JPH02294773A - Terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily scroll a unit of several lines by using a specific key as a vertical scroll execution key to scroll the specified number of lines upward or downward. CONSTITUTION:A scroll width input means 14 stores a specified scroll width in a scroll width information storing area 15 and starts a terminal display changing means 16. A scroll key means 12 is started by depressing a scroll execution key 10a to store the specified upward or downward scroll information in a scroll information storing area 13 and start the means 14. Since the specific key is used as the vertical scroll execution key, a terminal display screen and a cursor can be vertically scrolled in each unit of lines specified by a user by depressing the vertical scroll execution key.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[Industrial Application Field 1] The present invention relates to a terminal device such as a word processor. [Prior Art] Conventionally, in terminal devices, the only functions available for scrolling up and down are line-by-line movement by moving the cursor, or page-by-page scrolling by using the next page key and previous page key. In the case of rows, if you want to scroll down 40 lines, you press the next page key and then scroll the cursor up 10 lines, using a combination of single line scrolling and page scrolling. [Problem to be Solved by the Invention 1] With the conventional scrolling method described above, it is not possible to move the terminal screen without changing the absolute position of the cursor, especially when the format of the document to be created is larger than the terminal screen. When proofreading text, scrolling line by line by moving the cursor and scrolling page by page by using the next page key and previous page key become complicated, and each time scrolling is performed, the cursor changes to the document being created. Since the absolute position changes, it is difficult to see where the correction should be made, and the disadvantage is that the flow of thought is interrupted because you have to search for the correction point. An object of the present invention is to provide a terminal device that allows easy scrolling operations and allows easy identification of correction points. [Means for Solving the Problems J The terminal device of the present invention has a document storage area in which created documents are stored, and a cursor position in which position information on the terminal screen of a cursor displayed on the terminal screen is stored. an information storage area; a document area information storage area in which area information of the portion of the created document displayed on the terminal screen is stored;
A document storage area information storage area in which storage area information of a created document is stored; a terminal display means that refers to the document storage area and the document area information storage area to display a document on a terminal screen; and cursor position information. In a terminal device that has a cursor display means that refers to a storage area and displays a cursor on the terminal, and a terminal screen range information storage area that stores display range information of the terminal screen, specified scroll width information is stored. a scroll width information storage area; a scroll information storage area in which scroll information indicating whether to scroll up or down is stored; an up/down scroll execution key; and cursor position information stored in the cursor position information storage area. Compare the result of adding the scroll portion stored in the scroll width information storage area to the terminal screen range stored in the terminal screen range information storage area,
If the cursor position is beyond the terminal screen, the cursor position is set at the upper left corner of the terminal screen and stored in the cursor position information storage area, and if the cursor position is not above the terminal screen, the result of adding the scroll part is stored in the cursor position information storage area. and cursor position changing means for activating the terminal display means; and cursor position changing means for referencing the scroll information storage area and for upward scrolling, area information of the topmost area among the area information stored in the document area information storage area. If scrolling downward, compare the area information at the bottom of the area information stored in the document area information storage area with the document storage area information stored in the document storage area information storage area, and scroll up one line. Scroll, determine whether it is possible to scroll down one line, and scroll the area information stored in the document area information storage area up if it is possible to scroll up one line, and down one line if it is possible to scroll down one line. Correct the scrolled area information, increment the count by +1, compare the scroll width information in the scroll width information storage area and the count, and if they match, activate the cursor position changing means, and if they do not match, perform the above-mentioned process. a terminal display changing means that repeats the above steps, and if it is not possible to scroll one line up or down, stores a count in the scroll width information storage area and activates the cursor position changing means; a scroll width input means for storing in a storage area and activating a terminal display changing means; a scroll width input means activated by pressing the up/down scroll execution key and storing specified up or down scroll information in the scroll information storage area; and scroll key means for activating scroll width input means.

