JPH0225535B2 - - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field] The present invention relates to a character processing device that can specify a desired area on a display screen and output characters evenly.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, there have been devices that can print characters evenly, such as phototypesetting systems. However, these systems
Function information for allocating each character data must be entered in detail using numerical data, command data, etc., and can only be handled by people with specialized knowledge. Furthermore, no consideration had been given to interactive operations using the display screen. Furthermore, when it is desired to perform partial equal allocation after inputting character data, it is of course impossible to perform specification work on the display screen while looking at the inputted character data. Furthermore, as in the present invention, it is possible to designate an area on the display screen to be evenly allocated, and to handle exceptional cases such as when the number of characters in that area is one, while also providing high-quality output. There was no equipment available.

The prior art is listed below. Although most of these belong to fields not directly related to the present invention, they are also listed below.

1 U.S. Patent No. 3,339,470 Technology for distributing space in the right margin to inter-word space in order to perform right alignment in English typewriters (column 35, lines 6 to 27) eye).

2 FUJITU Vo1.21 No.7 (1970) "Special Issue on Kanji Processing" It is disclosed that character spacing can be changed in a fully automatic phototypesetting system (page 96, right column, line 15 to page 97, left column, 9 lines).

3 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 46-1854 A technique for aligning all lines to the right in an English typewriter (Figure 1).

4 JP-A-47-13061 A technique for aligning all lines to the right in an English typewriter (Figures 2, 3, 4, and 5).

5 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 50-26431 A technique for specifying the start and end points of a range to be non-displayed on the screen using a specific character (Fig. 2).

6 Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 50-61950 A technique for specifying and dividing an area in which a separate process is to be performed within a block displayed on a display device (Fig. 2).

7 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 52-110528 Technology for displaying symbols indicating numerical display areas (page 2, lower left column, lines 1 to 15).

8 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 53-88535 A word processor that allows back deletion on a display (Fig. 8).

9 FACOM230 OS/VS PRINS decryption book (Basic phototype editing system) Shows the basic phototype editing system, including characters that can be input directly from the input device as text data and function data such as equal allocation used for editing. (Page 34, line 3 from the bottom of the left column to line 4 of the right column, line 40
8th line from the bottom of the left column of the page to 7th line of the right column).

For even alignment on each line, the alignment code,
Multiple types of data such as T2 and packing code are required (Tables 3.7 and 3.8 on page 48).

A basic example of even alignment in each row (Figure 3.
48, Figure 3.49).

10 JP-A-54-119841 A technique for rearranging character strings stored in a storage device using a table (Table 1).

11 JP-A-54-82932 A technique for displaying a cursor on the part of the character string to be processed (Figure 2).

12 "Information Processing" VO1.21No.8 Aug1980 Provides an overview of the functions that will be needed in the future of Japanese word processors.

As described above, various proposals have been made and improvements have been made, but nothing has yet existed that suggests the following features of the present invention related to character processing. In other words, although there was a technique for printing with equal layout in phototypesetting, etc., the technique of phototypesetting was difficult to understand.
It is intended only for people with specialized knowledge and is not relevant to the general public.In the present invention, the technology of equal allocation, which is generally unknown, is applied to a display screen with interactive elements. This technology has made it possible to give all instructions. Therefore, even if various technologies similar to the individual constituent features of the claimed invention existed, the claimed invention would never be created unless the technology was strongly conscious of the problem to be solved and desired it. .

[Purpose] In view of the above points, the present invention makes it possible to perform even allocation with a simple operation and high quality by specifying the area on the display screen where equal allocation should be performed and calculating the character pitch. It is an object of the present invention to provide a character processing device which can easily perform even allocation without any exceptional operation even in the exceptional case where there is only one character to be evenly allocated.

In view of the above points, it is an object of the present invention to provide a character processing device that can allocate equal character pitches in order to represent the output position of character information in units of dots.

In view of the above points, the present invention improves the operability for performing even allocation by specifying the area to be evenly allocated as a partial area within the same line, and the character processing that enables high-quality even allocation. The purpose is to provide equipment.

In view of the above points, it is an object of the present invention to provide a character processing device with good operability, which makes it possible to indicate the start and end points of an area to be evenly allocated using a cursor on a display screen.

In view of the above points, the present invention specifies an area on the display screen to which character information should be evenly allocated, and calculates the character pitch of the character information from that area and the number of character information to be evenly allocated. A character processing device that performs equal allocation, comprising a storage means for storing character information, an instruction means for instructing to allocate the character information stored in the storage means evenly in the area, and the instruction means determining means for determining whether the number of character information to be equally allocated as instructed by is 1; output means for outputting the character information stored in the previous storage means; is 1, the character processing device further comprises a control means for controlling the output means so that the character information to be equally allocated is output in the central part of the area to be equally allocated. is intended to provide.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a character processing device characterized in that the character pitch represents the output position of character information in units of dots.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a character processing device characterized in that the area to be evenly allocated has a starting point and an ending point within the same line.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a character processing device, wherein the instruction means indicates on the display screen the starting point and ending point of the area to be equally allocated using a cursor.

