JP6398566B2 - Copy control method, copy control program, and copy control apparatus - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a copy control technique in data editing.

  For example, in an apparatus that edits a character string, there is a device that performs a process of selecting a part of an existing character string, copying it, and pasting it in an editing area in order to reduce a character input operation.

  However, if an extra character is pasted, the user then performs a correction operation to delete that character. On the other hand, if the user forgets to include the character to be pasted in the selection range, the user then performs a correction operation to add the character.

  If the range of the character string that should be pasted is appropriately selected, there is a case where such a correction operation is not necessary.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 06-243128

  In one aspect, an object of the present invention is to enable a user to check a copy result in advance when selecting a copy range from original data.

  The copy control method according to one aspect accepts designation of a data copy destination, and after the designation, shifts to a copy source data selection mode, and changes to a copy destination according to a selection range change process performed during the selection mode. This includes a process of dynamically changing the content of the data to be displayed from the data before the change process to the data after the change process.

  As one aspect, when the user selects a copy range from the original data, the copy result can be confirmed in advance.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an operation example for instructing copying of a character string. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an operation example for instructing batch pasting. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating another example of the batch pasting operation. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an operation example for instructing dynamic pasting. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an operation example for instructing dynamic pasting. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an operation example instructing dynamic pasting. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an operation example for instructing dynamic pasting. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an operation example instructing dynamic pasting. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating another example of the dynamic pasting operation. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a module configuration example of the editing apparatus. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the shared storage unit. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the editing unit. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the internal storage unit. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a main processing flow of the editing unit. FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an insertion mode processing flow. FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a reception process flow. FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating a state example after the reception process. FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a menu processing flow. FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a migration processing flow. FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating a state example after the migration process. FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a selection processing flow. FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a start processing flow. FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating a state example after the start processing. FIG. 24 is a diagram showing a change processing flow. FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating an example of a state after the change process. FIG. 26 is a diagram illustrating a state example after the change process. FIG. 27 is a diagram showing a termination process flow. FIG. 28 is a diagram illustrating an example of a state after termination processing. FIG. 29 is a diagram showing a dynamic paste mode process flow. FIG. 30 is a diagram showing an update processing flow. FIG. 31 is a diagram illustrating a state example after the update process. FIG. 32 is a diagram illustrating a state example after the update process. FIG. 33 is a diagram showing a confirmation processing flow. FIG. 34 is a diagram illustrating a state example after the confirmation processing. FIG. 35 is a diagram showing an overwrite mode processing flow. FIG. 36 is a functional block diagram of a computer.

  In the character string editing in this embodiment, batch pasting and dynamic pasting are performed. Batch pasting corresponds to a conventional technique generally known as “pasting”. In batch paste, a part of character string data is copied from the existing character string data to the shared memory area, and then the character string data held in the shared memory area is inserted into the character string data on the creating side. Is done. The shared memory area is sometimes called a clipboard, for example. In this example, an example of operation using a mouse and a keyboard is shown. However, you may make it operate using a touchscreen.

  First, an example of batch pasting operation will be described. The batch paste operation starts from an operation on an existing character string. FIG. 1 shows an operation example for instructing copying of a character string. In this example, an editing area in which existing character string data is expanded is called a copy source editing area.

  In the editing area 101 of the copy source shown in the upper part of FIG. 1, a character string “Now, October 10th, the East Elementary School Joint University Sports Day is scheduled” is displayed. When the mouse cursor is displayed between “,” and “East”, if the left button is kept pressed for a certain period of time, the drag operation is started.

  As shown in the middle of FIG. 1, when the user expands the range to “East district elementary school joint athletic meet” by dragging in the copy source editing area 103 and releases the left button, the selection range is confirmed. . At this time, the character string included in the selection range is displayed in an inverted state.

  Then, as shown in the lower part of FIG. 1, when the user performs an operation of clicking the right button in the copy source editing area 105, a menu is opened. Then, when the user clicks the left button on the menu or clicks the right button and selects the “Copy” item, the character string data included in the selected range is “East Elementary School Joint University Sports Day”. Is stored in the shared memory area.

  Next, the operation moves to the creating side character string. FIG. 2 shows an operation example for instructing batch pasting. In this example, the editing area in which the character string data on the creation side is expanded is called a copy destination editing area.

  In the editing area 201 of the copy destination shown in the upper part of FIG. 2, a character string “This month will be done.” Is displayed. When the mouse cursor is displayed between “,” and “ga” and the user performs an operation of clicking the left button, the insertion cursor is displayed at that position. In this example, the insertion cursor is displayed in the insertion mode, but in the overwrite mode, the overwrite cursor is displayed.

  As shown in the middle part of FIG. 2, when the user performs an operation of clicking the right button in the copy destination editing area 203, a menu is opened. Then, when the user clicks the left button on the menu or clicks the right button and selects the “paste together” item, an insertion cursor is displayed as shown in the lower part of FIG. The character string “East district elementary school joint large athletic meet” stored in the shared memory area is inserted at the position.

  However, in this example, the created character string contains the particle "ga", and the character string stored in the shared memory area also contains the particle "ga". In the character string data, the particle “ga” is duplicated. In such a case, after performing the batch pasting operation, the user performs an operation of deleting one of the particles “ga”.

  In addition, there may be insufficient characters in the pasted result. FIG. 3 shows another example of batch pasting. The existing character string (“October 10th, the East District Elementary School Joint Athletic Field is scheduled”) is the same as in FIG. The operation procedure is the same as that in FIG. However, in the editing area 301 of the copy source shown in the upper part of FIG. 3, the range of the character string “East district elementary school joint athletic meet” that does not include the particle “ga” is selected.

  On the other hand, as shown in the middle part of FIG. 3, the character string “GA” is not included in the character string “This month will be done.” Then, as shown in the middle of FIG. 3, the insertion cursor is displayed between “,” and “ga” in the copy destination editing area 303, and the user can select from the menu in the same manner as in FIG. Select the “Batch Paste” item.

  The result of the batch pasting is “East district elementary school joint athletic meet is held this month” as in the copy destination editing area 305 shown in the lower part of FIG. In this example, there is no particle "GA" in the creating character string, and there is no particle "GA" in the character string stored in the shared memory area. "Ga" is missing. In such a case, after performing the batch pasting operation, the user performs an operation of inserting the particle “ga”.

  As described above, in the case of batch pasting, an error occurs if an appropriate range is not selected when dragging a character string to be pasted at the copy source. However, it is troublesome to imagine that the result of batch pasting is selected at the stage of dragging and to select an appropriate range.

  Next, dynamic pasting will be described. In dynamic pasting, the insertion position in the creating character string is specified first, and the character string included in the selected range is changed according to the change in the selected range in the existing character string. Display in the form inserted in the column.

