JPH01116816A - Cursor display system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the input operation of characters by displaying a cursor consisting of an index indicating the input position of a character and a character frame pattern indicating the size of the input character on a screen at the time of instructing the character input. CONSTITUTION:When an operator instructs the operation mode of character input and the attribute (the size, the color, etc.,) of the input character an interactive processing part 4 identifies them and informs a main processing part 6 of the character input mode and the attribute information of the input character. The main processing part 6 sets attribute information to a current attribute information storage part 8 in accordance with the instruction and waits for the input of a character. A cursor control part 5 holds the address of an index 10a indicating the display position of a cursor 10 during the operation and refers to the current attribute information storage part 8 to recognize the size of the character in attribute information and generates the pattern of the cursor 10, where a character frame pattern 10b and the index 10a are combined, and writes this pattern in the address area of a data storage part 7 corresponding to the display position. Thus, the input operation of characters is facilitated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Summary] The present invention relates to a cursor display method useful for a processing device that processes multimedia information, etc. in which text information and graphic information are mixed.

When characters are input using cursor control, the purpose is to provide information indicating the input position and character size of three characters on the cursor to facilitate the input operation of one character.

When character input is instructed in an information processing device equipped with means for inputting information such as characters or figures through cursor control, a cursor consisting of an index indicating the input position of two characters and a character frame pattern representing the size of the input character Configure to display on screen.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a cursor display method that is useful for processing devices that process multimedia information that includes a mixture of single character information and graphic information.

When inputting or editing a document on the screen, a cursor is used to specify a character input device, an editing range, and the like. The present invention relates to a cursor display method for facilitating input operations, particularly when characters are input in arbitrary character sizes.

[Prior art and problems to be solved by the present invention] A conventional processing device capable of multimedia information processing is used when inputting characters using an interactive Japanese document editor. The cursor is.

-i is a standard size character frame pattern or an underline. These characters have a constant size regardless of the font size.

And the input character size and other attribute information.

It is usually displayed at a different position from the character input position on one screen, for example, in the lower left part of the screen. For this reason, in the case of Japanese input using indirect input such as the reading input method, the reading input position is at the bottom of the screen, so it can be relatively close to the 7jE character display position, but when using the direct input method This is because the input position for one character is far away from the attribute display position.

This was inconvenient for input operations.

Further, in the case of character input in processing using an interactive graphic editor, the cursor used is, for example, an arrow-shaped mouse cursor (or turdle), and only the lower left position of the input character is specified. For this reason, it is necessary to input the characters while assuming the size of the characters that will actually be input, resulting in an error in the position of one character, which tends to result in irregularities.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide information indicating the input positions and character sizes of nine characters to the cursor when inputting characters using cursor control, thereby facilitating the input operation of one character.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention includes an indicator indicating the input position of one character on the cursor;
By providing a character frame pattern indicating the size of an input character, the operator can directly visually recognize the input position of one character and the size of the input character.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the basic configuration of the present invention.

In fig.

1 is a processing device.

2 is an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse used for inputting two characters or figures.

3 is a display device such as a CRT display.

Reference numeral 4 denotes an interaction processing unit that carries out processing in an interactive manner with the operator.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a cursor control unit that generates a cursor pattern and controls the movement of the cursor. In particular, according to the present invention, the cursor pattern is composed of an index indicating the input position of nine characters and a character frame pattern indicating the size of the input character. are doing.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a main processing unit that performs processing such as input 2 editing of data and attribute information.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a data storage unit that stores display data such as single characters and figures.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a current attribute information storage unit that stores attribute information of display data such as characters and graphics stored in the data storage unit 7.

9 indicates display data stored in the data storage section 7.

Modify based on the attribute information in the current attribute information storage section 8
This is a display control unit that outputs to the display device 3.

10 is a cursor displayed according to the present invention.

10a is an indicator such as an arrow or a basic character frame pattern indicating the input position of two characters.

10b is a character frame pattern that controls the size of input characters.

[Effect]

The present invention will be explained in detail with reference to FIG.

The interaction processing unit 4 displays information on the display device 3 according to the operation.

Display the system screen, processing menu screen, command menu (or icon), etc. When the operator instructs Japanese document editing processing using the input device 2 on the processing menu screen, for example.

The dialogue processing unit 4 identifies this and notifies the main processing unit 6 to execute the Japanese character editing process.

Next, when the operator uses a command to specify, for example, the character input operation mode and input character attributes (size, nine colors, etc.), the interaction processing unit 4 identifies these and sends the main processing unit 6 to the character input mode. and the attribute information of the input character.

In accordance with this notification, the main processing section 6 sets the attribute information in the current attribute information storage section 8 and waits for input of nine characters.

During operation, the cursor control unit 5 holds the address of the index 10a indicating the display position of the cursor IO.