〔Example〕

Before specifically explaining the embodiments of the present invention,
First, terms used to describe this embodiment will be explained.

1 Equal allocation code It can be incorporated into this device by pressing the equal allocation key. When the character strings sandwiched between the equal division codes are printed, they are evenly allocated to the area defined by the equal division codes and output.

2 LOGO (Logotype) code This code can be imported into this device by pressing the LOGO key. When a character string between LOGO codes is printed, the horizontal character pitch is 0.

3. Line-inhibition processing Characters that are unnatural to be placed at the beginning of a line due to the characteristics of the Japanese language are sometimes placed at the beginning of a line during the character processing process. At times like this,
By pressing the Kinsoku key, character strings are automatically rearranged. Non-first-line characters include the following: . ,),． ,,,〓,'',],},A,I,
C, E,
O, ya, yu, yo, tsu, ka, ke, ah, y, uh, eh.
Oh, ya, yu, yo, tsu 4 Line-end prohibition processing Characters that are unnatural to be placed at the end of a line due to the characteristics of Japanese are sometimes placed at the end of a line during character processing. In such a case, by pressing the prohibited key, the character strings are automatically rearranged. Characters that cannot end a line include the following:
(, ", 〓, [, {, \, $$] Next, an outline of an embodiment according to the present invention will be described. In addition to character information, various function information is input from the keyboard. The character information input from the keyboard is displayed. It is displayed on the device, and editing processing such as insertion, overwriting, and deletion can be performed.
Further, the desired input position on the display device can be freely selected by moving the cursor using the cursor keys.
When attempting to print a LOGO, encode a partial pattern of the LOGO and sandwich that code string between LOGO codes. The LOGO code can be input by inputting the LOGO key, and the partial pattern code can be input by providing a key corresponding to the code on the KB.

When printing, the character pitch is 0, and as a result, the partial patterns are composited.
A LOGO pattern is output.

When attempting to perform equal division printing, the area to be equally divided is specified by an equal division code, and a character string is input between the areas. Here, it is assumed that the space code that precedes and follows the character string does not become a character string to be divided evenly even if it is sandwiched between equal division codes.

The equal division code can be input by pressing the equal division key.

In order to automatically perform the prohibition process on the character string input in this manner, the prohibition key is pressed. When the prohibition key is pressed, all prohibition characters existing at the end or beginning of a line are removed from that position, as shown in FIG. 9b. As a result, a prohibition code (indicated by a prohibition mark) is inserted as shown in FIG. 9b.

Once an attempt is made to insert or delete a character string that is in this form, special processing is performed for the prohibited code. That is, in the case of insertion, the prohibited code is eaten by the character string that exists before it, as shown in FIG. 7b. In deletion, the number of prohibited codes increases as shown in FIG. 8b. By performing such processing, it is possible to minimize the possibility that a character string that has been subjected to prohibition processing once again becomes arranged in violation of prohibition due to editing processing.

The CRT string created in this way is
By pressing the PRINT key, the image is printed out on printing paper.

When printing, equal distribution is specified, and character strings specified as LOGO are printed in the specified layout. When printing a line in which a prohibition mark exists, the prohibition mark is removed and the remaining character strings are printed evenly distributed within the left and right margins.

[Block diagram]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

The CPU is a microprocessor that performs calculations, logical judgments, etc.

AB is an address bus that transfers signals indicating the control target.

DB is a data bus that transfers various data and is a multidirectional bus.

CB is a control bus that applies control signals to various control targets.

The KB is a keyboard consisting of keys for inputting character information and keys for inputting functions.

In addition to alphanumeric characters, kana characters, and symbols, it is also possible to input codes corresponding to special patterns defined by the user from the character input keys. Function input keys include the following: That is, there are seven types: initialize key, overwrite key, insert key, cursor key, delete key, prohibition key, and print key.

CRTC is CRT controller. A data buffer (described later) is displayed on the CRT screen of the display device (described later).
Characters (including symbols) DATA stored in DBuF
is converted into a character pattern and displayed in the form of 8 digits x 4 lines. In addition, a cursor is displayed at a corresponding position on the CRT screen of the display device according to DATA stored in a CR (cursor register), which will be described later.

CR is the cursor register, display device CRT
This register stores the position of the cursor to be displayed on the screen.

The data buffer DBuF is a data buffer for storing DATA input from the keyboard KB. The capacity is large enough to store 8 columns x 4 lines of character information> A CRT is a display device that displays character information and a cursor.

CG is a character generator for displaying characters on a CRT display device. When printing out character information, the microprocessor CPU is used to convert character codes into character patterns. A character pattern of a 9x7 dot matrix is stored.

PRT is a dot printer. Controlled by PRT controller PRTC. A thermal printer with a 9×1 dot (9 dots vertically and 1 dot horizontally) thermal head.