  4 to 8 show examples of operations for instructing dynamic pasting. First, an operation for a character string on the creation side will be described with reference to FIG. The character string displayed in the copy destination edit area 401 shown in the upper part of FIG. 4 is “This month will be executed” as in the case of the copy destination edit area 201 shown in the upper part of FIG. It is. When the mouse cursor is displayed between “,” and “ga” and the user performs an operation of clicking the left button, the insertion cursor is displayed at that position. In this example, the insertion cursor is displayed in the insertion mode, but in the overwrite mode, the overwrite cursor is displayed.

  As shown in the middle part of FIG. 4, when the user performs an operation of clicking the right button in the copy destination editing area 403, a menu is opened. Then, when the user clicks the left button on the menu or clicks the right button to select the item “dynamic pasting”, the menu is closed as shown in the lower part of FIG.

  Next, an operation for an existing character string and a mode in which a creation character string is displayed will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 8. The character string displayed in the copy source edit area 501 shown in the upper part of FIG. 5 is “October 10th, east, as in the copy source edit area 101 shown in the upper part of FIG. A district elementary school joint athletic meet is planned. " When the mouse cursor is displayed between “,” and “East”, if the left button is kept pressed for a certain period of time, the drag operation is started.

  On the other hand, the copy destination edit area 503 is in the same state as the copy destination edit area 405 shown in the lower part of FIG.

  Turning to the description of FIG. FIG. 6 shows a state where the character “east” is selected in the process of expanding the selection range by dragging in the copy source editing area 601. At this time, the character “east” included in the selection range is displayed in an inverted state.

  On the other hand, in the editing area 603 of the copy destination, the character string on the creating side is displayed in such a manner that the character “east” is inserted at the cursor position clicked in the editing area 401 of the copy destination shown in the upper part of FIG. ing. At this time, the inserted “east” character is underlined. The underline indicates that the character has not yet been confirmed for insertion.

  Turning to the description of FIG. FIG. 7 shows a state in which the selection range has been expanded to the characters “kai” by dragging in the copy source editing area 701. At this time, the character string “East Elementary School Joint University Sports Day” included in the selected range is displayed in an inverted state.

  On the other hand, in the copy destination edit area 703, the character string “East district elementary school joint athletic meet” is inserted at the cursor position clicked in the copy destination edit area 401 shown in the upper part of FIG. Is displayed. At this time, the inserted character string “East district elementary school joint athletic meet” is underlined.

  If the selection range is narrowed by dragging, the character string displayed in an inverted state in the copy source editing area 701 is also shortened. In synchronization with the movement, the character string of the insertion portion displayed with an underline in the copy destination editing area 703 is also shortened.

  Turning to the description of FIG. When the user performs an operation of releasing the left button in the copy source editing area 701 shown in FIG. 7, the selection range is fixed. When the selection range is confirmed, the drag operation ends, so that the inversion state is canceled as shown in the copy source edit area 801. That is, it is the same as the initial state shown in the editing area 501 of the copy source in FIG. However, the position of the cursor has moved.

  On the other hand, in the character string on the creation side, the insertion of the character string “East Elementary School Joint University Sports Day” included in the determined selection range is confirmed. Therefore, the text string “East district elementary school joint large athletic meet is held this month” is displayed in the copy destination editing area 803. At this time, the underline attached to the inserted character string disappears. When the underline disappears, the user recognizes that the dynamic pasting has been confirmed.

  As described above, when a range is selected by a drag operation in the copy source edit area 701 in FIG. 7, the user confirms the mode of the character string after dynamic pasting in the copy destination edit area 703. Can do. Then, after confirming that an appropriate range is selected, the selection range is confirmed as shown in the copy source edit area 801 in FIG. 8, and as shown in the copy destination edit area 803 in FIG. To achieve the intended result. Therefore, the situation where the particle “ga” overlaps as shown in the editing area 205 of the copy destination in FIG. 2 can be avoided.

  FIG. 9 shows another example in which dynamic pasting is performed. A state is shown in which dynamic pasting is performed on the character string “This month will be done.”, Which is the same as the character string on the creation side shown in the editing area 303 of the copy destination in FIG. 3.

  The character string displayed in the editing area 901 of the copy source is “Now, the East District Elementary School Joint Athletic Field is scheduled for October 10th” as in the above example.

  Also in this example, the mode of the character string after pasting can be confirmed by the display in the editing area 903 of the copy destination. Then, after confirming that an appropriate range has been selected, if the selected range is confirmed as shown in the editing area 901 of the copy source in FIG. 9, the intended result can be obtained. Therefore, the situation where the particle “ga” is missing as shown in the copy destination editing area 305 in FIG. 3 can be avoided. This is the end of the description of the operation example according to the present embodiment.

  Next, the configuration of the editing apparatus 1001 will be described. FIG. 10 shows a module configuration example of the editing apparatus 1001. The editing apparatus 1001 includes an editing unit 1003a, an editing unit 1003b, a shared storage unit 1005, and an operating system unit 1007. The editing unit 1003a and the editing unit 1003b are both examples of the editing unit 1003. The editing unit 1003a and the editing unit 1003b may operate as different processes or may operate as the same process.

  The editing unit 1003 is a module for editing a character string such as a document editor or word processor software. However, the editing unit 1003 may edit the character string supplementarily. That is, a module that inputs a character string by a user operation, for example, in a name, a mail text, a chat message, or a memo is not limited to a document, and corresponds to an example of the editing unit 1003.

  Further, the module that displays the existing character string data may be a module that does not edit the character string (for example, a browser). In other words, if character string data is displayed as a character string, a part of the displayed character string is selected, and data of the selected character string is stored in the shared storage unit 1005, character input is performed. Even a module that does not perform pasting processing is used as a module for copying a character string for dynamic pasting.

  The shared storage unit 1005 is accessed from the editing unit 1003a and the editing unit 1003b, and stores data shared by the editing unit 1003a and the editing unit 1003b. The shared storage unit 1005 corresponds to the shared memory area described above. The shared storage unit 1005 is provided in the main memory, for example. However, it may be provided in another memory area.

  The editing unit 1003a and the editing unit 1003b may read data directly from the shared storage unit 1005 or may read through the operating system unit 1007. Further, the editing unit 1003a and the editing unit 1003b may write data directly in the shared storage unit 1005 or may write through the operating system unit 1007.

  When the copy source editing unit 1003 and the copy destination editing unit 1003 operate as the same process, the shared storage unit 1005 may be provided in the storage area of the process.

  The configuration of the shared storage unit 1005 will be described. FIG. 11 shows a configuration example of the shared storage unit 1005. The shared storage unit 1005 is provided with an area for storing the transfer mode and an area used as a transfer buffer.

  As the transfer mode, “batch mode” or “dynamic mode” is set. The “batch mode” is a mode in which character string data included in the selected range is transferred to the transfer buffer in a batch. The “dynamic mode” is a mode in which character string data included in the selection range is transferred to the transfer buffer as needed. Further, switching from the “dynamic mode” to the “batch mode” means that the character string transferred in the dynamic mode is fixed. That is, the process of the copy source editing unit 1003 switching the transfer mode from “dynamic mode” to “batch mode” is a character string transferred from the copy source editing unit 1003 to the copy destination editing unit 1003 in the dynamic mode. Is equivalent to notifying that has been confirmed.

