JP2000148739A - Text editing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a tag function having great convenience in operation by specifying a text part that is designated by obtained attachment destination information and attaching a tag to the specified text part. SOLUTION: A tag management part 9 obtains tag property information which is already set by a tag information film 12, determines the display color of the tag according to the information, and draws the mark part of the tag at the start line position that is indicated by the obtained property information. When the user makes a request to attach the tag thus drawn, the tag management part 9 prompts a user to specify the line position of a text as the attachment destination of the tag, and then obtains the memo contents and display color of the tag which is attached right before being stored in a last tag information file 11, and stores the line position, memory contents, and display color in a tag information file 12, thereby attaching the tag to the text part.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a text editing apparatus having a sticky note function capable of setting / releasing, editing, displaying / printing a mark or a memo for a text, and more particularly to a text editing apparatus which can be used in a designated part of a cooperable system. A text editing device that has the function of supporting general document editing and document processing for documents during program maintenance by pasting sticky notes and managing and displaying sticky notes based on the user's work content and authority. About.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When editing or proofreading a document, or modifying or confirming a program, the operator directly writes a mark or a memo at a point of interest on the paper, or writes the memo on the paper. We perform manual work such as pasting.

[0003] A document processing apparatus has been devised which performs on the screen a work similar to the manual work on the paper.

[0004]

However, in a conventional document processing device having a sticky note function, the sticky note function itself rarely leads to an increase in work efficiency. In fact, no consideration has been given to the case where a worker is involved.

[0005] For example, in the prior art, when a command for pasting a sticky note is executed, a window for writing a memo is opened, and the memo and necessary information are written therein. It has a configuration.

From now on, for example, when sticky notes are successively put on places of interest on the screen with the same feeling as putting a red check mark on the paper, if the conventional technique is followed, the sticky notes will be the same as the sticky notes. It is necessary to repeatedly paste a number of sticky notes while writing notes of contents one by one, and the user is forced to perform very troublesome work.

Further, for example, in the case of using a sticky note for the purpose of transmitting the pointed out matter from the elaborator to the writer at the time of elaborating the document, two elaborators A and B use the respective pointed-out points. Suppose that there is an agreement that only one has review and approval authority. In this case, the elaborator B can see the sticky note pasted by the elaborator A but does not have the authority to remove it,
The converse is also true, but the prior art does not have a function of distinguishing the attached sticky notes.

In the case of program maintenance, for example, a sticky note affixed on the case P and a case Q
It is desired to separately manage the sticky notes affixed with respect to, but the conventional technology does not have a function of performing management according to the user's work content such as a case.

As described above, according to the prior art, the sticky note function itself does not take into account the convenience of the work, so that it is unlikely that the work efficiency will be improved. On the other hand, there was a problem in various aspects, such as no consideration was given to the case where a plurality of workers were involved.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has a configuration in which a mark or a memo is pasted on a text. It is an object of the present invention to provide a new text editing device that has user convenience by having the text editing device.

[0011]

FIG. 1 shows the principle configuration of the present invention.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a text editing apparatus equipped with the present invention, which edits text such as a document or a program while displaying the text on a display screen, and 2 denotes a text editing apparatus 1 such as a keyboard and a mouse. An input device 3, an output device such as a display or a printer included in the text editing device 1, a text file 4 provided in the text editing device 1 for storing a document or a program to be processed, and a text editing device 5. 1 is a marking location information file that stores a result obtained by the system, information directly written by a user, information on a sticky note pasting destination, and the like.

The text editing apparatus 1 according to the present invention comprises an input unit 6
A control unit 7, an output unit 8, a sticky note management unit 9, a text information file 10, and a last-minute sticky note information file 11.
, A sticky note information file 12, and a case information file 13
And an access right information file 14.

The input section 6 inputs input information from the input device 2. The control unit 7 processes a processing request from the input device 2. The output unit 8 outputs the processing result of the control unit 7 to the output device 3.

The sticky note management section 9 executes the processing of the present invention relating to sticky notes. The text information file 10 manages text information held in association with the sticky note management unit 9. The immediately preceding sticky note information file 11 manages attribute information of a sticky note pasted just before.

The sticky note information file 12 manages attribute information of the attached sticky note. The case information file 13
Manages information about set Items. The access right information file 14 manages information on the set access right.

Here, the function of the sticky note management section 9 provided for realizing the present invention is specifically realized by a program, and this program is stored in a floppy disk or the like, or is stored in a server or the like. The present invention is realized by being stored in a disk or the like, being installed in the text editing apparatus 1 therefrom, and operating on a memory.

In the text editing apparatus 1 of the present invention configured as described above, the request transmitted to the input unit 6 via the input device 2 is processed by the control unit 7, and the processing result is output to the output unit 8
Is output to the output device 3 via the.

At the time of executing this processing, when a processing request for a sticky note relating to the text stored in the text file 4 is issued, the control section 7 satisfies the processing request to the sticky note management section 9. In response to the instruction, the sticky note management unit 9 determines that the specified content is characteristic of the present invention, as described below. Is performed on the sticky note specified in the above, and the processing result is returned to the control unit 7.

(1) For example, the sticky note management unit 9 obtains sticky note information to be notified from software associated with the text to be edited, and specifies the sticky note information to be obtained by the obtaining means. And a pasting means for pasting a sticky note to the text part specified by the specifying means.