PRTC is a PRT controller for controlling printer PRT. To be able to freely move the head position of the printer in the left and right directions based on the head feed information from the microprocessor CPU, and at the same time to control the printing of the printer PRT according to the character pattern information from the microprocessor CPU. Can be done. Also, the carriage return from the microprocessor CPU
Printer according to the commands of CR, line feed LF
PRT carriage return CR, line feed
Control LF. PRT controller,
The PRTC shall be able to freely control the horizontal position of the thermal head of the printer PRT in units of dots. When printing a character pattern, the entire 9x7 dot character is printed by shifting the 9x1 dot thermal head one dot at a time in the horizontal direction and printing one vertical column of character pattern.

RAM is random access memory and is used for temporary storage of various data. The memory RAM contains, for example, LN, CN, AP, RP, NUM, which is used by the microprocessor CPU during processing.
It includes registers such as CNS, CNE, SC, and EC, overwrite flags, OWFG, and other current parameters.

The ROM is a control memory in which the control procedures shown in FIG. 2 and subsequent figures are stored.

PPB is a print pitch buffer, and the horizontal absolute address of the DATA to be printed (stored in the data buffer DBuF) to be actually printed is written in dot units.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be specifically explained with reference to FIGS. 2 to 19.

Here, various parameters and symbols used below will be explained. Each of these is also used as the name of a register.

LN: Current parameter that specifies the number of lines CN: Current parameter that specifies the number of digits C _LN,CN : LN line, CN digit data buffer DBuF
Inner code A _LN,CN : Value in PPB of LN line, CN digit, i.e.
C The horizontal position where _{LN and CN} should be printed, expressed in dots.

NUM: Parameter indicating the number of character strings CNS: First digit number of the area to be divided evenly CNE: 〃 Last digit number SC: First digit number of the character string to be divided evenly EC: 〃 Last digit number AP: Quotient RP: Remainder [KB Processing] When a key on the keyboard KB is operated, the KB processing shown in FIG. 2 is performed. The control of each step is shown below.

Did you have input from 1 KB? DATA input from 2 KB 3 to 10 Perform each process according to the input DATA Execute.

To explain each step in more detail, the KB processing starts when the power is turned on. First, in step 1, input data from KB
Wait to see if it exists. If input is received, proceed to the next step. In step 2, input DATA from KB. Input from KB in steps 3 to 10
Execute each process according to DATA. When the input is from the initialize key, initialize key input processing 3 shown in FIG. 3 is executed. When the input is from the overwrite key, overwrite key input processing 4 shown in FIG. 4 is executed. When the input is from the insert key, insert key input processing 5 shown in FIG. 5 is executed. When the input is from the cursor keys, cursor key input processing 6 shown in FIG. 6 is executed. Character key, LOGO
When the input is from a key or a split key, character key input processing 7 shown in FIG. 7a is executed. If the input is from the delete key, delete key input processing 8 shown in FIG. 8a is executed. When the input is from a prohibited key, prohibited key input processing 9 shown in FIG. 9a is executed. When the input is from the print key, print key input processing 10 shown in FIG. 10 is executed.

[Initialize key input processing]

Assuming that the initialize key is operated now,
After the processing in step 2, an initialization key input process, the details of which are shown in FIG. 3, is performed.

First, each step will be explained.

3.1 Set 1 to the cursor register. 3.2 Fill all space codes to the data buffer DBuF.

3.3 Overwrite Flag OWFG Set The contents of each of the above steps are further explained below.

3.1 First, before starting input, be sure to press the initialize key and execute the initialize key input process. First, set the cursor register CR to 1
and move the cursor on the screen of the display device CRT to the upper left.

3.2 Fill in all space codes in the data buffer DBuF and clear the CRT screen.

3.3 Overwrite Flag Set When the above-mentioned processing is completed, the process returns to the original state.

[Overwrite key, insert key input processing]

If the overwrite key is operated,
Set the overwrite flag OWFG to 1,
Return to waiting for key.

If the insert key is operated, the overwrite flag OWFG is reset and the process returns to waiting for a key.

[Cursor key input processing] If the operated key is a cursor key, the 6th
Each step shown in the figure is executed.

6.1 Cursor register CR increment 6.2 Is the value of cursor register CR 33 or more? 6.3 Set the value of cursor register CR to 1. Advance the cursor one by one according to steps 6.1 to 6.3 above. If the cursor is at the top right corner of the CRT screen, then move it to the top left corner of the CRT screen.

[Character key input processing]

If a character key is operated, then the
The processing shown in is performed.

7.1 Is it overwrite mode (OWFG=1)? 7.2 Is there a Kinsoku code after the cursor position? 7.3 Shifts all contents from the cursor position to the position before the Kinsoku code one by one.

7.4 Shift all content after the cursor position one step at a time.

7.5 Overwriting input DATA to the cursor location.

7.6 Cursor key input processing 6 The above steps will be further explained.

7.1 Processing differs depending on whether you are in overwrite mode or insert mode. In overwrite mode (when overwrite flag is set)
Proceed to step 7.5. When in insert mode (overwrite flag is reset) proceed to step 7.2.