  The transfer buffer is used to store character string data transferred from the editing unit 1003a to the editing unit 1003b or character string data transferred from the editing unit 1003b to the editing unit 1003a.

  When the transfer mode is “batch mode”, the copy source editing unit 1003 collectively stores the character string data in the transfer buffer. Then, the copy destination editing unit 1003 obtains character string data in a batch from the transfer buffer.

  When the transfer mode is “dynamic mode”, the copy source editing unit 1003 stores the character string data in the changing range in the transfer buffer as needed. Then, the copy-destination editing unit 1003 acquires character string data that changes from the transfer buffer as needed.

  Returning to the description of FIG. The operating system unit 1007 generates an event according to a signal detected by a device such as a mouse or a keyboard. Regarding the mouse operation, when the time from when the button is pressed to when it is released is shorter than a predetermined threshold, the operating system unit 1007 determines that the button is clicked. On the other hand, if the time from when the button is pressed until it is released is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold, the operating system unit 1007 determines that the button is pressed.

  The editing unit 1003a, the editing unit 1003b, and the operating system unit 1007 described above are realized using hardware resources (for example, FIG. 36) and a program that causes a processor to execute processing described below. The shared storage unit 1005 described above is realized using hardware resources (for example, FIG. 36).

  FIG. 12 shows a configuration example of the editing unit 1003. The editing unit 1003 includes a reception unit 1201, a display processing unit 1203, a first insertion unit 1205, a replacement unit 1207, a migration unit 1209, a storage unit 1211, a second insertion unit 1213, a selection unit 1215, a third insertion unit 1223, and an internal storage. Part 1229.

  For example, the reception unit 1201 performs processing for acquiring an event from the operating system unit 1007 and receiving various instructions from the user. In this example, the reception unit 1201 also performs processing related to menu control. The display processing unit 1203 performs a process of displaying a character string or a cursor in the editing area, for example.

  In the insertion mode, the first insertion unit 1205 performs processing for inserting a character into the character string being edited in response to pressing of the character key. The replacement unit 1207 performs processing for replacing characters in the character string being edited in response to pressing of the character key in the overwrite mode. The transition unit 1209 performs processing for changing the editing mode, for example. The edit mode will be described later. The storage unit 1211 performs processing for storing data of the selected character string in the transfer buffer of the shared storage unit 1005. In the dynamic pasting mode, the second insertion unit 1213 reads character string data from the transfer buffer of the shared storage unit 1005 and performs processing for inserting the read character string data at the cursor position of the pasted character string data.

  The selection unit 1215 performs a process of selecting a partial range in the character string by, for example, a drag operation. The selection unit 1215 includes a start unit 1217, a change unit 1219, and an end unit 1221. The start unit 1217 performs processing for starting selection of a range. The changing unit 1219 performs processing for changing the selection range. The end unit 1221 performs a process of finishing selection of the range.

  The third insertion unit 1223 executes processing for inserting a character string by dynamic pasting. The third insertion unit 1223 includes an update unit 1225 and a determination unit 1227. The update unit 1225 performs a process of dynamically changing the display of the character string to be pasted. The confirmation unit 1227 performs processing for confirming the character string to be pasted.

  The internal storage unit 1229 stores data used inside the editing unit 1003. FIG. 13 shows a configuration example of the internal storage unit 1229.

  The internal storage unit 1229 has an area for storing the edit mode. In the editing mode, “insert mode”, “overwrite mode”, or “dynamic paste mode” is set. The “insert mode” is a mode in which an insertion cursor is displayed in a character string in the editing area, and a new character is inserted at the position of the insertion cursor when a character key is pressed. The “overwrite mode” is a mode in which an overwrite cursor is displayed in a character string in the editing area, and the character of the overwrite cursor is replaced with a new character when a character key is pressed. “Dynamic Paste Mode” displays the character string to be pasted dynamically at the insertion cursor position or overwrite cursor position, and when the paste target is confirmed, the character string is inserted into the insertion cursor position or overwrite cursor position. It is a mode to insert at the position.

  The internal storage unit 1229 has an area for storing the cursor position. As the cursor position, the position of the insertion cursor or the overwrite cursor in the character string being edited is set.

  The internal storage unit 1229 has an area for storing the selection mode, an area for storing the start point of the selection range, and an area for storing the end point of the selection range. The selection mode is, for example, flag format data. That is, “ON” or “OFF” is set in the selection mode. If the selection mode is “ON”, it indicates that the range is being selected. If an integer N is set as the starting point of the selection range, it indicates that the range starts from the (N + 1) th character. If an integer M is set as the end point of the selection range, it indicates that the range ends up to the Mth character. If the start point of the selection range matches the end point of the selection range, it means that the range has not been selected.

  The internal storage unit 1229 has an area used as an editing buffer. The edit buffer stores data indicating the character string being edited. In the display buffer, data indicating a character string displayed in the editing area is stored. The character string stored in the display buffer may include a code for designating a character display mode such as inversion or underline.

  12, the receiving unit 1201, the display processing unit 1203, the first insertion unit 1205, the replacement unit 1207, the migration unit 1209, the storage unit 1211, the second insertion unit 1213, the selection unit 1215, the start unit 1217, the change unit 1219, The end unit 1221, the third insertion unit 1223, the update unit 1225, and the determination unit 1227 are realized using hardware resources (for example, FIG. 36) and a program that causes the processor to execute the processing described below. The internal storage unit 1229 described above is realized using hardware resources (for example, FIG. 36).

  Next, processing of the editing unit 1003 will be described. FIG. 14 shows a main processing flow of the editing unit 1003. The editing unit 1003 determines whether or not “insert mode” is set in the editing mode provided in the internal storage unit 1229 (S1401). If it is determined that the “insert mode” is set in the edit mode provided in the internal storage unit 1229, the edit unit 1003 executes an insert mode process (S1403).

  FIG. 15 shows an insertion mode processing flow. The accepting unit 1201 acquires an event from the operating system unit 1007 (S1501). The accepting unit 1201 determines whether the acquired event is a press of a character key (S1503). If it is determined that the acquired event is a press of a character key, the first insertion unit 1205 inserts a character (S1505). The insertion of characters in S1505 is according to the prior art. For example, the first insertion unit 1205 reads the cursor position from the internal storage unit 1229 and inserts the character corresponding to the pressed character key at the cursor position of the character string data stored in the editing buffer. Further, the first insertion unit 1205 copies the character string data stored in the editing buffer to the display buffer. Then, the display processing unit 1203 displays the character string data stored in the display buffer in the editing area. When the character is inserted, the insertion mode process is terminated, and the process returns to S1401 shown in FIG.

