link setting process shown in FIGS. 19 and 20.

FIG. 22 is a main flowchart for explaining a division process according to a division position when the data of the node shown in FIG. 4 can be regarded as a data string.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart illustrating an example of data division position designation processing in division processing by division positions shown in FIG. 22.

FIG. 24 is a flowchart illustrating an example of data division processing in the division processing by the division position shown in FIG. 22.

FIG. 25 is a main flowchart for explaining division processing by division positions when the data of the nodes shown in FIG. 4 has a spatial arrangement.

FIG. 26 is a flowchart illustrating an example of data division position designation processing in division processing based on division positions shown in FIG. 25.

27 is a flowchart illustrating an example of node generation processing in the division processing using the division symbols shown in FIG. 25.

FIG. 28 is a flowchart illustrating an example of data division moving processing in the division processing using the division symbols shown in FIG. 25.

FIG. 29 is a main flowchart for explaining a node combining process in the embodiment shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Hypertext, 2 ... Division designation | designated means, 3 ... Divided data recognition means, 4 ... Node generation means, 5 ... Node extraction means, 6 ... Compositability judgment means, 7 ... Compositing node generation means, 10 ... Hypertext data , 11 ... Input editing means, 12 ... Display means, 13 ... Data management means, 14 ... Node management means, 15 ... Link management means, 16 ... In-node data transfer means, 17 ... In-node data deletion means, 18
... node generating means, 19 ... node deleting means, 20 ... dividing position specifying means, 21 ... dividing symbol specifying means, 22 ... link setting means, 23 ... link deleting means, 24 ... link pattern setting means, 30 ... central processing unit, 31 ... Keyboard /
Mouse control unit, 32 ... Keyboard, 33 ... Mouse, 34
... disk control unit, 35 ... display control unit, 36 ... real memory, 37 ... disk, 38 ... display device, 39 ... network control unit, 40 ... transceiver, 41 ... wireless line, 4
2 ... File server, 43 ... Communication control unit, 44 ... Communication port, 45 ... Bus.

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Eriko Tamaru 3-2-1 Sakado, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture KSP R & D Business Park Building Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Hisao Nakamura Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture 3-2-1, Sakado, Takatsu-ku KSP R & D Business Park Building, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. , Makoto Ando, "Design of Flexible Hypermedia System", Proc. Of Information Processing Society of Japan, 39th Annual Meeting (Late 1989), October 16, 1989, p.978-p. 979 (58) Fields surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G06F 12/00 547 G06F 3/00 651 G06F 17/21 570

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A division position designation means for designating the dividing position by dividing the position of the nodes in the data of the divided source node constituting the hypertext is designated by the pointing device, designated by the dividing position designation means A process of dividing the in-node data of the division source node into a plurality of divided data based on a division position; a process of generating a plurality of divided nodes each of which is the divided plurality of divided data; A hypertext editing device, comprising: a processing unit that executes a process of setting a link to each of the generated split nodes according to the created link setting pattern. 2. A dividing position designation means for designating the dividing position by dividing the position of the nodes in the data of the divided source node constituting the hypertext is designated by the pointing device, designated by the dividing position designation means A process of dividing the in-node data of the division source node into a plurality of divided data based on a division position and a preset division pattern, and a plurality of divided nodes each of which is the in-node data. A hypertext editing apparatus comprising: a processing unit that executes a process of generating and a process of setting a link to each of the plurality of generated split nodes according to a preset link setting pattern. 3. The division position is specified by specifying the division position of the data in the node of the division source node forming the hypertext with a pointing device, and the node of the division source node is specified based on the designated division position. A process of dividing the internal data into a plurality of divided data, a process of generating a plurality of divided nodes each of which is the divided plurality of divided data, and a process of generating the divided data according to a preset link setting pattern. A hypertext editing method characterized by automatically executing a process of setting a link to each of a plurality of split nodes. 4. A division position is designated by designating a division position of data in a node of a division source node forming a hypertext with a pointing device, and the division position is designated and a preset division pattern is set. A process of dividing the in-node data of the division source node into a plurality of divided data based on the division source, a process of generating a plurality of divided nodes each of which is the divided plurality of divided data, and a preset link A hypertext editing method, which automatically executes a process of setting a link to each of the generated split nodes according to a setting pattern.