7.2 If a Kinsoku code exists after the cursor position, proceed to step 7.3; otherwise proceed to step 7.4.

7.3 The character string after the cursor position must be advanced because characters are inserted, but the character string that is advanced must be after the cursor and up to the Kinsoku code closest to the cursor. Therefore, the prohibition code will disappear. Proceed to step 7.5.

7.4 Send all strings after the cursor one by one. Discard the last character.

7.5 Write input DATA to the cursor location.

7.6 Execute cursor key input process 6 to advance the cursor one step.

FIG. 7b is an example of character insertion. In the drawing shown in 7.4, the prohibition mark has been removed, and it can be seen that the influence of the insertion does not spread beyond that position.
Note that the numbers given in Figure 7b are number 7.
This corresponds to the step in Figure a. (All the same below) [Delete key input process] If the delete key is operated, the following steps are executed.

8.1 Is there a Kinsoku code after the cursor position? 8.2 Shift all the contents of the data buffer from the position where the cursor is located to the position where the relevant prohibition code exists one by one.

8.3 Replace the contents of the data buffer at the location where the Kinsoku code existed with the Kinsoku code.

8.4 Shift all contents of the data buffer forward one by one starting from the cursor position.

8.5 Fill the final position of the data buffer with a space code.

Each of the above steps will be further explained.

8.1 If a Kinsoku code exists after the cursor position, proceed to step 8.2. If it does not exist, proceed to step 8.4.

8.2 Move everything from the position where the cursor is to the position where the Kinsoku code is located one by one. The character where the cursor is located disappears.

8.3 Rewrite the contents of the data buffer at the location where the Kinsoku code exists to the Kinsoku code. For this reason, a plurality of prohibited codes are lined up at the position. Return.

8.4 Shift all contents of the data buffer forward one by one starting from the cursor position. The character where the cursor is located disappears.

8.5 Fill space code at the end of DATA BUFFER.

FIG. 8b shows an example of deletion key input processing. 8.3
In the diagram shown, it can be seen that multiple Kinsoku codes are lined up.

[Illegal key input processing]

If the prohibition key is operated, the processing steps shown in FIG. 9a are executed.

9.1 Set the line number where the cursor exists to LN.

9.2 Is there a non-end-of-line character at the end of the line? 9.3 For characters that cannot end a line, check how many consecutive characters appear at the end of a line, and set that number as NUM.

9.4 If NUM is greater than 4, set NUM = 3.

9.5 Insert [NUM] Kinsoku codes at the digit number [9-NUM] position (for the LN line).

9.6 LN≧4? 9.7 [LN+1] Is there a non-starting character on the line? 9.8 Find out how many consecutive non-first-line characters exist at the end of the LN line, and set that number to NUM.

9.9 NUM increment 9.10 LN Increment 9.11 LN>4? The contents of each of the above steps will be explained below.

9.1 9.10, 9.11 Repeat steps 9.2 to 9.10 in order from the line where the cursor is located to the last line.

9.2 Check whether there is a non-end-of-line character at the end of a line. If it exists, proceed to step 9.3 to execute line-end prohibition processing.

9.3 Find out how many consecutive characters that cannot end a line,
Let that value be NUM.

9.4 If NUM is greater than 4, set NUM = 3.
That is, it is assumed that the prohibition process is executed for up to three characters.

9.5 NUM in the digit position represented by the value 9-NUM
Insert the number of Kinsoku codes represented by the value of .
(The insertion process is exactly the same as the insertion process shown in Figure 7a.) Here, 9 is the number of characters in one line + 1
is the value of Proceed to step 9.10.

9.6 Check if next line exists. If it exists, there is a possibility that the first-of-line processing will be performed. If it does not exist, there is no need to perform no-first-of-line processing. Proceed to step 9.10.

9.7 Check whether a non-first line character exists on the next line. If it exists, proceed to step 9.8 to perform the no-first-of-line processing. if it doesn't exist
Proceed to 9.10.

9.8 Check whether there are no-start characters at the end of the current line and set the number to NUM.

9.9 Increment NUM. Proceed to step 9.4. (NUM is the number of characters that should be subjected to the prohibition process.) The middle diagram in Figure 9b is a diagram in which the end-of-line prohibition process is applied to the first line, and the bottom figure is the figure in which the line-inhibition process is applied to the second line. It is a drawing.

[Print key input processing]

If the print key is operated, the first
The process shown in Figure 0 is performed.

10.1 Pitch determination process 10.2 Print processing The above steps will be further explained.

10.1 Determine the horizontal pitch of information to be printed. (Pitch determination process) 10.2 DATA according to the determined pitch
Prints the information stored in BUFFER.
(Print Processing) [Pitch Determination Processing] Step 10.1 shown in FIG. 10 will be further explained using FIG. 11a. Each step performs the following processing.

10.1.1 Register LN (line number) = 1 10.1.2 Standard pitch determination process 10.1.3 Equal split pitch determination process 10.1.4 LOGO Pitch determination process 10.1.5 Inhibited Pitch Determination Process 10.1.6 Register LN Increment 10.1.7 Have all rows been processed? Each of the above steps will be further explained.