Also, with reference to the current attribute information storage unit 8, the size of the character in the attribute information is recognized, and a pattern of a cursor 10 that combines a character frame pattern 10b and an indicator 10a corresponding to the size is generated and displayed. Data storage unit 7 corresponding to the position
Write the address in the header.

The display control section 9 performs control to read out the display data for one screen from the constant data storage section 7 and the corresponding attribute information from the current attribute information storage section 8 and display them on the first display device 3. In this case, since the 1 display data includes a cursor pattern, the 2 display device 3 displays the cursor 1
0 is displayed.

When the operator uses the input device 2 to input a character at the display position of the cursor lO, the interaction processing unit 4.

The cursor control unit 5 notifies the character code of the cursor along with the index address held by the main processing unit 6 to write the character code at the corresponding position in the data storage unit 7.

This written character code is immediately read out by the 1 display control unit 9, and a character pattern with a size according to the attribute information is displayed.

It is displayed in the display area of the character frame pattern 10b of the cursor 10.

For example, each time one character is input, the main processing unit 6 automatically updates the index address of the cursor control unit 5 in a predetermined direction at a pitch determined by the size of nine characters. However, in the case of a mouse cursor, the index address of the cursor control unit 5 is not updated unless a cursor movement operation is performed.

Furthermore, when the operator uses a command to change the attribute for the size of 9 characters, the contents of the current attribute information storage section 8 are updated in the same manner as i's first attribute setting, and the cursor is immediately controlled. The display pattern of the cursor 10, that is, the size of the character frame pattern lOb is changed by the unit 5.

〔Example〕

The present invention will be described in detail below using examples.

FIG. 2 shows the basic processing flow in the second embodiment of the present invention.

When an event occurs as a result of the operator operating the keyboard or mouse, the processing device receives the event and processes it (performed by the dialog processing unit 4 in FIG. 1).
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This event is sorted according to its type, and if it is an end event, it performs end processing, and if it is an attribute change such as character size, the current attribute information is updated and the corresponding cursor display is also changed. For data input, display characters by referring to the current attribute information, and for cursor movement, refer to the current attribute information and display a cursor with a size based on the current character size at the destination position. do.

FIG. 3 (al-(hl) shows an embodiment of a cursor display method suitable for processing a Japanese document collection by keyboard input.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3 (al to Thl), the inverted display of the inputted character is used as an index to indicate the character input position of the cursor. Also, the character frame pattern indicating the size of the input character is If the completed character is larger, it will be displayed in reverse (white space) during the reverse display.

For example, Figure 3 (bl) shows the cursor display when entering (for insertion or correction) a 3 x 3 size character at the position of the 2 x 2 size character r kanj that has already been input. ,
Fig. 3 Tc+1 is the case where the sizes of the input characters and the input characters are the same (3 x 3), and Fig. 3 +
d+ is 3x3 at the position of the input character of size 4x4
This shows the cursor display when entering characters with a size of .

Ta+ in Figure 4, (bl is the mouse cursor (arrow)
This figure shows an example of a cursor display method suitable for a graphic editor using .

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 4(al and bl), a mouse cursor is used as an indicator to indicate the input position of one character, and this is used in combination with a character frame pattern indicating the size of the input character.

Figure 4 (al is an example of inputting characters while moving the cursor without changing the input character size, and Figure 4 (bl is an example of changing the attribute of the input character size) These are six examples of cursor displays when the input character size changes.The size of the two-character frame pattern also changes, but the mouse cursor, which is the index indicating the input position, is always on the character frame pattern, with the base point at the lower left corner. displayed in a certain position.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to one aspect of the present invention, since the cursor itself can indicate the size and position of the input character, the state after a large input can be visually grasped, making the input operation quick and easy. Can be done.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a basic configuration diagram of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a basic processing flow diagram of a processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a first embodiment of the cursor display method according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a second embodiment of the cursor display method according to the present invention. In Figure 1. 1: Processing device. 2: Input device. 3: Display device. 4: Dialogue processing unit. 5: Cursor control section. 6: Main processing section. 7: Data storage section. 8: Current attribute information storage unit. 9: Display control section. 10: Cursor. 10a: Indicator. lQb: Character frame pattern. Patent applicant: Pfn Co., Ltd. Agent Patent attorney: Fumihiro Hase (2 others) Fig. 1 Closing process Engraving of Fig. 2 drawing (no change in content) Lucky sign (Mouse car power Fig. 4 1986) February 10th

Claims (1)

[Claims] In an information processing device equipped with a means for inputting information such as characters or figures through cursor control, when character input is instructed, the information processing device consists of an index indicating the input position of the character and a character frame pattern indicating the size of the input character. A cursor display method characterized by displaying a cursor on the screen.