[Function 1] A certain specific key is used as an up/down scroll execution key, and by pressing the up/down scroll execution key, the terminal display screen and cursor can be scrolled up and down in line units specified by the user. [Example] Next, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a terminal device showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the processing of the terminal display changing means I6, FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the processing of the cursor position changing means I9, and FIG. 5A and 5B are diagrams showing, by pattern, the transition of sentences created in this embodiment displayed on the terminal screen and the transition of the cursor position. This embodiment includes a keyboard 10 including an up/down scroll execution key 10a, a display device 11, and a scroll key means 1.
2, scroll information storage area l3, scroll width input means I4, scroll width/information storage area 15, terminal display change means l6, document storage area information storage area 17
, document area information storage area 18, cursor position changing means 19, document storage area IA, cursor position information storage area IB, terminal display means 1C, and cursor display means I
D, and a terminal screen range information storage area IE. The document storage area IA stores created documents. The cursor position information storage area IB stores position information on the terminal screen of the cursor displayed on the display device 1l. The document area information storage area 18 stores area information of the portion of the created document that is displayed on the display device 11. The document storage area information storage area 17 stores storage area information of created documents. Terminal display means
C refers to the document storage area IA and the document area information storage area 18, and displays the text on the display device 11. The cursor display means 10 refers to the cursor position information storage area IB and displays the cursor on the display device 11. The display range information of the terminal screen is stored in the terminal screen range information storage area IE. Specified scroll width information is stored in the scroll width information storage area 15. Scroll information indicating whether to scroll up or down is stored in the scroll information storage area 13. The cursor position changing means l9 is the third
Perform the processing shown in the figure. Cursor position information storage area IB
, refers to the scroll width information storage area 15 and the scroll information storage area 13 (steps 31 to 33), determines whether the scroll information in the scroll information storage area 13 is an upward scroll or a downward scroll (step 34), and if it is an upward scroll, a downward scroll is detected. The cursor position shifted by the scroll width information is stored in the cursor position information storage area IB (step 35).
, if it is a downward scroll, the cursor position shifted upward by the scroll width information is stored in the cursor position information storage area IB (step 36). Next, the end screen range information storage area IE is referred to (step 37), and the cursor position stored in the cursor position information storage area IB is compared with the terminal screen range stored in the terminal screen range information storage area IE. (Step 38) If the cursor position is beyond the terminal screen, the upper left corner of the terminal screen is set as the cursor position and stored in the cursor position information storage area IB (Step 39). Thereafter, the terminal display means IC is activated (step 3A), and the terminal display change means 19 performs the processing shown in FIG. First, the count is cleared to O (step 21). Next, the scroll information storage area l3 is referred to (step 22), and it is determined whether scrolling is upward or downward (step 23). If you scroll up, you will see the topmost area of the area information stored in the document area information storage area on the 1st, and if you scroll down, you will see the bottom area of the area information stored in the document area information storage area l8. Compare the information with the document storage area information stored in the document storage area information storage area l7 (steps 24, 25, 2C, 2D)
. Next, it is determined whether it is possible to scroll up one line if it is scrolling up, or scrolling down one line if it is scrolling down (steps 26, 2E). Document storage area information storage area 1
If it is possible to scroll up one line, the area information stored in 7 is corrected to the area information that scrolls one line up and scrolled down one line if it is possible to scroll down one line (step 27.2F); Add 1 to the count (step 28)
, refer to the scroll width information storage area 15 (step 2
9) Compare the scroll width information in the scroll width information storage area 15 with the count (step 2A), and if they match, activate the cursor position changing means 19 (step 2B).