10.1.1, 10.1.6, 10.1.7 Determine the horizontal pitch for each line from the first line to the last line.

10.1.2 Standard pitch determination process 10.1.3 Equal split pitch determination process 10.1.4 LOGO Pitch determination process 10.1.5 Inhibited Pitch Determination Process [Example of pitch determination process] FIG. 11b shows an example of pitch determination processing.

10.1.0 DATA stored in data buffer
shall be. The figure shown in 10.1.2 shows the values in the PPB (print pitch buffer) as a result of standard pitch determination processing. Each value in PPB is DATA
Indicates the horizontal absolute address at which each character code in BUFFER will be printed. In this example, the character pattern consists of a 9x7 dot matrix, and the character pattern is a standard horizontal character.
Printing is performed with a pitch of 10 dots. Therefore, in the PPB, 10.1.2 in Figure 11b
It will take the value shown by . The diagram shown in 10.1.3 shows the effect of equal division on the second row.
This has been corrected for PPB. This corrects the position where each character of KLM on the second line should be printed. Here, the character code expressed as 99 in the PPB means that printing is not required. That is, there is no need to print the equal division mark.

Since the character K is to be printed out at the starting position of the evenly divided area, the print position of the character (the horizontal absolute address of the position to be printed expressed in dots) is 20.

Since the letter M will be printed out at the end of the equally divided area, the printing position of the letter will be
It will be 70.

Since the letter L will be printed at a position intermediate between the letters K and M, the printing position will be 45.

The figure shown in 10.1.4 shows the PPB correction for the third row due to the LOGO printing effect.
The position where the letter R should be printed remains unchanged. Since the letter S must be printed adjacent to the letter R, the printing position is changed to 47.

The figure shown in 10.1.5 shows the correction in the PPB due to the forbidden printing effect on the 4th line.
The printing position of the character string character U remains unchanged, and the printing position of the character Z becomes 70. The string of characters sandwiched between the letters U and Z will be evenly distributed between them.

[Standard pitch determination process]

Step 10.1.2 of the standard pitch determination process shown in FIG. 11a will be further explained with reference to FIG.

10.1.2.1 A _LN,CN = 10 x (CN-1) (CN = 1, 2, 3..., 8) Using the above steps, determine the horizontal direction to be printed for each character based on the standard character pitch (10 dots). Calculate the address in dots and write it in the PPB.

That is, ALN, _CN = 10 x (CN - 1) _CN = 1, 2, 3..., 8.

[Evenly divided pitch determination process]

Details of step 10.1.3 of the above-mentioned equal pitch determination process will be explained using FIG. 13.

10.1.3.1 CN=1 10.1.3.2 C Are _{LN and CN} equal division codes? 10.1.3.3 CN increment 10.1.3.4 Is CN>9? 10.1.3.5 CNS=CN 10.1.3.6 CN increment 10.1.3.7 Is CN>9? 10.1.3.8 Are C _{LN and CN} equal division codes? 10.1.3.9 CNE=CN 10.1.3.10 Equal division character count determination processing 10.1.3.11 Equal division processing (Note) C _LN,CN : Use the value of LN as the line number and CN
When the value of is used as a digit number
Code in DATABUFFER CN: Digit number The above steps will be further explained.

10.1.3.1 to 10.1.3.5 First, find the beginning position of the area to be evenly divided, that is, the position of the first appearing evenly divided code, and
Set to . Returns if no equal division code is found. (10.1.3.4) 10.1.3.6 to 10.1.3.9 Find the end position of the area to be equally divided, that is, the position of the equal division code that appears corresponding to the position of CNS, and set it to CNE. Return if the equal division code is not found (10.1.3.7) 10.1.3.10 Find the first digit SC, last digit EC, and number of characters NUM of the character string to be divided evenly. Equal division character count determination process 10.1.3.11 Equal division processing to correct the value in PPB Execute the above process from the beginning to the end of one line.

[Evenly divided character count determination process]

FIG. 14 shows the details of the uniform character number determination process 10.1.3.10 in FIG. 13.

10.13.10.1 CN=CNS+1 10.13.10.2 C Is _LN,CN a character code? 10.13.10.3 CN increment 10.13.10.4 CN≧CNE 10.13.10.5 SC=CN 10.13.10.6 CN=CNE−1 10.13.10.7 C Are _{LN and CN} character codes? 10.13.10.8 CN Decrement 10.13.10.9 CN≦CNS 10.13.10.10 EC=CN 10.13.10.11 SC=EC=CNS 10.13.10.12 NUM=EC−SC+1 Each of the above steps will be explained below.

10.1.3.10.1 to 10.1.3.10.5 Find the beginning of the character string to be evenly divided within the area to be equally divided, that is, the area defined by CNS and CNE (10.1.3.10.2) and set to SC. (10.1.3.10.5) The beginning of the string to be divided evenly shall be defined by the position of the first code other than the space code. If the character string does not exist, proceed to step 10.1.3.10.11.