By having this function, the sticky note management unit 9
For example, in response to a request from a graphic device or the like which does not have a function of pasting a sticky note, the sticky note can be pasted at a necessary place such as a figure handled by the device. It is possible to efficiently operate a graphic device or the like that does not have a function of attaching a character.

(2) The sticky note management unit 9 also includes a sticking means for sticking a sticky note to the text to be edited, and a software for linking to the text to be edited, which is to be processed. An acquisition unit is provided for acquiring cooperation destination information of the software associated with the paste destination text portion, and a storage unit for storing information indicating that a sticky note is attached to the cooperation destination information acquired by the acquisition unit.

By having this function, the sticky note management unit 9
For example, it is possible to paste a sticky note on a required portion such as a figure to be handled by a graphic device or the like which does not have a function of pasting a sticky note, and to which part the sticky note is pasted on the device. Since it is possible to notify the user of the presence of a tag, it is possible to efficiently operate a graphic device or the like that does not have a function of attaching a tag.

(3) The sticky note management section 9 is configured to hold a set of sticky note attribute information (the immediately preceding sticky note information file 11) and to issue a sticky note sticking instruction when the sticky note sticking instruction is issued. Allocating means for reading attribute information held by the holding means and allocating the read attribute information as attribute information of a sticky note to be stuck without opening a window for setting the attribute information, and a sticky note stuck on the text , When a request for updating the attribute information of the sticky note is issued, the attribute information of the sticky note is set by opening a window for setting the attribute information, and the holding means is set according to the set attribute information. And updating means for updating the attribute information held by.

At this time, the updating means prepares several kinds of attribute information of the sticky note in advance, and allows the user to select from among them, so that the attribute information of the sticky note can be easily set. Is also possible.

In the prior art, when sticking a sticky note,
An instruction to paste a sticky note is executed, a target for sticky note is specified, and attribute information (sticky note type, color, memo content, etc.) of the sticky note is designated and drawn. That is, in the related art, the user has to open an input window and input the attribute information of the sticky note to be input each time on the window. from now on,
If it is desired to paste a number of sticky notes having exactly the same attribute information, an input window must be opened each time, which requires a cumbersome procedure. In addition, as the number of pieces of attribute information of a sticky note increases, it is more troublesome to input all of them one by one.

On the other hand, the present invention adopts a configuration in which this function is provided so that the attribute information of the sticky note set immediately before is automatically set as the attribute information of the newly set sticky note. From this, the user can paste sticky notes with the same attribute information one after another at the places of interest while viewing documents and programs on the screen,
Thereby, the sticky note can be stuck efficiently by avoiding the trouble of opening the input window one by one.

(4) Further, the sticky note management section 9 performs marking location information of the sticky note obtained by searching and analyzing the text using the search function and the analysis function, or the search function and analysis thereof. Acquiring means for acquiring marking location information written by the user in place of the function, and shaping the marking location information acquired by the acquiring means as attribute information of the sticky note; Attaching means for attaching.

In the prior art, when pasting a sticky note while looking at a document or a program, an operator performs an operation of pasting the sticky notes one by one while specifying an object to be pasted. But,
If the target to be pasted is known in advance, or if you want to paste a sticky note on the result obtained by another system (especially when the number of targets is huge), the operator repeats the pasting operation each time. Instead, it is desirable to be able to automatically attach a sticky note.

Therefore, in the present invention, in order to make the work of the operator more efficient, by providing this function, the marking portion obtained by searching the text (without using the search function,
In some cases, the sticky note is created by the user explicitly writing).

(5) The sticky note management section 9 is a setting means for setting a sticky note to be processed from the sticky notes to be attached to the text, and the memo content of the sticky note set by the setting means. Is inserted in the vicinity of the text portion to which the sticky note is to be attached, thereby making the sticky note a comment.

While writing or elaborating a document, or coding or reviewing a program, write down a note on a sticky note and stick the sticky note on the relevant part. Later, the sticky note is referred to. If the memo content is a sentence or comment that you want to insert directly into the text, if this can be reflected as it is in the document or program,
This is extremely convenient because there is no need to manually input a sentence or comment while looking at the memo or to remove the sticky note after inputting. In addition, when the operation is performed by transferring to another device having no sticky note function, the contents written on the sticky note can be referred to as a comment at the transfer destination, which is extremely convenient.

Therefore, in the present invention, this function is used in order to improve the efficiency while improving the convenience of the worker's work, and to enable the work to be continued even in another apparatus having no sticky note function. With this, it is possible to insert the contents of the memo of the sticky note as a comment in the document.

(6) The sticky note management unit 9 extracts, from the comment text described in the text, a setting means for setting a comment text to be processed and a comment text set by the setting means. A sticky note forming means for sticking a sticky note at a position where the comment sentence is written and assigning the comment sentence as attribute information of the sticky note to be stuck, thereby converting the comment sentence described in the text into a sticky note; Is provided.

According to the present invention, this function is provided as a function reverse to the above-mentioned function which enables the contents of a memo on a sticky note to be inserted as a comment in a document or a program. With this function, it is possible to avoid the appearance of the text by extracting a comment sentence described in the text from the text as a sticky note. Then, the work of removing the comment line from the program itself becomes easy. In addition, since the comment can be viewed as a list of sticky notes, the importance of the comment can be understood at a glance.

