JPH06332775A - Document processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to apply other arranging method even when documents are classified/arranged in a cabinet by a reference. CONSTITUTION:A document data edition means 7 or a document data input means 5 prepares/edits document data. A preservation means 7 preserves/stores prepared document data and others. A retrieval means 6 retrieves preserved document data and others and takes out them. Output means 3a to 3c output the state, etc., of each function of a document processor and the contents and states of the preserved document data and others. This device has a container object (cabinet) which is capable of storing each function of the document processor such as an edition and a printing, etc., and the preserved document data and others as the objects of the same column, and the storage of the same object in plural cabinets is made possible.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processing device, and more particularly, to a document processing device that allows a plurality of users to use the device at the same time.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Storing the same object in multiple locations
It has long been used in file systems on computers such as workstations by the name of file links and aliases. However, in a document processing device such as a word processor, there is only copying or moving. Even in a file system on a computer, an object corresponding to stored data (file) and an object corresponding to various functions (such as a program being executed) are not stored in the same row.

Further, the following are known documents which describe the prior art relating to the present invention. That is, JP-A-1
"Electronic mail content display device" of Japanese Patent Publication No. 259451
Is equipped with an icon data storage means for storing icon data representing the content of an electronic mail document, a document content analysis means, and an icon display means, thereby imposing a burden on the user for the work of searching the content of the mail document. It alleviates. Further, in the "information processing device" of Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-276352, by providing a keyword instructing whether or not to display an icon in a cabinet or each file, the contents or existence itself of the cabinet or file can be kept secret. To do so.

Further, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-127255, "Document creating method and apparatus", a screen for creating a page layout, a screen for entering text information, and a screen for entering image information are input for each screen. By restricting the method and changing the display method (display of the icon), erroneous operation is prevented. Further, the "information processing device" of Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-232028 makes it possible to reflect the capacity of the document file in the shape of the icon by assembling the icon based on the capacity of the stored document file. .

However, the above-mentioned conventional techniques have the following problems. If you sort and organize into cabinets according to certain criteria,
You will not be able to do other organizing methods such as collecting frequently used items (when moving). It is difficult to manage the sameness (in the case of copying, it is necessary to copy each time it is modified to maintain the sameness). Only stored data can be classified and organized, and the functions cannot be organized to make it easier to use (file system on computer). Although the required information varies depending on the situation, only certain expressions can be expressed. The operating procedure is fixed regardless of the situation. It is difficult to introduce external functions.

[0006]

[Purpose] The present invention has been made in view of the actual situation as described above, and even if the cabinets are classified and organized according to a certain standard,
Other organizing methods can be applied, identity can be easily managed, stored data can be sorted and organized, and functions can be organized for easier use. In addition, it was made for the purpose of providing a document processing device that enables expression corresponding to it, that the operation procedure can be performed according to the situation, and that an external function can be easily introduced. It is a thing.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides (1)
Document data editing means or document data inputting means for creating / editing document data, storage means for storing / accumulating created document data, search means for searching and extracting document data under control, status of each function and Output means for outputting the contents of document data being stored, input means for detecting / interpreting request input, control means for controlling the respective means, functions for editing and printing, and document data being stored in the same row. Having a cabinet that is a container object that can be stored as an object and enabling the same object to be stored in a plurality of cabinets, and (2) the object has two or more sensible display modes, When displaying the contents of a cabinet, the objects stored in the cabinet are sensible display and two or more sensible display modes With respect to the possessed object, the sensible display form is changed according to various conditions such as the internal state of the object and the type of cabinet in which the object is stored, and further (3) input using a pointing device for each sensible display. Has two or more interpretations, and has context holding means for holding the context that is in the current input waiting state, and the interpretation of the same input operation can be switched according to the context held in the context holding means. And even,
(4) In (2) or (3) above, the sensible display form or input interpretation is programmable, and (5) In (3) above, as an attribute of an object corresponding to each function, Hold a list of input items required to use the function, change the context to have the remaining items when a part of the required items of the list is obtained, and (6) In the above (3), the context holding unit holds, as an attribute of the class object, a group of objects that are requesting identification of an object belonging to the class in the form of a stack, and (7) above. In (1), it is characterized by having a temporary cabinet for temporarily storing an object. Hereinafter, description will be given based on examples of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining an embodiment of a document processing apparatus according to the present invention. In the figure, 1a and 1b are input means, 2a and 2b are mice, 3a and 3c are output means, and
Reference numeral 4 is a control means, 5 is a document data editing means or document data input means, 6 is a search means, and 7 is a storage means.