10.1.3.10.6 to 10.1.3.10.10 Find the end of the string to be equally divided within the area to be equally divided (10.1.3.10.7) and set it to EC.
(10.1.3.10.10) The end of the string to be divided evenly is defined by the position of the first code other than the space code that appears upwards from the end of the evenly divided area. If the string does not exist, step
Proceed to 10.1.3.10.11. Other time steps
Proceed to 10.1.3.10.12.

10.1.3.10.11 This step comes when there is nothing other than a space code in the equally divided area. Although it does not originally have the meaning of equal division, let us temporarily set SC=EC=CNS.

10.1.3.10.12 Calculate the number NUM of character strings to be equally divided in the evenly divided area.

NUM=EC−SC+1 [Equal division processing] The equal division processing (10.1.3.1) shown in FIG. 13 will be further explained using FIG. 15.

10.1.3.11.1 NUM=1? 10.1.3.11.2 A _LN,CNE −A _LN,CNS is divided by NUM−1 and the quotient is AP and the remainder is RP.

10.1.3.11.3 Is RP≠0? 10.1.3.11.4 A _LN,CN = A _LN,CNS + (AP+1) x (CN−
SC) (CN=SC,SC+1,...,SC+RP) 10.1.3.11.5 A _LN,CN =A _LN,SC +RP+AP×(CN−SC
−RP) (CN=SC+RP+1,SC+RP+2,…,EC) 10.1.3.11.6 A _LN,CN =A _LN,CNS +AP×(CN−SC) (CN=SC,SC+1,…,EC) 10.1.3.11. 7 A _LN,CNE +A _LN,CNS divided by 2 and the quotient
Let AP and remainder be RP.

10.1.3.11.8 A _LN,CN = AP (CN = SC) 10.1.3.11.9 Is CNS = SC? 10.1.3.11.10 A _LN,CN =99 (CN=CNS,…,SC−1) 10.1.3.11.11 Is CNE=EC? 10.1.3.11.12 A _LN,CN = 99 CN = EC+1, EC+2,...CNE The above steps will be further explained.

10.1.3.11.1 If the number of characters subject to equal division is 1, proceed to 10.1.3.11.7, otherwise proceed to 10.1.3.11.2.

10.1.3.11.2 Divide the size of the equal division area (A _LN,CNE −A _LN,CNS ) by the number of characters subject to equal division minus 1 (NUM−1), and calculate the quotient by AP.
Let the remainder be RP.

10.1.3.11.3 If RP≠0, proceed to step 10.1.3.11.4.

If RP=0, proceed to step 10.1.3.11.6.

10.1.3.11.4 The first RP character in the character string to be equally divided shall have a character pitch of AP+1.

That is, A _LN,CN = A _LN,CNS + (AP+1) x (CN-SC) (CN=SC, SC+1,..., SC+RP) 10.1.3.11.5 Let AP be the character pitch of the remaining character string.

That is, A _LN,CN = A _LN,SC +RP+AP×(CN−SC−
RP) (CN=SC+RP+1,SC+RP+2,...,EC) Proceed to step 10.1.3.11.9.

10.1.3.11.6 All character pitches of characters subject to equal division are AP.

That is, A _LN,CN = A _LN,CNS + AP x (CN - SC) (CN = SC, SC + 1,..., EC) Proceed to step 10.1.3.11.9.

10.1.3.11.7 When the number of characters to be evenly divided (NUM) is 1, the character shall be printed in the center of the evenly divided area. Therefore, to find the center position, perform the following calculation.

A _LN,CNE +A _LN,CNS divided by 2, quotient AP remainder RP
shall be.

10.1.3.11.8 Let AP be the printing position of the character.

That is, A _LN,CN = AP (CN = SC) 10.1.3.11.9 The steps from 10.1.3.11.9 to 10.1.3.11.12 are print positions other than the character strings to be equally divided that exist in the evenly divided area. Set all to 99. First, it is checked whether or not there is a character that is not subject to equal division at the beginning of the equal division area.

That is, if CNS=SC, it does not exist, and the process proceeds to step 10.1.3.11.11.

If CNS≠SC, it exists, and proceed to step 10.1.3.11.10.

10.1.3.11.10 Set the print position of all non-equal distribution characters at the beginning of the equal distribution area to 99.

That is, A _LN,CN =99 (CN=CNS,...,SC-1) 10.1.3.11.11 Check whether there is a character not subject to equal division at the end of the equal division area.

That is, if CNE=EC, it does not exist and returns. If CNE≠EC, it exists, so proceed to step 10.1.3.11.12.

10.1.3.11.12 Set the print position of all non-equal distribution characters at the end of the equal distribution area to 99.

That is, A _LN,CN =99 (CN=EC+1, EC+2, . . . , CNE) At this step, the equal division process ends.

[LOGO Pitch determination process]

Furthermore, the LOGO pitch determination process shown in Figure 16
10.1.4 will be explained based on Figure 16.