  If it is determined in S1503 that the event acquired in S1501 is not a character key press, the reception unit 1201 determines whether the event acquired in S1501 is a left button click (S1507). If it is determined that the event acquired in S1501 is a left button click, the reception unit 1201 executes reception processing (S1509).

  FIG. 16 shows a reception process flow. The receiving unit 1201 acquires the click position from the operating system unit 1007 (S1601). The click position indicates, for example, a dot unit position in the display area of the display device. The accepting unit 1201 calculates the cursor position based on the click position (S1603). The cursor position indicates, for example, the position between characters in the character string data being edited. In this example, if the cursor position is N, the position between the Nth character and the (N + 1) th character is indicated.

  The accepting unit 1201 sets the calculated cursor position in the cursor position area provided in the internal storage unit 1229 (S1605). The display processing unit 1203 displays the cursor at the position of the editing area corresponding to the cursor position (S1607). The display processing unit 1203 displays an insertion cursor indicating the insertion mode. In the overwrite mode, the display processing unit 1203 displays an overwrite cursor indicating the overwrite mode.

  FIG. 17 shows an example of the state after the reception process. This example shows a state after the left button is clicked in the copy destination editing area 401, as shown in the upper part of FIG.

  First, the state of the internal storage unit 1229 in the copy destination editing unit 1003 will be described. In the edit mode, “insert mode” is set. Further, “4” is set at the cursor position based on the click position between the fourth character and the fifth character. Therefore, an insertion cursor is displayed between the fourth character and the fifth character in the copy destination editing area 401.

  At this time, since selection of the range by dragging is not performed, the selection mode is “OFF”, and a code indicating invalidity is set at the start point of the selection range and the end point of the selection range.

  The edit buffer stores character string data “This month will be done”. The display buffer also stores character string data “This month will be done”. Therefore, based on the character string data in the display buffer, a character string “This month will be executed” is displayed in the copy destination editing area 401.

  Next, the state of the shared storage unit 1005 will be described. Since the mode has not yet been shifted to the dynamic mode, “batch mode” is set as the transfer mode. Since nothing is set in the transfer buffer, the transfer buffer is empty. This is the end of the description of the state example after the reception process.

  When the acceptance process shown in FIG. 16 is finished, the insertion mode process shown in FIG. 15 is also finished, and the process returns to the process of S1401 shown in FIG.

  If it is determined in S1507 shown in FIG. 15 that the event acquired in S1501 is not a left button click, the reception unit 1201 determines whether the event acquired in S1501 is a right button click (S1511). ). If it is determined that the event acquired in S1501 is a right button click, the reception unit 1201 executes menu processing (S1513).

  FIG. 18 shows a menu processing flow. The accepting unit 1201 displays a menu for prompting selection of items such as “copy”, “batch paste”, and “dynamic paste” (S1801). Then, the reception unit 1201 acquires an event from the operating system unit 1007 (S1803).

  The accepting unit 1201 determines whether or not the acquired event is a click corresponding to the selection of “dynamic paste” (S1805). When it is determined that the acquired event is a click corresponding to the selection of “dynamic pasting”, the migration unit 1209 executes migration processing (S1807).

  FIG. 19 shows a migration process flow. The migration unit 1209 changes the editing mode provided in the internal storage unit 1229 to “dynamic paste mode” (S1901). The migration unit 1209 changes the transfer mode provided in the shared storage unit 1005 to “dynamic mode” (S1903). The migration unit 1209 clears the transfer buffer provided in the internal storage unit 1229 (S1905).

  FIG. 20 shows a state example after the migration process. This example shows a state after “Dynamic Paste” is selected from the menu in the copy destination editing area 405, as shown in the lower part of FIG.

  First, the state of the internal storage unit 1229 in the copy destination editing unit 1003 will be described. Since “dynamic paste” is selected in the menu, the editing mode is switched from “insert mode” to “dynamic paste mode”. Since the insertion cursor is not moved, “4” at the cursor position is not changed. In this example, the insertion cursor is not displayed in the dynamic paste mode. However, the insertion cursor may be displayed in the dynamic paste mode. Further, in the dynamic paste mode, a cursor indicating the dynamic paste mode may be displayed.

  Since the selection of the range by dragging is not performed, the selection mode “OFF”, the code indicating invalidity of the start point of the selection range, and the code indicating invalidity of the end point of the selection range are not changed.

  The character string data stored in the edit buffer is not changed. Further, the character string data stored in the display buffer is not changed. Therefore, the character string “This month will be done” displayed in the copy destination editing area 401 has not changed.

  Next, the state of the shared storage unit 1005 will be described. The transfer mode has been switched from “batch mode” to “dynamic mode”. The transfer buffer is cleared and is empty. This is the end of the description of the state example after the migration process.

  Returning to the description of FIG. When the transition process in S1807 is completed, the reception unit 1201 deletes the menu (S1817).

  If it is determined in step S1805 that the event acquired in step S1803 is not a click corresponding to the selection of “dynamic paste”, the reception unit 1201 clicks the event acquired in step S1803 corresponding to the selection of “copy”. It is determined whether or not (S1809). If it is determined that the event acquired in S1803 is a click corresponding to the selection of “copy”, the storage unit 1211 includes character string data stored in the editing buffer provided in the internal storage unit 1229. Character string data included in the selected range is stored in the transfer buffer of the shared storage unit 1005 (S1811). The processing when “Copy” is selected in the menu is based on the prior art and will not be described further. Then, the reception unit 1201 deletes the menu (S1817).

  If it is determined in S1809 that the event acquired in S1803 is not a click corresponding to the selection of “copy”, the reception unit 1201 receives a click corresponding to the selection of “collective paste” in S1803. It is determined whether or not there is (S1813). If it is determined that the event acquired in S1803 is a click corresponding to the selection of “collective paste”, the second insertion unit 1213 reads the character string data from the transfer buffer of the shared storage unit 1005 and reads the read character The column data is inserted into the character string data stored in the editing buffer provided in the internal storage unit 1229 (S1815). The processing when “Batch Paste” is selected in the menu is the same as when “Paste” is selected in the prior art, and will not be described further. Then, the reception unit 1201 deletes the menu (S1817).

  If it is determined in S1813 that the event acquired in S1803 is not a click corresponding to the selection of “collective paste”, the reception unit 1201 deletes the menu (S1817).

  When the menu is deleted, the reception unit 1201 finishes the menu process. When the menu process is finished, the insertion mode process shown in FIG. 15 is also finished, and the process returns to S1401 shown in FIG.

  Returning to the description of FIG. If it is determined in S1511 that the event acquired in S1501 is not a right button click, the reception unit 1201 determines whether the acquired event is a left button press (S1515). If it is determined that the acquired event is a left button press, the selection unit 1215 executes a selection process (S1517).

  FIG. 21 shows a selection process flow. The start unit 1217 executes a start process (S2101).