In FIG. 1, one document data editing means or document data input means 5, one storage means 7, 1
Retrieval means 6, 3 output means 3a to 3c, 4 input means (2 keyboards 1a, 1b and 2 mice 2)
a, 2b) and control means 4, but the number of each means is not essential. There may be at least one storage unit, output unit, and input unit, and one or more document data editing unit or document data input unit may or may not exist. When the document data editing means or the document data input means does not exist, the read-only document management device is used. There may be a plurality of control means, but in that case the control means groups must communicate with each other and function as one unit. It is important that each means, in particular, a plurality of input means can exist.

For example, an appropriate program is installed in a group of personal computers connected to a network, and the input device of each personal computer is connected to the input means 1a, 1.
b, 2a, 2b, the output device of each personal computer and the printer connected to the network as output means 3a to 3c, the auxiliary storage device of each personal computer, the database device connected to the network, etc. Is regarded as the storage means 7, the file management mechanism of each personal computer or the search mechanism of the database device connected to the network is regarded as the search means 6, and the installed document data editing program is the document data editing stage or the document data. If the input means 5, the CPU (central processing unit) of each personal computer and the installed control program are regarded as the control program 4, an example of the present invention can be configured as the entire system.

That is, the document data editing means or the document data input means 5 is for creating / editing document data.
It is possible that it does not exist. The storage means 7 stores and stores the created document data and the like, and is provided with one or more. The search means 6 searches for and retrieves document data and the like in the pipe, and includes one or more. Output means 3a-3
“C” outputs the status of each function of the document processing apparatus, the content and status of document data being stored, etc. 1
It has more than one. Input means 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b
Is for detecting and interpreting a request input from a user, and is provided with one or more. The control means 4 controls each of the above means.

At least one of the output means 3a to 3c includes a display on a screen such as a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) or a liquid crystal display, and as one of the input means, a light is provided outside the mouse 2a or 2b. It can be used by more than one user at the same time, including a pointing device such as a pen and eye-toka, and one or more outputs for each function of the document processing device such as editing and printing, document data in storage, etc. It has a form, and at least one of the output forms is a display on a screen (sensitive display) that receives an input by a pointing device. With such a configuration, each function of the document processing device such as editing and printing, and a container object (cabinet) capable of storing document data in storage and the like as objects in the same row are provided, and the same object can be stored in a plurality of cabinets. It is possible to store

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure in the present invention. Each function of the document processing device such as editing and printing, the stored document data, and other data are treated as element instances, which are objects in the same row, and their attributes are divided into an element class-independent part and an element class-dependent part. The attributes related to what is is locked in the element class dependent part.
And a list of cabinets in which the object is stored in the element class-independent part, and a sensible display of the object (they are also treated as objects as instances of the sensible class)
Contains a list of. When there is a plurality of cabinets in the list of cabinets, it means that the object is stored in a plurality of cabinets (Claim 1).

Further, when there are a plurality of sensibles in the list of sensible display, it means that the object has a plurality of sensibles. Although omitted in the figure, the display procedure of each sensible display is held as an attribute of the sensible instance, so that the display procedure can be different if the sensible instance is different. Further, during the display procedure, it is possible to determine the final display form by referring to the attribute value and judging the condition.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a sensible display mode in the present invention. By showing different display forms, the sensible display form of the object can be changed according to various conditions such as the internal state of the object and the type of cabinet in which the object is stored (claim 2).

The cabinet is also a kind of element and can be stored in the cabinet. This enables hierarchical classification and organization. Further, the portion represented by the variable length list in this example may be a fixed length vector. Also, depending on the combination of the pointing device and the key or button when the sensible is pointed at the pointing device, there are various input such as single click, double click, triple click, quadruple click, drag and drop. These meanings can also be specified for each sensible instance by having a translation table as an attribute of the sensible instance. By replacing the translation table according to the context held in the context holding means, the interpretation of the same input operation can be switched according to the context (claim 3).

In particular, in this example, the context is held by having the seeker stack in the seeker attribute of the element class (claim 6), but the context is maintained by having a separate list of required element classes as data. The holding means may be different.
If the setting of the attribute value of the sensible instance is released to the user, the sensible display form and input interpretation can be programmed (claim 4).