, if they do not match, repeat steps 22 and subsequent steps. In step 26.2H, if it is not possible to scroll one line up or down, count the scroll width information storage area l5
(step 2G), and the cursor position changing means 1
9 (step 2B). The scroll width input means 14 stores the designated scroll width in the scroll width information storage area l5, and activates the terminal display change means 16. The scroll key means 12 includes a scroll execution key 10a.
is activated by pressing , the specified upward or downward scroll information is stored in the scroll information storage area l3, and the scroll width input means l4 is activated. Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained for each pattern with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5. In the following explanation, the display size of the terminal screen is 5 characters x 5 lines, and the sentence to be created is one in which the 5l sounds of hiragana are sequentially filled in 5 characters x 11 lines. The text being created (Fig. 4 (1)) is stored in the document storage area IA. (1) Pattern l (Scroll up 5 lines specified) The display information stored in the document area information storage area l8 is displayed on the display device 11 by the terminal display means IC. Ah, I... What... Blank character 3
To create a continuation of the sentence "up to" is displayed, move the cursor as shown in Figure 5 (1).
It is located at the third character of the second line (hereinafter referred to as [2.3]). Display device 1 displays the line before “A.I...O”
1, press the up/down scroll execution key 10a. As a result, the scroll key means 12 is activated, and the scroll information indicating whether to scroll up or down specified by the user from the keyboard 10 is stored in the scroll information storage area 13, and the scroll width input means 1
Start 4. Similar to the scroll key means 12, the scroll width input means 14 stores information on how many lines to scroll specified by the user from the keyboard 10 in the scroll width information storage area 15, and activates the terminal display change means 16. The terminal display changing means 16 clears the count to O (step 21) and refers to the scroll information storage area 13 (
Step 22). In this case, since it is an upward scroll, the document area information storage area 18 is referred to, the area information of the top row "A" is detected (step 24), the document storage area information storage area 17 is referred to (step 25), and the document It is determined whether there is a sentence before the line -A" detected from the area information storage area l8 (step 26). Since there is no sentence in this case, the count O is stored in the scroll width information storage area l5 (step 2G). , activates the cursor position changing means l9 (
Step 2B). The cursor position changing means 19 includes a cursor position information storage area IB and a scroll width information storage area 15.
and the scroll information storage area 13 (step 31).
~33) Since it is an upward scroll, the cursor position information shifted downward by the scroll width information is stored in the cursor position information storage area IB (step 35). In this case, since O is stored in the scroll width information storage area 15, [2.3] is stored as is in the cursor position information storage area IB. Next, the terminal screen information storage area IE is referred to (step 37). In this case, 5 lines x 5 characters are stored in the terminal screen range information storage area IE, and 5 lines x 5 characters are compared with [2, 3] (step 38), and the cursor position information storage area IB is stored. Since the stored cursor position information is within the terminal screen range, the terminal display means IC is activated (step 38.3A). The terminal display means IC refers to the document area information storage area 18 and displays the fourth document area from the document storage area lA.
In Figure (2), the area surrounded by a square is ゜゛A. stomach. ..., na. , up to 3 blank characters are displayed.The cursor display means ID refers to the cursor position information storage area IB, and the 5th
As shown in Figure (2), display the cursor at [2.3] on the terminal screen. (2) Pattern 2 (Scroll down 4 lines) “Ka, Ki”
To create the continuation of the sentence, move the cursor and fill in the letters in the order of the 5l syllables. ), press the up/down scroll execution key LOa in order to display the terminal screen with the lower line scrolled by 4 lines on the display device II since the lower line will not be displayed any further on the terminal screen. . The scroll key means 12 is activated and scrolls down scroll information specified by the user from the keyboard IO to the scroll information storage area 13.
, and activates the scroll width input means 14. [Scroll Width Input Means] Similar to the scroll key means 12, 4-line scrolling information designated by the user from the keyboard 10 is stored in the scroll width information storage area 15, and the terminal display changing means 16 is activated. Terminal display changing means 16
clears the count to O (step 21) and refers to the scroll information storage area 13 (step 22). In this case, since it is lower, the document area information storage area 18 is referred to (step 2C), the area information of the bottom row of "na" is detected, and the document storage area information storage area 17 is referred to (step 2D).