  FIG. 22 shows a start processing flow. The start unit 1217 identifies the left button pressing position included in the left button pressing event (S2201). The pressed position of the left button is the position of the mouse in the display area when the left button is pressed. The start unit 1217 calculates the cursor position based on the pressed position (S2203). The start unit 1217 sets the calculated cursor position in the cursor position area provided in the internal storage unit 1229 (S2205). The display processing unit 1203 displays the insertion cursor at the cursor position in the editing area (S2207).

  The start unit 1217 changes the selection mode provided in the internal storage unit 1229 to ON (S2209). The start unit 1217 sets the start point of the selection range provided in the internal storage unit 1229 (S2211). At this time, the starting point of the selection range is the same as the cursor position. The start unit 1217 sets the end point of the selection range provided in the internal storage unit 1229 (S2213). At this time, the end point of the selection range is the same as the cursor position.

  FIG. 23 shows a state example after the start processing. This example shows a state after the left button is pressed when the mouse cursor is displayed between characters in the character string of the copy source editing area 501 as shown in the upper part of FIG. .

  First, the state of the internal storage unit 1229 in the copy source editing unit 1003 will be described. In the edit mode, “insert mode” is set. Also, “11” is set at the cursor position based on the pressed position between the 11th and 12th characters. Therefore, an insertion cursor is displayed between the fourth character and the fifth character in the copy destination editing area 401.

  Since selection of the range by dragging is started, the selection mode is switched from “OFF” to “ON”. In addition, “11” is set at the start point of the selection range, similarly to the cursor position. At this time, since the range has not yet expanded, “11” is set at the end point of the selection range in the same manner as the cursor position.

  The edit buffer stores character string data “October 10th, the East District Elementary School Joint University Sports Day is scheduled”. The display buffer also stores character string data “October 10th, the East District Elementary School Joint University Sports Day is scheduled.” Therefore, based on the character string data in the display buffer, the character string “Now, October 10th, the East Elementary School Joint University Sports Day is scheduled” is displayed in the copy source editing area 501. .

  Next, the state of the shared storage unit 1005 will be described. The “dynamic mode” set in the transfer mode is not changed. The transfer buffer does not yet store character string data. This is the end of the description of the state example after the start process.

  Returning to the description of FIG. When the start process in S2101 is completed, the selection unit 1215 acquires an event from the operating system unit 1007 (S2103). The selection unit 1215 determines whether or not the acquired event is a drag (S2105). If it is determined that the acquired event is a drag, the changing unit 1219 executes a changing process (S2107).

  FIG. 24 shows a change processing flow. The changing unit 1219 identifies the drag position included in the drag event (S2401). The drag position is the position of the mouse cursor in the display area when a drag is detected. The changing unit 1219 calculates the cursor position based on the drag position (S2403). The changing unit 1219 determines whether or not the calculated cursor position matches the cursor position stored in the internal storage unit 1229 (S2405). If it is determined that the calculated cursor position matches the cursor position stored in the internal storage unit 1229, the changing process is terminated, and the process returns to S2103 shown in FIG. This is because if it is determined that the calculated cursor position matches the cursor position stored in the internal storage unit 1229, the data in the internal storage unit 1229 and the data in the shared storage unit 1005 are not updated.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the calculated cursor position does not match the cursor position stored in the internal storage unit 1229, the changing unit 1219 changes the cursor position stored in the internal storage unit 1229 (S2407). . That is, the changing unit 1219 stores the calculated cursor position in the cursor position area provided in the internal storage unit 1229. The display processing unit 1203 stops displaying the insertion cursor (S2409). However, if the display of the insertion cursor has already stopped, the processing of S2409 is omitted.

  The changing unit 1219 changes the end point of the selection range provided in the internal storage unit 1229 (S2411). At this time, the changing unit 1219 sets the same value as the cursor position at the end point of the selection range provided in the internal storage unit 1229. The changing unit 1219 inserts an inversion code for specifying the selection range into the character string data stored in the display buffer provided in the internal storage unit 1229 (S2413). Specifically, the changing unit 1219 inserts a code indicating the inversion start point before the character that is the start point of the selection range, and inserts a code that indicates the end point of inversion after the character that is the end point of the selection range. However, if a code indicating the start point of inversion has already been inserted, the insertion in S2413 is omitted. If a code indicating the end point of inversion has already been inserted, the position of the code indicating the end point of inversion is moved.

  The display processing unit 1203 displays the character string data stored in the display buffer provided in the internal storage unit 1229 in the editing area (S2415). The changing unit 1219 determines whether or not the transfer mode provided in the shared storage unit 1005 is the “dynamic mode” (S2417). If it is determined that the transfer mode provided in the shared storage unit 1005 is “dynamic mode”, the changing unit 1219 includes the character string data stored in the editing buffer provided in the internal storage unit 1229. The character string data included in the selected range is stored in the transfer buffer of the shared storage unit 1005 (S2419). By this processing, the character string data stored in the transfer buffer is rewritten. Then, the changing unit 1219 ends the changing process.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in S2417 that the transfer mode provided in the shared storage unit 1005 is not the “dynamic mode”, the changing unit 1219 ends the changing process. That is, in the collective mode, character string data is not transferred at this stage.

  FIG. 25 shows an example of the state after the change process. In this example, as shown in the upper part of FIG. 6, a character displayed in the copy source edit area 601 is selected by dragging. And the character “east” is included in the selection range.

  First, the state of the internal storage unit 1229 in the copy source editing unit 1003 will be described. The “insert mode” set in the edit mode is not changed. Also, “12” is set at the cursor position based on the drag position between the 12th and 13th characters. In this example, the insertion cursor is not displayed when dragging. However, the insertion cursor may be displayed even when dragging.

  The selection mode “ON” and the selection range start point “11” are not changed. “12” is set at the end point of the selection range in the same manner as the cursor position. That is, the end point of the selection range is changed from “11” to “12”.

  The character string data stored in the editing buffer, “October 10th, the East District Elementary School Joint Sports Day is scheduled.” Has not been changed. In the display buffer, a code indicating the inversion start point before the character (before the 12th character) as the start point of the selection range in the same character string data as the character string data stored in the editing buffer (in FIG. ]) Is inserted. In the display buffer, a code (indicated as [RE] in FIG. 25) indicating the end point of inversion is further inserted after the character that is the end point of the selection range (after the 12th character). Therefore, based on the character string data in the display buffer, the character string “Now, October 10th, the East Elementary School Joint Athletic Field is scheduled” is displayed in the editing area 601 of the copy source. . The character “east” is displayed in an inverted state.

  Next, the state of the shared storage unit 1005 will be described. The “dynamic mode” set in the transfer mode is not changed. In the transfer buffer, the character “east” included in the selection range is stored.

  Furthermore, an example of a state when the selection range is expanded by the change process will be described with reference to FIG. In this example, as shown in the upper part of FIG. 7, a character string displayed in the copy source editing area 701 is selected by dragging. The character string of “East Elementary School Joint University Sports Day” is included in the selection range.

  First, the state of the internal storage unit 1229 in the copy source editing unit 1003 will be described. The “insert mode” set in the edit mode is not changed. Also, “23” is set at the cursor position based on the drag position between the 23rd and 24th characters.

  The selection mode “ON” and the selection range start point “11” are not changed. The end point of the selection range increases from “12” shown in FIG. 25 along with the drag operation, and is “23” at this point.

  The character string data stored in the editing buffer, “October 10th, the East District Elementary School Joint Sports Day is scheduled.” Has not been changed. In the display buffer, a code indicating the start point of inversion is inserted before the character that is the start point of the selection range in the same character string data as the character string data stored in the edit buffer (before the 12th character). In the display buffer, a code indicating the end point of inversion is inserted after the character that is the end point of the selection range (after the 23rd character). Therefore, based on the character string data in the display buffer, the character string “Now, October 10th, the East Elementary School Joint Athletic Field is scheduled” is displayed in the editing area 701 of the copy source. . The characters of “East Elementary School Joint University Sports Day” are displayed in an inverted state.

  Next, the state of the shared storage unit 1005 will be described. The “dynamic mode” set in the transfer mode is not changed. In the transfer buffer, characters of “East Elementary School Joint University Sports Day” included in the selection range are stored. This is the end of the description of the state example after the change process.

  When the change process shown in FIG. 24 is completed, the process returns to S2103 shown in FIG. If it is determined in S2105 that the event acquired in S2103 is not a drag, the selection unit 1215 determines whether the event acquired in S2103 is the release of the left button (S2109). If it is determined that the event acquired in S2103 is not the release of the left button, the process returns to S2103. On the other hand, if it is determined that the event acquired in S2103 is the release of the left button, the end unit 1221 executes end processing (S2111).

  FIG. 27 shows the end processing flow. The end unit 1221 changes the selection mode provided in the internal storage unit 1229 to “OFF” (S2701). The ending unit 1221 sets a code indicating invalidity at the start point of the selection range provided in the internal storage unit 1229 (S2703), and sets a code indicating invalidity also at the end point of the selection range provided in the internal storage unit 1229. (S2705). The end unit 1221 deletes the inversion code inserted in the character string data stored in the display buffer provided in the internal storage unit 1229 (S2707). Specifically, the changing unit 1219 deletes the code indicating the start point of inversion inserted at the start point of the selection range and the code indicating the end point of inversion inserted at the end point of the selection range.

  The display processing unit 1203 displays the character string data stored in the display buffer provided in the internal storage unit 1229 in the editing area (S2709). Furthermore, if the display of the cursor is stopped, the display processing unit 1203 restarts the display of the cursor (S2710).

  The end unit 1221 determines whether or not the transfer mode provided in the shared storage unit 1005 is the “dynamic mode” (S2711). When it is determined that the transfer mode provided in the shared storage unit 1005 is “dynamic mode”, the end unit 1221 changes the transfer mode provided in the shared storage unit 1005 to “batch mode” (S2713). ). Then, the end unit 1221 ends the end process.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in S2711 that the transfer mode provided in the shared storage unit 1005 is not the “dynamic mode”, that is, in the batch mode, the end unit 1221 is provided in the internal storage unit 1229. Of the character string data stored in the editing buffer, the character string data included in the selected range is stored in the transfer buffer of the shared storage unit 1005 (S2715). Then, the end unit 1221 ends the end process.

  FIG. 28 shows an example of the state after termination processing. In this example, as shown in the upper part of FIG. 8, the drag operation in the copy source editing area 801 is completed.

  First, the state of the internal storage unit 1229 in the copy source editing unit 1003 will be described. The “insert mode” set in the edit mode is not changed. Also, “23” at the cursor position is not changed.

  Since selection of the range by dragging is started, the selection mode is switched from “ON” to “OFF”. Furthermore, codes indicating invalidity are set at the start point of the selection range and the end point of the selection range.

  The character string data stored in the edit buffer has not been changed. Of the character string data stored in the display buffer, the code indicating the start point of inversion and the code indicating the end point of inversion are deleted. Therefore, based on the character string data in the display buffer, the character string “Now, October 10th, the East Elementary School Joint Athletic Field is scheduled” is displayed in the editing area 801 of the copy source. . The inversion state when selecting the range has been eliminated.

  Next, the state of the shared storage unit 1005 will be described. The transfer mode is switched from “dynamic mode” to “batch mode”. The character string data of “East Elementary School Joint Athletic Field” stored in the transfer buffer has not been deleted yet. This is the end of the description of the state example after the termination process.

  When the end process shown in FIG. 27 is finished, the selection process shown in FIG. 21 is also finished. Furthermore, the insertion mode process shown in FIG. 15 is also completed, and the process returns to S1401 shown in FIG.

  Returning to the description of FIG. If it is determined in S1515 that the event acquired in S1501 is not a left button press, the reception unit 1201 determines whether the event acquired in S1501 is a press of the INSERT key (S1519). If it is determined that the event acquired in S1501 is a press of the INSERT key, the transition unit 1209 changes the editing mode provided in the internal storage unit 1229 to “overwrite mode” (S1521). When the edit mode is changed to “overwrite mode”, the insertion mode process is terminated, and the process returns to the process of S1401 shown in FIG.

  If it is determined in S1519 that the event acquired in S1501 is not a press of the INSERT key, the insertion mode process is terminated, and the process returns to S1401 shown in FIG.

  Returning to the description of FIG. If it is determined in S1401 that the “insert mode” is not set in the edit mode provided in the internal storage unit 1229, the edit unit 1003 displays “dynamic paste” in the edit mode provided in the internal storage unit 1229. It is determined whether or not “attachment mode” is set (S1405). If it is determined that the “dynamic paste mode” is set in the editing mode provided in the internal storage unit 1229, the third insertion unit 1223 executes a dynamic paste mode process (S1407).

  FIG. 29 shows a dynamic paste mode process flow. The update unit 1225 executes update processing (S2901). In the update process, the update unit 1225 dynamically displays the character string to be pasted at the position of the insertion cursor or the position of the overwrite cursor.

  FIG. 30 shows an update process flow. The update unit 1225 copies the character string data stored in the editing buffer provided in the internal storage unit 1229 to the display buffer provided in the internal storage unit 1229 (S3001). The update unit 1225 acquires character string data stored in the transfer buffer of the shared storage unit 1005 (S3003). The update unit 1225 specifies the cursor position in the character string data stored in the display buffer provided in the internal storage unit 1229, and inserts the character string data acquired in S3003 at the specified cursor position (S3005). The update unit 1225 inserts a code indicating the start point of the underline before the inserted character string data, and inserts a code indicating the end point of the underline after the inserted character string data (S3007). The display processing unit 1203 displays the character string data stored in the display buffer provided in the internal storage unit 1229 in the editing area (S3009).

  FIG. 31 shows an example of the state after the update process. In this example, as shown in the lower part of FIG. 6, the character “east” to be inserted in the copy destination editing area 603 is displayed. The state shown in FIG. 31 is a continuation of the state shown in FIG.