10.1.4.1 CN=1 10.1.4.2 C Is _LN,CN a LOGO code? 10.1.4.3 CN increment 10.1.4.4 CN>9? 10.1.4.5 CNS=CN 10.1.4.6 CN increment 10.1.4.7 CN>9? 10.1.4.8 Are C _LN,CN LOGO codes? 10.1.4.9 CNE=CN 10.1.4.10 LOGO Processing Each of the above steps will be further explained.

10.1.4.1 to 10.1.4.5 Search for the beginning of the LOGO area from the beginning of the LN line. If it does not exist until the end, return (10.1.4.4). If the beginning of the LOGO area is found (10.1.4.2), set the first digit number in the CNS (10.1.4.5).

10.1.4.6 to 10.1.4.9 Search for the ending digit number of the LOGO area. If not found by the end of the line (10.1.4.7), return. If the end digit of the LOGO area is found (10.1.4.8), set the end digit number to CNE. (10.1.4.9) 10.1.4.10 Determine the printing position of the LOGO target character string.
(LOGO Processing) Next, proceed to step 10.1.4.3 to search for another LOGO area in the row.

[LOGO processing]

The above-mentioned LOGO processing 10.1.4.10 (FIG. 16) will be further explained using FIG. 17. Such processing steps consist of the following steps.

10.1.4.10.1 A _LN,CN = A _LN,CNS +1+7×(CN−
CNS−1) 10.1.4.10.2 CN=CNS+1, CNS+2,…,
CNE 10.1.4.10.3 A _LN,CNS = 99 10.1.4.10.4 A _LN,CNE = 99 The steps described above: LOGO processing 10.1.4.10 (Figure 17) 10.1.4.10.1 LOGO target character strings shall be all characters sandwiched between LOGO codes.

The printing position of the first character of the LOGO target string does not change. Characters following the first character are printed in close contact with the first character. That is, the characters after the first character are printed at a character pitch of 7 (character width).

That is, A _LN,CN = A _LN,CNS +1+7×(CN−CNS−
1) (CN=CNS+1, CNS+2,..., CNE-1) 10.1.4.10.2, 10.1.4.10.2 Set the print position of the first and last LOGO codes that define the LOGO area to 99.

[Kinoku pitch determination process]

Inhibited pitch determination process shown in Figure 11a (10.1.5)
will be explained using FIG.

10.1.5.1 Is C _LN,8 a forbidden code? 10.1.5.2 CN=6 10.1.5.3 C Are _{LN and CN} prohibited codes? 10.1.5.4 CN decrement 10.1.5.5 CN<1 10.1.5.6 EC=CN 10.1.5.7 CN=1, SC=1 10.1.5.8 C Are _LN,CN equal division codes or LOGO codes? 10.1.5.9 SC=CN+1 10.1.5.10 CN increment 10.1.5.11 CN>9? 10.1.5.12 SC＞EC? 10.1.5.13 CNS = SC 10.1.5.14 CNE = 8 10.1.5.15 NUM = EC - SC + 1 10.1.5.16 Equal division processing (10.1.3.11) The above processing will be specifically explained.

10.1.5.1 Check whether a Kinsoku code exists at the end of a line.
Returns if it does not exist. If it exists, proceed to step 10.1.5.2.

10.1.5.2 - 10.1.5.6 If a prohibited code exists at the end of a line, the position excluding the prohibited code (there may be multiple consecutive codes) is the end of the character string to be equally divided. Therefore, find the position where a character other than the forbidden code that appears starting from the end of the line exists (10.1.5.3) and use that digit number as the value of EC.

(10.1.5.6) 10.1.5.7 to 10.1.5.11 The beginning of the character string subject to equal division is generally the beginning of the line, but if there is an equal division code or
If a LOGO code exists, the position is to the right of that position. Therefore, in order to find the beginning of the character string to be equally divided from the beginning of the line, a code check is performed for each character (10.1.5.8). The first digit number SC of the character string to be equally divided is initially set to 1, but if it becomes necessary to change it (10.1.5.8), the SC value is updated (10.1.5.9). In this way, SC is determined.

10.1.5.12 Compare SC and EC, and if SC≦EC, equal division processing can be executed, so proceed to step 10.1.5.13.
Returns when SC>EC.

10.1.5.13 Set the leading digit number of the evenly divided area.

That is, CNS=SC 10.1.5.14 Set the last digit of the evenly divided area.

That is, CNE=8 10.1.5.15 Calculate the number of characters in the string to be divided evenly.

That is, NUM=EC−SC+1 10.1.5.16 Determines the printing position of each character.

(Equal division process 10.1.3.11) The prohibited pitch determination process is performed using the steps described above.

[Print processing]

The print process (10.2) shown in Figure 10 is
This will be further explained using figures.

10.2.1 LN=1 10.2.2 CN=1 10.2.3 A _LN,CN =99? 10.2.4 A Advance the printer head to the position indicated by _LN,CN .

10.2.5 CG graphic pattern with C _LN,CN as code
Insert it from there and output it to the printer.

10.2.6 CN increment 10.2.7 CN>9? 10.2.8 Give CR and LF commands to the printer.

10.2.9 LN increment 10.2.10 LN>5? Further explanation of each step 10.2.1, 10.2.9, 10.2.10 Print each line sequentially from the first line to the last line.