As an element class dependent attribute in an element instance corresponding to each function of the apparatus, a list of element classes required to use the function is held. For example, the function “new document creation” requests the element class “document type”, and the function “existing document edit” requests the element class “document”. Even if there are a plurality of requested classes, if only some of them are obtained, the context is changed by registering with the seeker stack of the remaining element classes (claim 5).

A special type of cabinet is a temporary cabinet, which temporarily stores an object whose stored cabinet is not specified. By the end of the device operation session, the objects stored in the temporary cabinet must be moved to the appropriate cabinet, and a warning is issued if the temporary cabinet is not empty at the end. The temporary cabinet is used as an interface with a function that ignores the existence of the cabinet (claim 7).

[0020]

As is apparent from the above description, the present invention has the following effects. (1) Effect corresponding to claim 1; Each function of the document processing device such as editing and printing, and a container object (cabinet) capable of storing document data in storage and the like as an object in the same row, and the same object Since it is possible to store it in multiple cabinets, even if it is sorted and organized in a certain standard cabinet, other sorting methods such as collecting frequently used ones can be applied, and it is easy to manage the identity. In addition to classifying and organizing the stored data, the functions can be organized to make it easier to use. (2) The effect corresponding to claim 2; each object is allowed to have two or more sensible display modes, and in the contents display of the cabinet, the objects stored in the cabinet are sensible display and two or more For objects that have a sensible display form, the sensible display form can be changed according to various conditions such as the internal state of the object and the type of cabinet in which it is stored, so the necessary information varies depending on the situation. However, it is possible to make an expression according to the situation. (3) Effects corresponding to claims 3 to 5; a context that allows setting two or more interpretations for an input using a pointing device for each sensible display, and holds the current input holding state (context) It also has a holding means, so that the interpretation of the same input operation can be switched according to the context held in the context holding means, the sensible display form and the input interpretation can be programmed, and each function of the device can be supported. As an attribute of the object, I keep a list of input items necessary to use the function, and when I got some of the required items, I changed the context so that I have the remaining items. The operating procedure can be performed depending on the situation. (4) The effect corresponding to claim 6; As an attribute of a class object, a group of objects (seekers) requesting identification of an object belonging to the class is held in a stack, so that only a pointer is required Since it is possible to know the presence or absence of a seeker and a search is unnecessary, high speed can be obtained. (5) Effect corresponding to claim 7: Since a temporary cabinet for temporarily storing an object is provided, the existence of the cabinet can be realized by preparing a conversion means for converting the internal data object and external data. Ignore external functions can be added.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram illustrating an embodiment of a document processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure in the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a sensible display mode according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1a, 1b ... Input means, 2a, 2b ... Mouse, 3a, 3
c ... output means, 4 ... control means, 5 ... document data editing means or document data input means, 6 ... search means, 7 ... storage means.

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A document data editing means or a document data inputting means for creating / editing document data, a saving means for saving / accumulating the created document data, and a searching means for searching and extracting the document data in the jurisdiction. An output unit that outputs the status of each function and the contents of document data being stored, an input unit that detects and interprets a request input, a control unit that controls each unit, each function such as editing and printing, and a storage unit A document processing apparatus having a cabinet that is a container object capable of storing document data as objects in the same row, and storing the same object in a plurality of cabinets. 2. The object has two or more sensible display modes, and when displaying the contents of a cabinet, an object stored in the cabinet is sensible and an object having two or more sensible display modes is set. 2. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the sensible display form can be changed according to various conditions such as an internal state of the object and the type of cabinet in which the object is stored. 3. The same input operation, comprising context holding means for setting two or more interpretations for an input using a pointing device for each of the sensible displays and holding a context that is in a current input waiting state. 2. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the interpretation of the above can be switched according to the context held in the context holding means. 4. The document processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the sensible display form and the input interpretation are programmable. 5. A list of input items required to use the function is held as an attribute of the object corresponding to each function, and a context is set when a part of the necessary items of the list is obtained. The document processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the document processing apparatus is modified to have the remaining items. 6. The method according to claim 3, wherein the context holding unit holds, as an attribute of a class object, a group of objects which are objects requesting identification of an object belonging to the class, in the form of a stack. Document processing device. 7. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a temporary cabinet for temporarily storing an object.