  First, the state of the internal storage unit 1229 in the copy destination editing unit 1003 will be described. The “dynamic paste mode” set in the edit mode is not changed. The cursor position “4” is also not changed.

  Also, the selection mode “OFF”, the code indicating the invalidity of the start point of the selection range, and the code indicating the invalidity of the end point of the selection range are not changed.

  The character string data of “This month will be done” stored in the editing buffer is not changed. In the display buffer, a code indicating the start point of the underline (indicated as [US] in FIG. 31) is inserted before the character “East” to be inserted. In the display buffer, a code (indicated as [UE] in FIG. 31) indicating the end point of the underline is inserted after the inserted character “East”. Therefore, based on the character string data in the display buffer, the character string “East is performed this month” is displayed in the copy destination editing area 603. The letters “east” are underlined.

  Next, the state of the shared storage unit 1005 will be described. The “dynamic mode” set in the transfer mode is not changed. In the transfer buffer, the transferred “east” character is stored. The state of the shared storage unit 1005 at this time is the same as the state shown in FIG.

  Furthermore, a state example when the selection range is expanded will be described with reference to FIG. In this example, as shown in the lower part of FIG. 7, the character string “East district elementary school joint athletic meet” inserted in the copy destination editing area 703 is displayed.

  First, the state of the internal storage unit 1229 in the copy destination editing unit 1003 will be described. The “dynamic paste mode” set in the edit mode is not changed. “4” at the cursor position is not changed.

  Also, the selection mode “OFF”, the code indicating the invalidity of the start point of the selection range, and the code indicating the invalidity of the end point of the selection range are not changed.

  The character string data of “This month will be done” stored in the editing buffer is not changed. In the display buffer, a code indicating the start point of the underline is inserted before the character string “East district elementary school joint athletic meet” to be inserted. In the display buffer, a code indicating the end point of the underline is inserted after the character string “East district elementary school joint athletic meet” further inserted. Accordingly, based on the character string data in the display buffer, the character string “East district elementary school joint athletic meet is held this month” is displayed in the editing area 703 of the copy destination. The character string of “East Elementary School Joint University Sports Day” is underlined.

  Next, the state of the shared storage unit 1005 will be described. The “dynamic mode” set in the transfer mode is not changed. In the transfer buffer, the transferred character string of “East district elementary school joint large athletic meet” is stored. This is the end of the description of the state example after the update process.

  Returning to the description of FIG. When the update process in S2901 is completed, the third insertion unit 1223 determines whether or not the transfer mode provided in the shared storage unit 1005 is the “batch mode” (S2903). If it is determined that the transfer mode provided in the shared storage unit 1005 is not the “batch mode”, that is, if it is the dynamic mode, the process returns to S2901.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the transfer mode provided in the shared storage unit 1005 is “batch mode”, the determination unit 1227 executes a determination process (S2905). That is, the end unit 1221 in the copy source editing unit 1003 waits for the timing (S2713 in FIG. 27) to switch the transfer mode from the “dynamic mode” to the “batch mode”, and then the confirmation unit 1227 in the copy destination editing unit 1003. Inserts the character string to be pasted at the position of the insertion cursor or the position of the overwrite cursor.

  FIG. 33 shows a confirmation process flow. The determination unit 1227 acquires character string data stored in the transfer buffer of the shared storage unit 1005 (S3301). The determination unit 1227 specifies the cursor position in the character string data stored in the editing buffer provided in the internal storage unit 1229, and inserts the character string data acquired in S3301 at the specified cursor position (S3303). The confirmation unit 1227 copies the character string data stored in the editing buffer provided in the internal storage unit 1229 to the display buffer provided in the internal storage unit 1229 (S3305). The display processing unit 1203 displays the character string data stored in the display buffer provided in the internal storage unit 1229 in the editing area (S3307). The confirmation unit 1227 deletes the character string data stored in the transfer buffer of the shared storage unit 1005 (S3309).

  FIG. 34 shows a state example after the confirmation process. In this example, as shown in the lower part of FIG. 8, a character string is inserted in the copy destination editing area 803.

  First, the state of the internal storage unit 1229 in the copy destination editing unit 1003 will be described. “Insert” set in the edit mode is not changed. “4” at the cursor position is not changed.

  Also, the selection mode “OFF”, the code indicating the invalidity of the start point of the selection range, and the code indicating the invalidity of the end point of the selection range are not changed.

  In the editing buffer, character string data of “East district elementary school joint athletic meet will be held this month” is inserted. Similarly to the editing buffer, the display buffer also stores character string data “This month, the East District Elementary School Joint University Sports Day is held.”

  Next, the state of the shared storage unit 1005 will be described. When the transfer mode is switched from “dynamic mode” to “batch mode”, the confirmation process is executed. The transfer buffer is cleared and is empty. This is the end of the description of the state example after the confirmation process.

  When the confirmation process shown in FIG. 33 is finished, the dynamic pasting mode process shown in FIG. 29 is also finished, and the process returns to S1401 shown in FIG.

  Returning to the description of FIG. If it is determined in S1405 that the “dynamic paste mode” is not set in the editing mode provided in the internal storage unit 1229, the editing unit 1003 executes overwrite mode processing (S1409).

  FIG. 35 shows an overwrite mode process flow. The processing in S1501 and S1503 is the same as in the insertion mode.

  If it is determined in S1503 that the event acquired in S1501 is a character key press, the replacement unit 1207 overwrites the character (S3501). The overwriting of characters in S3501 is based on the conventional technology. For example, the replacement unit 1207 reads the cursor position from the internal storage unit 1229, specifies the cursor position in the character string data stored in the editing buffer, and sets the character next to the specified cursor position to the pressed character key. Replace with the character corresponding to. Further, the replacement unit 1207 copies the character string data stored in the editing buffer to the display buffer. Then, the display processing unit 1203 displays the character string data stored in the display buffer in the editing area.

  The processing from S1507 to S1519 is as described in the insertion mode processing. However, in the process in which the display processing unit 1203 displays the cursor, an overwrite cursor is displayed instead of the insertion cursor.

  If it is determined in S1519 that the event acquired in S1501 is a press of the INSERT key, the transition unit 1209 changes the editing mode provided in the internal storage unit 1229 to “insert mode” (S3503). When the edit mode is changed to “insert mode”, the overwrite mode process is terminated, and the process returns to the process of S1401 shown in FIG.

  If it is determined in S1519 that the event acquired in S1501 is not a press of the INSERT key, the overwrite mode process is terminated, and the process returns to S1401 shown in FIG.

  In the above-described example, the aspect of copying all or part of the character string has been described. However, all or part of the number string may be copied. In editing the score, all or part of the note sequence may be copied. Further, for example, all or a part of a figure such as a mark may be copied. Furthermore, all or a part of data according to other formats may be copied.

  In the above example, an example is shown in which the character string to be copied is underlined. However, the character string is distinguished from other character strings by other modes such as character thickness, character color, character brightness, and character size. You may be made to do. In addition, when copying a numeric string, the copied numeric string may be distinguished from others by aspects such as underline, numeric thickness, numeric color, numeric brightness, and numeric size. Good. When copying a note string, the note string may be distinguished from others depending on the underline, the thickness of the note line, the note color, the note brightness, the note size, and the like. When copying a figure such as a mark, it may be distinguished from others depending on aspects such as the thickness of the line of the figure, the color of the figure, and the luminance of the figure. When copying data in a tabular format, it may be distinguished from others depending on aspects such as the column background color.

  According to the present embodiment, when the user selects a copy range from the original data, the copy result can be confirmed in advance. For example, when a character string is pasted, when the user selects a copy range from the original character string data, the character string that is the copy result can be confirmed in advance.

  In addition, since the character string to be pasted is underlined, it becomes easy to visually grasp a portion that is changed by selecting a range.

  Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the functional block configuration described above may not match the program module configuration.

  Further, the configuration of each storage area described above is an example, and the above configuration is not necessarily required. Further, in the processing flow, the processing order can be changed if the processing result does not change. Further, the processes may be executed in parallel.

  The editing device 1001 described above is a computer device, and as shown in FIG. 36, a memory 2501, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 2503, a hard disk drive (HDD: Hard Disk Drive) 2505, and a display device 2509. A display control unit 2507 connected to the computer, a drive device 2513 for a removable disk 2511, an input device 2515, and a communication control unit 2517 for connecting to a network are connected by a bus 2519. An operating system (OS: Operating System) and an application program for executing the processing in this embodiment are stored in the HDD 2505, and are read from the HDD 2505 to the memory 2501 when executed by the CPU 2503. The CPU 2503 controls the display control unit 2507, the communication control unit 2517, and the drive device 2513 according to the processing content of the application program, and performs a predetermined operation. Further, data in the middle of processing is mainly stored in the memory 2501, but may be stored in the HDD 2505. In the embodiment of the present invention, an application program for performing the above-described processing is stored in a computer-readable removable disk 2511 and distributed, and installed in the HDD 2505 from the drive device 2513. In some cases, the HDD 2505 may be installed via a network such as the Internet and the communication control unit 2517. Such a computer apparatus realizes various functions as described above by organically cooperating hardware such as the CPU 2503 and the memory 2501 described above and programs such as the OS and application programs. .

  The embodiment of the present invention described above is summarized as follows.

  The copy control method according to the present embodiment accepts designation of the data copy destination, and after the designation, shifts to the copy source data selection mode, and performs copy according to the selection range change processing performed during the selection mode. This includes a process of dynamically changing the content of the data to be displayed first from the data before the change process to the data after the change process.

  In this way, when the user selects a copy range from the original data, the copy result can be confirmed in advance.

  The data may be character string data or numeric string data.

  In this way, the user can confirm in advance the character string data or numeric string data that is the copy result in accordance with the change of the selection range in the copy source character string data or numeric string data.

  Furthermore, the content of data displayed at the copy destination may be displayed in a manner different from the data around the copy destination.

  In this way, it becomes easy to visually grasp the changed portion.

  A program for causing a computer to perform the processing according to the above method can be created. The program can be a computer-readable storage medium such as a flexible disk, a CD-ROM, a magneto-optical disk, a semiconductor memory, or a hard disk. It may be stored in a storage device. Note that intermediate processing results are generally temporarily stored in a storage device such as a main memory.

  The following supplementary notes are further disclosed with respect to the embodiments including the above examples.

(Appendix 1)
Accept specification of data copy destination,
After specifying the above, move to copy source data selection mode,
According to the change process of the selection range made during the selection mode, the content of the data to be displayed at the copy destination is dynamically changed from the data before the change process to the data after the change process.
A copy control method using a computer, characterized by executing processing.

(Appendix 2)
The copy control method according to claim 1, wherein the data is character string data or numeric string data.

(Appendix 3)
The copy control method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the content of data to be displayed at the copy destination is displayed in a manner different from that of data around the copy destination.

(Appendix 4)
Accept specification of data copy destination,
After specifying the above, move to copy source data selection mode,
According to the change process of the selection range made during the selection mode, the content of the data to be displayed at the copy destination is dynamically changed from the data before the change process to the data after the change process.
A copy control program for causing a computer to execute processing.

(Appendix 5)
A reception unit that accepts specification of a data copy destination;
After the designation, a transition unit that transitions to a copy source data selection mode;
An update unit that dynamically changes the content of the data to be displayed at the copy destination from the data before the change process to the data after the change process in accordance with the change process of the selection range performed during the selection mode. A copy control apparatus characterized by that.

101 Copy source edit area 103 Copy source edit area 105 Copy source edit area 201 Copy destination edit area 203 Copy destination edit area 205 Copy destination edit area 301 Copy source edit area 303 Copy destination edit area 305 Copy Destination editing area 401 Copy destination editing area 403 Copy destination editing area 405 Copy destination editing area 501 Copy source editing area 503 Copy destination editing area 601 Copy source editing area 603 Copy destination editing area 701 Copy source editing area 701 Edit area 703 Copy destination edit area 801 Copy source edit area 803 Copy destination edit area 901 Copy source edit area 903 Copy destination edit area 1001 Editing device 1003 Editing unit 1005 Shared storage unit 1007 Coating System Unit 1201 Reception Unit 1203 Display Processing Unit 1205 First Insertion Unit 1207 Replacement Unit 1209 Migration Unit 1211 Storage Unit 1213 Second Insertion Unit 1215 Selection Unit 1217 Start Unit 1219 Change Unit 1221 End Unit 1223 Third Insertion Unit 1225 Update Unit 1227 Determination unit 1229 Internal storage unit

Claims (4)

Accept specification of data copy destination,
After specifying the above, move to copy source data selection mode,
When a selection of a copy range in the copy source data is accepted during the selection mode, data in the copy range is displayed at the copy destination.
Including processing,
A copy control method using a computer, wherein when the copy range is changed during the selection mode, data displayed at the copy destination dynamically changes in accordance with the change of the copy range . The copy control method according to claim 1, wherein the data within the copy range to be displayed at the copy destination is displayed in a mode different from the data around the copy destination. Accept specification of data copy destination,
After specifying the above, move to copy source data selection mode,
When a selection of a copy range in the copy source data is accepted during the selection mode, data in the copy range is displayed at the copy destination.
Let the computer execute the process,
When the copy range is changed during the selection mode, the data displayed at the copy destination dynamically changes in accordance with the change of the copy range . A reception unit that accepts specification of a data copy destination;
After the designation, a transition unit that transitions to a copy source data selection mode;
Upon receiving selection of a copy range in the copy source data during the selection mode, a display processing unit that displays data in the copy range at the copy destination;
I have a,
The display processing unit
When the copy range is changed during the selection mode, the data displayed at the copy destination is dynamically changed in accordance with the change of the copy range .

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