It is determined whether there is a sentence after the line "na" detected from the document area information storage area 18 (step 2E). In this case, since there is an error, the document area information is stored in the document area information storage area 18 with a shift of up to 3 blank characters, the count is incremented by 1 (step 28), and the scroll width information is The storage area l5 is referred to (step 29). In this case, the value 4 is stored in the scroll width information storage area l5, which does not match the count l・, so step 22
Repeat from until the count reaches 4 or until scrolling down is no longer possible in step 2E. In this case, the cursor position changing means 19 is activated by shifting down four lines (step 2B). The cursor position changing means 19 refers to the cursor position information storage area IB, the scroll width information storage area 15, and the scroll information storage area 13 (steps 31 to 3).
33). In this case, since it is a downward scroll, the cursor position information stored in the cursor position information storage area IB is shifted upward by the scroll portion stored in the scroll width information storage area 15. In this case, since 4 is stored in the scroll width information storage area l5, [1.13 is stored in the cursor position information storage area IB. 5 lines x 5 characters are stored in the terminal screen range information storage area IE, and the 5 lines x 5 characters are compared with [1, l] (step 38), and the result is stored in the cursor position information storage area IB. Since the current cursor position information is within the range of the terminal screen, the terminal display means IC is activated (step 3A). The terminal display means 1C refers to the document storage area information storage area 18, and displays the area "
What? garden. The cursor display means ID is the cursor position information storage area I.
B, as shown in Figure 5 (4), click [
1.1], (3) Pattern 3 (scroll up one line) “What?”
To create a continuation of the sentence, move the cursor and fill in the text in alphabetical order, and since the ``line'' is missing, insert a ``line'' and replace the line above by one line at the `` and '' part. In order to display the scrolled terminal screen on the display device 11, the up/down scroll execution key 10a is pressed. The scroll key means 12 is activated, stores the scroll information for upward scrolling specified by the user from the keyboard 10 in the scroll information storage area 13, and inputs the scroll width input means l4.
Start. Similar to the scroll key means 12, the scroll width input means 14 stores information for scrolling one line designated by the user from the keyboard 10 in the scroll width information storage area 15, and activates the terminal display changing means 16. The terminal display changing means 16 clears the count (step 2).
l), refer to the scroll information storage area 13 (step 22), and in this case, since it is an upward scroll, refer to the document area information storage area 18; step 23.24), detect the area information of the topmost row of The document storage area information storage area 17 is referred to (step 25), and it is determined whether or not there is a sentence before the line "na" detected from the document area information storage area 18 (step 26). In the document area information storage area 18, store the data shifted up to 3 blank characters, increment the count by 1 (step 28), and refer to the scroll width information storage area l5. (Step 29). In this case, 4 values of 1 are stored in the scroll width information storage area l5, which matches the count, so the cursor position changing means l9 is activated (
Step 2A. 2B). The cursor position changing means 19 refers to the cursor position information storage area IB, the scroll width information storage area 15, and the scroll information storage area L3 (steps 31 to 33), and since it is an upward scroll, the cursor position information storage area IB, the scroll width information storage area 15, and the scroll information storage area 13 are referred to. The position information is shifted down by the scroll portion stored in the scroll width information storage area 15 (step 35). In this case, since l is stored in the scroll width information storage area 15, [5.1] is stored in the cursor position information storage area IB as [4,
l] and stored. 5 lines x 5 characters are stored in the terminal screen range information storage area IE, and the 5 lines x 5 characters are compared with [4.11 (step 38) and stored in the cursor position information storage area IB. Since the cursor position information is within the range of the terminal screen, the terminal display means 1c is activated (step 3A). The terminal display means IC refers to the document area information storage area l8 and displays information from the document storage area IA in FIG.
) surrounded by a square, up to three blank characters are displayed. For the cursor display means ID, refer to the cursor position information storage area IB, and display the cursor position information storage area IB, