JP2001005810A - Computer system, data adding method and recording medium recording the method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a means (means for information addition into a general COPY buffer) capable of newly adding information to information existent in a present general COPY buffer concerning all software to be operated on a relevant OS. SOLUTION: This computer system is provided with a general buffer capable of just overwriting and referring to data to an algorithm to be operated, an additional buffer and an adding processing part for writing data stored in the general buffer into the additional buffer in response to an adding instruction, overwriting novel data added by the adding instruction on the general buffer, additionally storing the novel data into the additional buffer and writing the stored data, to which the novel data are added, in the additional buffer into the general buffer.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a computer system having a general-purpose buffer, and more particularly to a computer system having means for adding new information to current information in the general-purpose buffer, and a data addition method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, personal computers (hereinafter, referred to as personal computers).
A general-purpose COPY buffer function that can be used on an operating system (hereinafter abbreviated as “OS”) that controls a “PC” has a function of:
A single general-purpose COPY buffer capable of only overwriting reference is prepared, and provided to all software running on the OS.

More specifically, the general-purpose COPY buffer function includes a copy function of copying information selected by a user to a general-purpose COPY buffer by an operation of the user, and a general-purpose copy buffer copied by the copy function. C
This is a function including a paste function of pasting information in the OPY buffer to a focus position designated by a user on a display device with a cursor (that is, a copy and paste function).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. Hei 10-269116 discloses an invention "a method and an apparatus for checking the utilization ratio of a standby combined knitting file". The present invention investigates the usage rate of a joint work file prior to file deletion processing in each batch process in batch processing in an accounting online system used for management support, and checks the maximum usage and maximum use of the joint work file. An object of the present invention is to provide a method and an apparatus for checking the utilization ratio of a standby combined knitting file, which make it possible to grasp a job.

Further, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-129555 discloses an invention called "optical character reading device". The present invention provides an optical character reader capable of adding and updating data when reading a form.

[0006]

In the prior art, as a function of the general-purpose COPY buffer, a function of adding new information to the contents in the general-purpose COPY buffer has not been provided. Therefore, the user of the OS repeats the copy and paste operation using the general-purpose COPY buffer function for each piece of text information of one text unit of the copy source or every piece of image information of one block unit of the copy source. Was. Therefore, even if the screen area of the copy destination is only one place, the text unit of the copy source text or the image block unit is scattered in the same file, or exists over a plurality of files. In such a case, the operation of the OS by the user is complicated, and the operation time is long.

According to the present invention, a means for adding new information to the information existing in the current general-purpose COPY buffer for all software running on the OS (information to the general-purpose COPY buffer) Additional means).

[0008]

According to the present invention, a general-purpose buffer capable of only overwriting and referencing data with respect to an operating algorithm, an additional buffer, and a response to an additional instruction are provided. Write the data stored in the general-purpose buffer to the additional buffer, overwrite the new data added by the add instruction to the general-purpose buffer, add and store the new data in the additional buffer, and store it in the additional buffer. And an additional processing unit for writing the stored data to which the new data has been added to a general-purpose buffer.

In the above-mentioned computer system, a display unit capable of displaying display data and an input unit capable of selecting display data on the display unit are further provided, and the input unit displays new data on the display unit. It is possible to select from data.

[0010] In the above-mentioned computer system, the input unit may be constituted by a pointing device.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer system having a general-purpose buffer capable of overwriting and referencing data with respect to an operating algorithm, and an additional buffer. Recording the stored data stored in the general-purpose buffer in the additional buffer in response to the addition instruction; (b) overwriting and recording new data added by the addition instruction in the general-purpose buffer; There is provided a data adding method comprising: a step of adding data to stored data stored in an additional buffer and recording the data; and (d) a step of overwriting and recording the stored data with the new data added to a general-purpose buffer.

[0012] In the above data addition method, the computer system may further include a display unit capable of displaying data, and may further include a step of (e) selecting new data from the display data displayed on the display unit. It is.

[0013] In the above data addition method, the computer system may include, among the display data displayed on the display unit,
The apparatus may further include a pointing device capable of designating arbitrary designated data, and the step (e) may include a step of selecting new data from the display data displayed on the display unit by using the pointing device.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a computer system having a general-purpose buffer capable of overwriting and referencing data with respect to an operating algorithm, and an additional buffer. Recording the stored data stored in the general-purpose buffer in the additional buffer in response to the addition instruction; (b) overwriting and recording new data added by the addition instruction in the general-purpose buffer; A recording medium recording an execution program, comprising: a step of adding data to storage data stored in an additional buffer and recording the data; and (d) a step of overwriting and recording the storage data with the new data added to a general-purpose buffer. provide.