10.2.2, 10.2.6, 10.2.7 Print each character from the first digit to the last digit.

10.2.3 When the print position is 99, the corresponding character will not be printed. Therefore proceed to step 10.2.5. Otherwise proceed to step 10.2.3.

10.2.4 Feed the print head to the position to be printed.

(Gives head feed instructions to PRTC) 10.2.5 Prints the corresponding characters. Printing is performed by referring to the CG for a character pattern corresponding to the character code (C _{CN, CN} ) of the relevant character, and outputting the pattern to the PRTC. Proceed to step 10.2.6.

10.2.8 Command CR and LF to the printer.

(Commands CR and LF to PRTC) Print processing is performed by the steps described above.

Character processing is performed as described above.

It goes without saying that the present invention is a technology that can be applied to a device that can interactively process characters and perform equal allocation with ease of operation, and a program that can perform such functions by applying it to the device. do not have.

As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided a character processing device that can perform even allocation with high quality by specifying the area to be evenly allocated on the display screen and calculating the character pitch. It became possible.

Further, according to the present invention, even in the exceptional case where there is only one character to be evenly allocated, it is possible to provide a character processing device that can easily perform evenly allocated characters without any exceptional operations.

Further, according to the present invention, since the output position of character information is expressed in units of dots, it has become possible to provide a character processing device in which character pitches are allocated equally.

Further, according to the present invention, by specifying the area to be evenly allocated to a partial area in the same line,
The operability for performing even allocation has been improved, and it has become possible to provide a character processing device that can perform high-quality even allocation.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to specify the start and end points of an area to be evenly allocated using a cursor on the display screen, thereby making it possible to provide a character processing device with good operability.

Further, according to the present invention, an area to which character information should be evenly allocated is specified on the display screen, and based on the area and the number of character information to be evenly allocated,
A character processing device that calculates the character pitch of the character information and allocates it evenly, comprising a storage means for storing character information, and a character processing device that allocates the character information stored in the storage means evenly in the area. an instructing means for instructing, a determining means for determining whether the number of character information to be uniformly allocated as instructed by the instructing means is 1, an output means for outputting the character information stored in the previous storage means; and control means for controlling the output means so that, when the number is 1 as determined by the determination means, the character information to be equally allocated is output in the central part of the area to be evenly allocated. It has now become possible to provide a character processing device characterized by this.

Further, according to the present invention, it has become possible to provide a character processing device characterized in that the character pitch represents the output position of character information in units of dots.

Further, according to the present invention, it has become possible to provide a character processing device characterized in that the area to be equally allocated has a starting point and an ending point within the same line.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a character processing device characterized in that the instruction means indicates, on the display screen, the starting point and ending point of the area to be equally allocated using a cursor.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a control procedure for keyboard processing, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing initialization key input processing, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an overwrite key input process. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the input process of the insert key,
Figure 6 is a diagram showing cursor key input processing, Figure 7
Figure a is a diagram showing character key input processing, Figure 7 b is a diagram showing data movement, Figure 8 a is a diagram showing deletion key input processing, Figure 8 b is a diagram showing data movement, FIG. 9a is a diagram showing the input process of the prohibited key, FIG. 9b is a diagram showing the data movement, FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the print key input process, and FIG. 11a is a diagram showing the input process of the print key.
Figure 11b is a diagram showing the data movement; Figure 12 is a diagram showing standard pitch determination processing; Figure 13 is a diagram showing equal pitch determination processing; Figure 14 is a diagram showing equal pitch determination processing; Figure 15 is a diagram showing the process of determining the number of characters to be divided, Figure 15 is a diagram showing the equal division process, and Figure 16 is a diagram showing the process of determining the number of characters divided.
Figure 17 is a diagram showing the LOGO pitch determination process.
FIG. 18 is a diagram showing the LOGO process, FIG. 18 is a diagram showing the prohibited pitch determination process, and FIG. 19 is a diagram showing the print process. RAM...memory, ROM...control memory,
DBUF...Data buffer, CPU...Microprocessor, CRT...Display device, PRT...Printer.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Specify an area on the display screen to which character information should be evenly allocated, and calculate the character pitch of the character information from that area and the number of character information to be evenly allocated. , a character processing device that performs equal allocation, comprising: a storage means for storing character information; an instruction means for instructing to allocate the character information stored in the storage means evenly in the area; a determination means for determining whether the number of character information to be subjected to equal allocation instructed by the determination means is 1; an output means for outputting the character information stored in the storage means; a determination by the determination means that the number is 1; In this case, the character processing device further comprises a control means for controlling the output means so that the character information to be equally allocated is output in a central part of the area to be evenly allocated. 2. The character processing device according to claim 1, wherein the character pitch represents the output position of character information in units of dots. 3. The character processing device according to claim 1, wherein the area to be evenly allocated has a starting point and an ending point within the same line. 4. The character processing device according to claim 1, wherein the instruction means indicates on the display screen the starting point and ending point of the area to be evenly allocated using a cursor.