(7) In addition, the sticky note management section 9 performs the marking location information of the sticky note obtained by searching and analyzing the text using the search function and the analysis function, or the search function and analysis thereof. An acquisition unit that acquires marking location information written by a user in place of a function, and information specified by the marking location information acquired by the acquisition unit is inserted into a text position defined by the marking location information, so that the text is inserted. Insertion means for inserting a comment sentence.

According to the function (4) described above, a sticky note is pasted using the marking location information, and then the above-mentioned (5)
According to the function described above, it is possible to insert a comment into the text by making the pasted sticky note into a comment, but according to this method, two steps are required.

Therefore, in the present invention, in order to improve the work efficiency, this function is provided so that a marking portion obtained by searching for a text (created by the user clearly writing without using the search function) In some cases, a comment is automatically inserted at the text position indicated by (sometimes).

(8) The sticky note management section 9 includes setting means for setting case information, case information set by the setting means, and one or a plurality of sticky notes attached under the case information. Management means for managing the correspondence relationship with the tag group composed of: and execution means for executing processing (processing such as display and commenting described above) on the tag using item information in accordance with the management data of the management means. And

When the text with the sticky note is opened,
It is difficult to understand at a glance what each sticky note is attached to. Even in the worker's own head with the sticky note, even if the information is distinguished by the display color such as "this color for this content" or "that color for that content", the information is not It is difficult to communicate the intention of a sticky note to a third party unless the information is transmitted from an operator. In general, workers mainly work on their own tasks (work items), such as program correction work, work with functional improvement, and work with the addition of new functions.
I often put sticky notes on

Therefore, in the present invention, by providing this function, a means for managing and displaying the actual case and the sticky note information in association with each other is provided, so that the worker himself or a third party can easily understand the case. It enables processing on sticky notes.

(9) When adopting such a configuration, the sticky note management unit 9 manages the text and the sticky note information separately while associating them with each other, and sets the sticky note in units of text lines. A configuration is adopted in which paper can be attached, and a sticky note is displayed on a display screen using a display area different from the text display area.

The sticky note is used as a temporary tool for improving the work efficiency of the worker, for example, so that the position of interest can be seen at a glance.
However, if the method of embedding the sticky note information in the document itself is adopted, there is a risk that the sticky note information may remain in the document at the end of the work. In such a case, the sticky note information is removed. This may result in unnecessary work, and as a result, the work efficiency may be reduced. In order to allow a document created by using the present invention to be handled by another general document processing apparatus, it is not preferable to adopt a method of embedding information unique to the present invention in the document itself.

Therefore, the present invention does not employ a method of embedding sticky note information in a text, but employs a method of managing each of the text and the sticky note information separately while maintaining the correspondence. That is, the present invention employs a configuration in which a sticky note is pasted without directly affecting the text itself.

According to the present invention, a sticky note display area is provided separately from the text display area without embedding a picture or mark representing the sticky note in the text.
A configuration is adopted in which a sticky note is pasted in a format associated with a line of text. Thus, the display area of the sticky note is provided so as to be arranged in the horizontal direction with the display area of the text, and is linked with both.

(10) Furthermore, when adopting such a configuration, the sticky note management unit 9 performs the sticky note management in accordance with the access right information assigned to the sticky note group composed of one or a plurality of sticky notes. A configuration for executing processing on paper is adopted.

In general, the larger the program, the more the work is divided, and each person in charge has the authority according to his / her own position and work content. When multiple workers look at a single text, in particular, the scope of authority given to each worker must be observed.

Therefore, according to the present invention, according to the access right information assigned to a sticky note group (corresponding to the above-mentioned case), which is made up of one or a plurality of sticky notes.
Such a request can be satisfied by adopting a configuration for executing processing (processing such as display and commenting described above) on sticky notes.

[0049]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail according to embodiments.

In the text editing apparatus 1 of the present invention, FIG.
As shown in (a), a configuration is adopted in which a display area for a sticky note is provided at the left end of the display area for text, and a configuration is adopted in which a sticky note is attached to the display area for the sticky note. Here, the display area of the sticky note is not limited to the left end of the text display area, but may be provided at an intermediate position or a right end position of the text display area as shown in FIG. 2B.

The sticky note management section 9 uses the display area of the sticky note to attach a sticky note with the line number of the text as a sticky unit.
As shown in (a), the line number “300100” and the line number “30”
There is a case where three sticky notes are pasted on “0300-300400” and line numbers “302000-302200”, and one new sticky note is added on the line numbers “302000-302200, 305800-305900”. When pasting, first specify the line number “302000” with the mouse as the head, then drag it from there to the line number “302200”, and then, from the line number “305800” By dragging to the number "305900" and then pressing the button "Paste a sticky note", as shown in FIG. 3B, a new line number "302000-302200, 305800-305900" over a plurality of lines is displayed. One sticky note will be pasted.

It should be noted that such a single sticky note pasted over a plurality of lines is deleted by a single deletion operation, whereby the sticky note can be efficiently peeled off. ing.

Here, the sticky note is displayed in a graphic expression, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, which specifies the start line position and the end line position. The color representing the sticky note can be set arbitrarily, and the width of the vertical line may be set. If multiple sticky notes have the same start line number, the mark indicating the start line position of the sticky note will be drawn overlapping,
When sticky notes of different colors overlap, the overlap can be recognized by dividing the mark part by the number of colors. When sticky notes of the same color are overlapped, the sticky notes are superimposed and displayed as if they were a single sheet. This display method is convenient because it does not take up space even if many sticky notes are pasted on the same place.

When the user clicks on the mark portion or the vertical line portion of the graphic expression, the sticky note management section 9 displays an attribute information input screen for the sticky note as shown in FIG. Which also functions as a screen)
By using this to interact with the user, the contents of the memo to be assigned to the sticky note are input, or the display color of the sticky note figure is input to set the attribute information of the sticky note. The line number is automatically input according to the above-mentioned mouse operation.

While the input screen for the attribute information of the sticky note is open, all the sticky notes other than the target sticky note are displayed thin on the display screen, and only the target sticky note (mark and vertical line) is displayed. The display becomes prominent. by this,
The user can see at a glance which sticky note attribute input screen is open.

Next, the immediately preceding sticky note information file 11, the sticky note information file 12, the case information file 13, and the access right information file 14 shown in FIG. 1 will be described.

As shown in FIG. 6, the sticky note information file 12 manages attribute information of the sticky note attached to the text. A serial number is assigned to each sticky note to enable history management. In the following embodiment, for convenience of explanation, the start line position / end line position, the memo content, and the display color are assumed as the attribute information of the sticky note, but other items may be added. .

As will be described later, the sticky note may be displayed in the form of a sticky note, or may be displayed in a form embedded in a text as a comment sentence. In addition to the attribute information of the memo and the contents of the memo and the display color, it is necessary to manage which form is to be displayed, and when displaying in the form of a comment text, the line number to be inserted is managed.

As shown in FIG. 7, the last sticky note information file 11 manages the memo content and display color of the sticky note pasted just before. As described later, the sticky note management unit 9
When the user pastes the sticky notes without opening the input screen shown in FIG. 5, those sticky notes have the memo content and display color stored in the immediately preceding sticky note information file 11 as attribute information. By treating it as something
A configuration is adopted in which a user can easily attach a sticky note.

As shown in FIG. 8, the access right information file 14 manages access right information set for the tag group (access right can be set for each user group). Here, the sticky note group is set by a set of one or more sticky notes, and although omitted here, which sticky note group each sticky note group is composed of. Is managed.

As shown in FIG. 9, the case information file 13 manages information on a tag group pasted under a set case. A matter is a work item,
By setting this case and pasting a sticky note, or by associating existing sticky note information with the case, the work is performed. Manage the relationship.

As described with reference to FIG. 8, since the access right information can be assigned to the sticky note group, the access right information can now be assigned to the sticky note group associated with the matter. become.

FIG. 11 shows a processing flow executed by the text editing apparatus 1 of the present invention.

As shown in the processing flow of FIG. 11, when the text editing apparatus 1 of the present invention is activated, first, in step 1, a text to be processed is specified.
Subsequently, in step 2, it is determined whether or not the text to be processed has a sticky note. If it is determined that the text to be processed does not have a sticky note, the process proceeds to step 5, and only the text to be processed is displayed on the display screen. To be displayed.

On the other hand, when it is determined in step 2 that a sticky note is to be held, the flow advances to step 3 to determine whether or not the mode for instructing the display of the sticky note is set.
When it is determined that the mode in which the display of the sticky note is not instructed is set, the process proceeds to step 5 and only the text to be processed is displayed on the display screen.

On the other hand, when it is determined in step 3 that the mode for instructing the display of the sticky note is set, the flow advances to step 4 to use the display areas provided separately according to the display method described above, Is displayed on the display screen while associating the text with the sticky note of the text.

Then, in step 6, after waiting for an input from the user, if there is an input from the user, the process proceeds to step 7 to determine the input, and when it is determined that the input is a text processing, Proceeding to step 9, execute general text processing instructed by input, and then return to step 6.

On the other hand, when it is determined in step 7 that the input is for the sticky note processing, the process proceeds to step 8 where the control is passed to the sticky note management section 9 to execute the sticky note processing. Return to step 6.

On the other hand, when it is determined in step 7 that the text processing has been completed, the process proceeds to step 10 where it is determined whether or not there is an instruction to save unsaved sticky note information. When it is determined that this is the case, the process proceeds to step 11 to save the unsaved sticky note information, and then proceeds to step 12 to execute the end processing of the text processing and end all the processing. On the other hand, when it is determined in step 10 that there is no save instruction, immediately in step 12
Then, the end processing of the text processing is executed, and all the processing ends.

In this way, the text editing apparatus 1 of the present invention processes the sticky note processing by using the sticky note management unit 9 when the sticky note processing is input.

As shown in the processing flow of FIG. 12, the sticky note processing executed by the sticky note management section 9 includes “simple sticky note setting processing”, “sticky note marking location setting processing”,
"Comment processing of sticky notes / processing of comment text", "Item management processing of sticky notes", "Access right management processing of sticky notes", "Edit / release / display / print / list of sticky notes" Processing ".