In the execution program stored in the above-mentioned recording medium, which is executed in a computer system further having a display unit capable of displaying data, (e) selecting new data from the display data displayed on the display unit. Steps can be further performed.

[0016] In the execution program stored in the recording medium described above, which is executed in a computer system further having a pointing device capable of designating arbitrary designated data among the display data displayed on the display section, step (e) May include a step of selecting new data from the display data displayed on the display unit using a pointing device.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(First Embodiment) FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a computer system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the configuration of the computer system according to the first embodiment of the present invention comprises a processing execution unit 10, a display unit 20, and an input unit 30.

The processing execution unit 10 includes a CPU 11 and an OS 1
2, a general-purpose COPY buffer 13, and an APPENDCO
PY processing unit 14 and APPENDOPY buffer 15
And

The OS 12 is an algorithm executed by the CPU 11 to control the computer system.

The general-purpose COPY buffer 13 is controlled by the OS 12 and is a buffer that can only overwrite and refer to data in response to requests from all the algorithms running on the OS 12.

The APPENDOPY processing unit 14 has a function of performing a process of adding additional data to the data stored in the general-purpose COPY buffer 13.

The APPENDOPY processing section 14 will be specifically described. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the APPENDOPY processing unit 14.

Referring to FIG. 2, APPENDOPY
The processing unit 14 has the following processing units. Further, a basic processing unit executed by each processing unit will be described below. (1) General-purpose COPY buffer acquisition processing unit 141; OS1
Then, the information stored in the general-purpose COPY buffer 13 controlled by the control unit 2 is loaded (copied) into the APPENDCOPY buffer 15 dedicated to the APPENDCOPY processing unit 14. (2) First APPENDCOPY buffer write processing unit 142; performs a process of writing information to the APPENDCOPY buffer 15. (3) APEND information acquisition processing unit 143; performs a process of writing information selected on the display unit 20 to the general-purpose COPY buffer 13. (4) A second APPENDCOPY buffer write processing unit 144; combines the information of the APPENDCOPY buffer 15 with the information acquired by the processing unit of (3), and stores the combined information in an APPENDCOPY buffer dedicated to the APPENDCOPY processing unit 14. Copy to 15. (5) General-purpose COPY buffer write processing unit 145;
APPENDOPY buffer 15 edited in (4)
Is written to the general-purpose COPY buffer 13.

In this embodiment, the APPENDOPY processing section 14 is composed of an algorithm having the above functions.

The APPENDOPY buffer 15 stores the A
The buffer is controlled by the PPENDOPY processing unit 14.

The display section 20 comprises a display for displaying information.

The input unit 30 includes a key input unit 31 capable of key input and a pointing device 32 capable of inputting and outputting information specified on the display unit on the display unit.
Consists of In this embodiment, a keyboard is used as the key input unit 31 and a mouse is used as the pointing device 32. However, the key input unit 31 and the pointing device 32 are not limited to these.

The computer system according to the first embodiment of the present invention realizes a function of adding information to a general-purpose COPY buffer (hereinafter, abbreviated as “APPENDCOPY function”).

Next, the operation of the computer system according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described.

In this operation example, APPENDOPOP
The Y processing unit 14 is an algorithm. The starting means of this algorithm will be described below. Predefined GUI (Graphic
calUser Interface) OS12
The mouse is registered as “APPENDOPY” in the right-click pull-down menu of the mouse as the pointing device 32. The user of the computer system of the present invention uses the pointing device 32 to select “APPENDCOPY” at a predetermined timing, so that the APPENDCOPY processing unit 14 is set to function.

The operation of the computer system according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described below.

While the OS 12 is operating, the key input unit 3
The information input from 1 and displayed on the display device 20 is selected by operating the pointing device 32. Next, "APPENDOPY" is selected and executed from the right-click pull-down menu of the mouse. Next, APPEN
By executing the processing in the processing units (1) to (4) of the DCOPY processing unit 14, the general-purpose COPY buffer 13
Is combined with the information on the selected display device 20 by operating the mouse 32. By writing the combined information to the general-purpose COPY buffer 13 again, information addition to the general-purpose COPY buffer 13 is realized.

FIG. 3 shows an operation example in the computer system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of an ENDCOPY processing unit 14;

Hereinafter, the operation of the computer system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 and the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, information input from the key input section 31 is displayed on the display device 20. (Note that this operation
The information is not necessarily an essential requirement, and information that has been initially displayed on the display device 20 may be selected. )
Next, the user operates the pointing device 32 to select the information or a part thereof displayed on the display device 20.

Next, the user operates the pointing device 32 to select "APPEND" from the right-click pull-down menu.
APPENDOPOP by specifying “COPY”
The function Y is called to activate the APPENDOPY processing unit 14.

The following is an APPENDOPY processing section 14
Operation.

First, in step A1, APPENDC
The OPY processing unit 14 outputs the general-purpose COPY buffer 13
The information previously acquired by the general-purpose COPY buffer 13 is read.

Next, in step A2, APPENDC
The OPY processing unit 14 reads the general-purpose C read out in step A1.
The information of the OPY buffer 13 is written into the APPENDOPY buffer 15.

Next, in step A3, APPENDC
The OPY processing unit 14 writes information selected by the user using the pointing device 32 from the information displayed on the display device 20 to the general-purpose COPY buffer 13.

Next, at step A4, APPENDC
The OPY processing unit 14 reads the information written in the general-purpose COPY buffer 13 in step A3 from the general-purpose COPY buffer 13.

Next, at step A5, APPENDC
The OPY processing unit 14 converts the information read in step A4 into the APPENDDCOP written in step A2.
The information is combined with the information in the Y buffer 15, and the combined information is written to the APPENDOPY buffer 15.

Finally, in step A6, APPEND
The COPY processing unit 16 stores the A written in step A5.
The information in the PPENDOPY buffer 15 is
Write to the PY buffer 13.

With the above operation, the user can use the display device 2
The information selected by the user using the mouse 32 among the information displayed at 0 can be added to the current information in the general-purpose COPY buffer simply by calling the APPENDCOPY function. Then, general-purpose C provided by OS11
OPY Buffer COPY Function API (Application Prog
ramming interface) and use the above generic COPY
The information in the buffer 13 can be pasted to a desired copy destination.

(Second Embodiment) A block diagram showing the general configuration of a general-purpose COPY buffer control system according to a second embodiment of the present invention and a flowchart showing the operation thereof are shown in the first embodiment of the present invention. Is the same as that shown in FIG. However, some of the operating elements of the APPENDCOPY processing unit 14 are different from those of the first embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, the APPENDCOPY processing unit 51 according to the present embodiment will be denoted by reference numeral 51, and will be referred to as the APPENDCOPY processing unit 51.

Hereinafter, the operation of the computer system according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 and the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, as in the first embodiment of the present invention, information input from the key input unit 31 is displayed on the display device 20 as a presupposed user operation. (Note that this operation is not always an essential requirement, and information that is initially displayed on the display device 20 may be selected.) Next, the user operates the pointing device 32 to display the display device. The user selects the information or a part of the information displayed at 20.

Next, by operating the pointing device 32 and designating "APPENDCOPY", which is a menu item of the right-click pull-down menu, the APPENDCOPY function according to the present embodiment is called and the APPENDCOPY processing unit 51 is operated. Start

The following is an APPENDOPY processing section 51.
Operation.

First, in step A1, APPENDC
The OPY processing unit 51 sends the general-purpose COPY buffer 13
Using the general-purpose COPY buffer paste function API provided by the OS 11, the general-purpose COPY buffer 13 acquires the sentence information or the image information previously acquired.

Next, in step A2, APPENDC
The OPY processing unit 51 writes the text information or the image information acquired above into the APPENDOPY buffer 15.

Next, at step A3, APPENDC
The OPY processing unit 51 writes the information selected by the user with the pointing device 32 on the display device 20 to the general-purpose COPY buffer 13.

Next, in step A4, APPENDC
The OPY processing unit 51 sends the general-purpose COPY buffer 13
Using the general-purpose COPY buffer paste function API provided by the OS 11, the written information is acquired.

Next, in step A5, APPENDC
The OPY processing unit 51 converts the acquired information into APPEN
It is added to the text information or image information on the DCOPY buffer 15.

Finally, in step A6, APPEND
The COPY processing unit 51 outputs the written APPEND.
Using the general-purpose COPY buffer COPY function API provided by the OS 11, the information in the COPY buffer 15 is
Write to general purpose COPY buffer 13.