The sticky note management unit 9 acquires the attribute information of the sticky note already set from the sticky note information file 12 according to the processing flow of FIG. 13A, and acquires the display color of the sticky note in accordance with the attribute information. . Then, using the display color,
The sticky note is drawn by drawing the mark portion of the sticky note at the start line position indicated by the obtained attribute information, and by drawing a vertical line from the mark portion to the end line position indicated by the obtained attribute information. Go.

When drawing a sticky note already set as described above, the sticky note management unit 9 receives the sticky note sticking request from the user and issues a processing flow of FIG. As shown in (1), after the user specifies the line position (start line position and end line position) of the text to which the sticky note is to be pasted, the pasted note is pasted immediately before being stored in the immediately preceding sticky note information file 11. By acquiring the memo content and display color of the sticky note and storing the line position and the memo content and display color in the sticky note information file 12, a new sticky note setting process is executed.

When the user wishes to change the attribute of the pasted sticky note or to change the attribute information of the sticky note to be pasted from the past pasted one, the user needs to change the attribute information of the sticky note to be pasted. By clicking the mark portion or vertical line portion, a sticky note to be changed is designated.

In response to this, the sticky note management unit 9 sets the
When the specification of the sticky note to be updated is received, the input screen for the attribute information of the sticky note shown in FIG. 5 is opened to open the attribute information (display color and Content) is displayed, and when a new display color or memo content is input by interacting with the user via this input screen, the attribute information of the sticky note to be updated is updated and the last sticky note information file 11 is updated. And updates the memo content and display color of the sticky note pasted immediately before it is stored in.

As described above, when a new sticky note is to be pasted, the sticky note management section 9 stores the sticky note information file 11 in the immediately preceding sticky note information file 11 without opening the attribute note input screen shown in FIG. By allocating the attribute information to be stored, the user can paste the sticky note by a simple operation.

The “marking place setting processing of the sticky note” executed by the sticky note managing section 9 is, as shown in FIG.
The processing of shaping the information of the marking location (the information of the location where the sticky note is to be attached) for the text to be processed to generate the attribute information of each sticky note and automatically attaching the sticky note is performed. The marking location information includes a result of a character string search obtained using a general search function as shown in FIG. 15B, information written by a user, information obtained by another arbitrary system, and the like. This is the information of the place where the sticky note is to be attached. As shown in FIGS. 15A and 15B, attribute information of one tag group is generated from one piece of marking location information.

For example, a text to be processed as shown in FIG. 16A and “AB” as shown in FIG. 16B obtained by a general search function for this text.
If there is a search result (marking location information) of “C (capital letters, no distinction of child characters)”, this marking location information is shaped and the line position and memo content of each sticky note as shown in FIG. Is automatically generated, it is possible to automatically attach a sticky note.

When executing the “marking point setting process for sticky notes”, the sticky note management unit 9 performs a shaping process on the marking point information designated by the user as shown in the processing flow of FIG. (See Figure 18 for details.)
(Shown in the processing flow of FIG. 18A) to obtain the attribute information of the sticky note, and to display the sticky note using the attribute information (the details are shown in the processing flow of FIG. 18B). Then, a process of storing the correspondence between the marking location information and the attribute information of the extracted sticky note is performed.

As described above, the user can automatically attach the sticky note to the location extracted from the information only by specifying the marking location information obtained by another system or the user. .

As shown in FIG. 19, when the sticky note to be processed is set, the contents of the memo of the sticky note are converted to the sticky note paper by the "sticky note commenting process" executed by the sticky note management unit 9. This is a process of making the sticky note into a comment by inserting it into the text part where the sticky note is pasted (for example, immediately before the text to be pasted on the sticky note).

In FIG. 19, a sticky note having a memo content of “calculate total” is commented out, and “calculate total” is added to the body of the text with “*” indicating a comment text. An example in which a comment sentence is inserted is shown.

The commented sticky notes are:
Although it is deleted from the display screen, it is not deleted from the sticky note information file 12, but only its display method is changed to a comment text as described with reference to FIG. It is.

When performing the “comment processing of a sticky note”, the sticky note management unit 9 acquires the attribute information when the sticky note to be commented is specified as shown in the processing flow of FIG. By doing so, the contents of the memo to be inserted and the insertion preceding position are obtained, and the memo content is inserted into the insertion preceding position to comment the sticky note.

In this way, the user can insert the memo content of the sticky note into the text of the text only by specifying the sticky note to be processed.

As described above, the sticky note management unit 9 automatically forms the sticky note as shown in FIG. 16 (b) by shaping the marking place information as shown in FIG. The process of pasting has been described. On the other hand, it has been described that the sticky note management unit 9 performs the process of commenting the sticky note in the “commenting process of the sticky note”.

As shown in the processing flow of FIG. 21, the sticky note management section 9 has a function of continuously performing these two processes.
A process of creating a sticky note in a form in which a comment sentence is inserted in the body of the text is performed.

That is, if the process of converting the sticky note into a comment is performed after pasting the sticky note by shaping the marking portion information, a two-step processing procedure as shown in FIG. 22 is performed. On the other hand, by executing the processing flow of FIG. 21, as shown in FIG. 23, as shown in FIG. 23, a function is provided for immediately inserting a comment sentence into the body of the text when the marking location information is specified. With this function, the user can automatically insert a comment sentence corresponding to the search result into the body of the text simply by specifying the result of the character string search in advance, for example.

As shown in FIG. 24, when the comment text to be processed is set, the comment text is extracted and the comment text is extracted. This is a process in which a sticky note is pasted to a line position immediately after the line position of the sentence, and the extracted comment sentence is used as the memo content of the sticky note, thereby converting the comment sentence into a sticky note.

FIG. 24 shows an example in which a comment sentence “calculate the average” is converted to a sticky note. The comment text thus converted to a sticky note is deleted from the display screen, but is stored in the sticky note information file 12 as attribute information of the sticky note.

When performing the “tag processing of comment text”, the sticky note management unit 9 specifies a comment text to be converted to a sticky note as shown in the processing flow of FIG.
By obtaining the line position of the comment statement, the line position where the sticky note is to be pasted is obtained, the sticky note is drawn at the line position, and the comment statement is deleted from the text body and assigned to the sticky note as the memo content. In this way, the comment text is converted to a sticky note.

In this way, the user can turn the comment text described in the text body into a sticky note only by specifying the comment text to be processed.

The "sticky note case management process" executed by the sticky note management section 9 manages the correspondence between cases and sticky note groups, as shown in FIG. That is, a case information file 13 having the file structure shown in FIG. 9 is created.

For example, as shown in FIG. 26 (b), the pasted sticky note is divided into a sticky note group pasted under a case of “program modification” and a sticky note group under a case of “functional improvement”. The sticky note group pasted and the sticky note group pasted under the case of "addition of function" are managed separately, and only the sticky notes under the designated case are displayed. As described above, the display color of the sticky note is changed for each case and displayed, or the sticky notes under the designated case are collectively erased.

When executing the "sticky note case management process", the sticky note management section 9 inputs a case as shown in the processing flow of FIG. 28, and the input is created under the case. In the case of a display request for a post-it note, the post-it note file created under the case is displayed by referring to the case information file 13 and displaying only the post-it note created under the case. Is specified.

On the other hand, if the input is a request for setting a case, as shown in the processing flow of FIG. 29, case information is input, and if a tag group is already associated, the group is required. Change according to. If no sticky note group is associated with the case information, the existing sticky note group can be specified and associated with the case information, or the sticky note can be pasted according to the above-described simple setting process, so that the case information file is attached. 13 and the sticky note information file 12 are created and updated.

In this way, the user can view the pasted sticky notes in units of cases, and can perform the above-described comment processing and sticky sheet processing in units of cases. And so on.

The "sticky note access right management process" executed by the sticky note management unit 9 is performed by setting an access right to a sticky note group as shown in FIG. Is a process of determining whether or not to permit the access of the user according to the management. The access right information file 14 having the file structure shown in FIG. 8 is created.

When executing the "sticky note access right management process", the sticky note management unit 9 specifies a sticky note group to be processed (sticky note group) as shown in the processing flow of FIG. If there is no existing access right information, create it using the simple setting process described above.) To assign existing access right information to it, specify it.
In the case where the existing access right information is not allocated, FIG.
By creating and allocating it in accordance with the processing flow of, the registration is performed in the access right information file.

In this way, the user can freely set the access right to the sticky note to other users accessing the sticky note.

Therefore, the sticky note management unit 9 is configured to execute the process shown in FIG.
As shown in (1), it is possible to manage the sticky note groups affixed for each case according to the access right. For example, as shown in FIG. 33 (b), specific access right information is set for the sticky note group pasted under the case of “program modification”, and pasted under the case of “functional improvement”. Specific access right information is set for the attached sticky note group, and specific access right information can be set for the sticky note group pasted under the case of "addition of function".

The correspondence between the case information and the access right information (shown in FIG. 10) is defined between the case information managed by the case information file 13 and the access right information managed by the access right information file 14. This is realized by establishing a link relationship.

Further, the sticky note management section 9 performs a process of managing the correspondence between the case, the marking place information, the sticky note information obtained by shaping the marking place information, and the access right information. .

For example, as shown in FIG. 34 (a), the correspondence between items, marking location information, and sticky note information obtained by shaping the marking location information is managed. In addition, as shown in FIG. 34 (b), it manages the correspondence between the marking location information, the sticky note information obtained by shaping the marking location information, and the access right information.

The correspondence shown in FIG. 34A is, for example,
It is possible to set to which matter the sticky note information belongs by interacting with the user with respect to the sticky note information generated based on the marking location information obtained by the search function. Is shown. For example, "new function A
When the marking location information “result of variable related to event X” is associated with the case “part added for”, based on the sticky note information shown in FIG. 35 generated from the marking location information, A sticky note can be attached at the position shown in FIG.

When such correspondence is managed, the user can perform processing such as specifying only a case and explicitly displaying only sticky notes belonging to the case.

The correspondence shown in FIG. 34B is obtained by interacting with the user with respect to the information on the sticky note generated based on the marking location information obtained by the search function.
This indicates that it is possible to set which access right information the sticky note information follows. By this setting process, for example, the correspondence relationship as shown in FIG. 37 can be managed.

By managing such correspondences, the user can add a sticky note created with the marking location information to the
Processing such as setting specific access right information can be performed.

Although not described above, the sticky note management unit 9
Displays a list of sticky note groups set for the text to be edited, and when a specific sticky note group is selected from the list, a list of sticky notes belonging to the selected sticky note group or access It has a function of displaying information such as rights. Similarly, a list of matters set in the text to be edited is displayed, and when a specific matter is selected from the list, a sticky note group, access right, and the like associated with the selected matter are displayed. It has functions such as displaying information.

As described above, the text editing apparatus 1 of the present invention realizes efficient processing of a sticky note to be pasted on a text. In the case where the software has a function of cooperating with software to be deployed on another device and does not have a function of pasting a sticky note, the function of the sticky note is provided by providing the function of the sticky note. It has a function that can improve convenience.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 38, a program editing apparatus equipped with the present invention having a program screen open and a data flow diagram handled by a program edited by the program editing apparatus are edited. It is assumed that there is an apparatus that edits a control flow diagram handled by a program edited by the program editing apparatus.

In this case, the program editing apparatus equipped with the present invention uses “S
When the user designates the graphic element “UBPRG” and makes a request for sticking a sticky note, the user accesses the management mechanism that manages the correspondence between each graphic element in the data flow diagram and the program portion associated therewith. Is specified, and it is specified to the user that there is a request for pasting a sticky note for the program, so that the sticky note is pasted for the program.

With this function, a device that edits a data flow diagram can use the program editing device having the present invention to implement the present invention if the device itself does not have the function of processing a sticky note. The necessary sticky notes can be indirectly pasted on the necessary graphic elements on the program handled by the program editing device.

FIG. 39 shows a processing flow to be executed by the present invention in realizing this cooperative function.

As shown in this processing flow, when the program editing apparatus equipped with the present invention specifies a point of interest on the display screen of the apparatus for editing a data flow diagram, the graphic element is obtained and By accessing a management mechanism for managing the correspondence between each graphic element in the figure and the program part associated with the graphic element, the program part associated with the graphic element is specified. Then, by drawing a sticky note on the program portion while explicitly displaying the program portion, and registering the necessary memo content inputted by the user, indirectly to the graphic element specified by the device for editing the data flow diagram is performed. The processing is performed such that a sticky note is pasted on the.

The same applies to the case where a program editing apparatus having the present invention and a control flow diagram editing apparatus are linked.

Also, the program editing apparatus equipped with the present invention, when cooperating with an apparatus for editing a control flow diagram, allows a user to attach a sticky note to a program being edited so that each graphic element in the control flow diagram is displayed. By accessing a management mechanism that manages the correspondence between a program portion and a corresponding program portion, a graphic element (for example, “SU”) of a control flow diagram corresponding to the program portion is accessed.
BPRG ”) is specified, and information indicating that a sticky note is indirectly attached to the graphic element is stored in a file.

The device that edits the control flow diagram in response to the stored information can clearly indicate to which graphic element the program editing device equipped with the present invention has attached a sticky note when editing the control flow diagram. As a result, the attached sticky note can be referred to.

FIG. 40 shows a processing flow to be executed by the present invention in realizing this cooperative function.

As shown in this processing flow, when the user pastes a sticky note on a program, the program editing apparatus equipped with the present invention provides a correspondence relationship between each graphic element of the control flow diagram and a program part associated therewith. By accessing the management mechanism that manages the program element, the graphic element corresponding to the program part is specified, and information indicating that the sticky note is indirectly pasted on the graphic element is saved in a file, and In response, the device for editing the control flow diagram can clearly display the graphic element on which the sticky note is pasted on the display screen.

The same applies to the case where a program editing device having the present invention and a device for editing a data flow diagram are linked.

Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the illustrated embodiments, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, in the embodiment, the sticky note and the text are separately managed and described in the respective display areas. However, the basic functions of the present invention such as the simple setting processing of the sticky note are described in this embodiment. Even when the configuration is not used, it can be applied as it is.

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A number of sticky note function technologies for texts such as documents and programs have already been devised in the form of marks, memos, bookmarks, and tags. However, none of the technologies disclosed so far relates to a work performed by a single worker, and does not refer to a case where a plurality of workers are involved or a technology in consideration of the work content.

The maintenance work of the program is usually performed by many workers. Between workers responsible for each stage of the work, and between stages along the work flow,
It is very important that the intention is communicated without error. Similarly, in general documents, when a plurality of workers are involved, it is necessary to particularly communicate the intention.

The text editing apparatus of the present invention provides a function for handling a sticky note more easily than the existing sticky note function, and a function in consideration of a plurality of workers and work contents. You can greatly contribute to the use of sticky notes.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principle configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a display area of a sticky note;

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a sticky note;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a graphic representation of a sticky note;

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of an input screen for inputting attribute information of a sticky note;

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a sticky note information file.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a previous sticky note information file.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of an access right information file.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a case information file.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of an access right assigned to a case.

FIG. 11 is a processing flow of the text editing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a processing flow of a sticky note management unit.

FIG. 13 is a processing flow of a sticky note management unit.

FIG. 14 is a processing flow of a sticky note management unit.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram of a marking portion setting process.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram of a marking portion setting process.

FIG. 17 is a processing flow of a sticky note management unit.