With the above operation, the user can use the display device 2
The information selected on 0 can be added to the information in the current general-purpose COPY buffer simply by calling the APPENDCOPY function. Thereafter, the information in the general-purpose COPY buffer can be pasted to a desired copy destination by using the general-purpose COPY buffer COPY function API provided by the OS 11.

The AP according to each of the above embodiments
The PENDCOPY function can be used repeatedly any number of times.

A program for causing the processing device to perform the above processing, such as the program shown in the flowchart of FIG. 2, may be stored in a computer-readable recording medium such as a CD-ROM and distributed. . And
A computer including at least a microcomputer and a personal computer in the category may read the program from the recording medium and execute the program.

According to the present invention described above, the user:
When correcting text information or image information or changing the composition, by repeatedly using the APPENDCOPY function, text information or image information scattered in discrete places can be converted into text or block units at the current general-purpose level. Additional copies can be made to the contents in the COPY buffer in any desired order. Further, when all of the additional copying is completed, the contents of the general-purpose COPY buffer can be simultaneously used for pasting to the copy destination. The effect of the present invention is that the operation is simpler than the method in which the conventional copy and paste function is repeatedly used, and the processing speed for editing text information and image information can be improved.

[0062]

According to the present invention, the information can be added to the general-purpose COPY buffer, and the copying and pasting operation of the user can be simplified.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a computer system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an APPENDOPY processing unit;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the computer system of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

Reference Signs List 10 processing execution unit 11 CPU 12 OS 13 general-purpose COPY buffer 14 APPENDOPY processing unit 15 APPENDOPY buffer 20 display unit 30 input unit 31 key input unit 32 pointing device 141 general-purpose copy buffer acquisition processing unit 142 first APPENDOPY buffer writing processing unit 143 APPEND Information acquisition processing section 144 Second APPENDOPY buffer writing processing section 145 General-purpose COPY buffer writing processing section

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A general-purpose buffer capable of only overwriting and referencing data with respect to an operating algorithm; an additional buffer; and responding to an additional instruction, storing the stored data stored in the general-purpose buffer in the additional buffer. Writing, overwriting new data added by the additional instruction in the general-purpose buffer, adding and storing the new data in the additional buffer, and storing the new data stored in the additional buffer added. A computer system comprising: an additional processing unit that writes data to the general-purpose buffer. 2. A display unit capable of displaying display data, and an input unit capable of selecting the display data on the display unit, wherein the input unit displays the new data on the display unit. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein the computer system is selected from display data. 3. The computer system according to claim 2, wherein said input unit comprises a pointing device. 4. A computer system having a general-purpose buffer capable of overwriting and referencing data with respect to an operating algorithm and an additional buffer, comprising: (a) storing data stored in the general-purpose buffer in response to an additional instruction; Recording data in an additional buffer; (b) overwriting and recording new data added by the additional instruction in the general-purpose buffer; and (c) storing the new data stored in the additional buffer. A data addition method, comprising: (d) overwriting and recording the storage data with the new data added thereto in the general-purpose buffer. 5. The data addition according to claim 4, further comprising a display unit capable of displaying data, and further comprising: (e) selecting the new data from the display data displayed on the display unit. Method. 6. A pointing device capable of designating any designated data among the display data displayed on the display unit, wherein the step (e) comprises: The method according to claim 5, further comprising the step of selecting the new data using the pointing device. 7. A computer system having a general-purpose buffer capable of overwriting and referencing data with respect to an operating algorithm and an additional buffer, comprising: (a) storing data stored in the general-purpose buffer in response to an additional instruction; Recording data in an additional buffer; (b) overwriting and recording new data added by the additional instruction in the general-purpose buffer; and (c) storing the new data stored in the additional buffer. A recording medium for recording an execution program comprising: a step of recording in addition to data; and a step of: (d) overwriting and recording the storage data with the new data added to the general-purpose buffer. 8. The computer system further comprising a display unit capable of displaying data, wherein the program further executes the step of: (e) selecting the new data from the display data displayed on the display unit. The recording medium according to claim 7. 9. The computer system further comprising a pointing device capable of designating arbitrary designated data among the display data displayed on the display unit, wherein the step (e) is performed on the display unit. 9. The recording medium according to claim 8, further comprising a step of selecting the new data from the display data using the pointing device.