FIG. 18 is a processing flow of a sticky note management unit.

FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram of a commenting process.

FIG. 20 is a processing flow of a sticky note management unit.

FIG. 21 is a processing flow of a sticky note management unit.

FIG. 22 is an explanatory diagram of comment text insertion processing.

FIG. 23 is an explanatory diagram of comment text insertion processing.

FIG. 24 is an explanatory diagram of a sticky note conversion process.

FIG. 25 is a processing flow of a sticky note management unit.

FIG. 26 is an explanatory diagram of a case management process for a sticky note;

FIG. 27 is an explanatory diagram of a case management process for sticky notes;

FIG. 28 is a processing flow of a sticky note management unit.

FIG. 29 is a processing flow of a sticky note management unit.

FIG. 30 is an explanatory diagram of access right management processing.

FIG. 31 is a processing flow of a sticky note management unit.

FIG. 32 is a processing flow of a sticky note management unit.

FIG. 33 is an explanatory diagram of a process of setting an access right to a matter.

FIG. 34 is an explanatory diagram of a correspondence relationship management process.

FIG. 35 is an explanatory diagram of a correspondence relationship management process.

FIG. 36 is an explanatory diagram of a sticky note sticking process.

FIG. 37 is an explanatory diagram of a correspondence management process.

FIG. 38 is an explanatory diagram of a cooperation process.

FIG. 39 is a processing flow of a cooperation process.

FIG. 40 is a processing flow of a cooperation process.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Text editing device 2 Input device 3 Output device 4 Text file 5 Marking location information file 6 Input unit 7 Control unit 8 Output unit 9 Sticky note management unit 10 Text information file 11 Last sticky note information file 12 Last sticky note information file 13 Case information File 14 Access right information file

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A text editing apparatus that edits a text while displaying the text on a display screen, comprising: obtaining means for obtaining sticky destination information notified from software associated with the text to be edited; and obtaining the obtaining means. A text editing device comprising: a specifying unit that specifies a text part specified by pasting destination information to be specified; and a pasting unit that applies a sticky note to the text part specified by the specifying unit. 2. A text editing apparatus which edits a text while displaying the text on a display screen, wherein the attaching means attaches a sticky note to the text to be edited, and the attaching means applies software linked to the text to be edited to a processing object. Acquiring means for acquiring cooperation destination information possessed by the software in cooperation with the paste destination text portion of the sticky note to be pasted, and information indicating that the sticky note is attached to the cooperation destination information acquired by the acquisition means A text editing device, comprising: 3. A text editing apparatus for editing text while displaying the text on a display screen, wherein the holding means holds attribute information of the set sticky note, and the holding means holds when a sticky note sticking instruction is issued. Reads the attribute information stored in the attribute information and assigns the read attribute information as attribute information of the sticky note to be attached without opening a window for setting the attribute information, and specifies the sticky note to be attached to the text Then, when a request for updating the attribute information of the sticky note is issued, the attribute information of the sticky note is set by opening the window, and the attribute information held by the holding unit is set according to the set attribute information. A text editing device, comprising: updating means for updating. 4. A text editing device that edits a text while displaying the text on a display screen, wherein information on a marking position of a sticky note obtained by searching and analyzing the text using a search function and an analysis function, or Acquiring means for acquiring marking location information written by a user in place of the search function / analysis function; and defining the marking location information while shaping the marking location information acquired by the acquiring means as attribute information of a sticky note. And a pasting means for pasting a sticky note at a position where the text editing is performed. 5. A text editing apparatus for editing a text while displaying the text on a display screen, wherein: setting means for setting a sticky note to be processed from among the sticky notes attached to the text; By inserting the memo content of the sticky note near the text part where the sticky note is pasted,
A text editing device, comprising: commenting means for commenting a sticky note. 6. A text editing apparatus for editing a text while displaying the text on a display screen, wherein: setting means for setting a comment sentence to be processed from comment texts described in the text; The comment text is extracted, a sticky note is attached to the position where the comment text was written, and the comment text is assigned as attribute information of the sticky paper to be pasted, so that the comment text described in the text is converted to a sticky paper. A text editing device, comprising: 7. A text editing apparatus that edits a text while displaying the text on a display screen, wherein information on a marking position of a sticky note obtained by searching or analyzing the text using a search function or an analysis function, or An acquisition unit for acquiring marking location information written by a user in place of the search function / analysis function, and information specified by the marking location information acquired by the acquisition unit is inserted into a text position defined by the marking location information. A text editing device, characterized by comprising: insertion means for inserting a comment sentence into the text. 8. A text editing device for editing text while displaying text on a display screen, a setting means for setting case information, a case information set by the setting means, and a sheet attached under the case information. Or, a management means for managing a correspondence relationship with a sticky note group composed of a plurality of sticky notes, and an execution means for executing a process on the sticky note using the case information according to management data of the management means. A text editing device. 9. The text editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the text and the sticky note information are managed separately while associating the text with the sticky note information. A text editing device having a configuration that allows pasting and displaying a sticky note on a display screen using a display area different from a text display area. 10. The text editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing on the sticky note is performed according to access right information assigned to a sticky note group including one or more sticky notes. A text editing device characterized by being configured to execute.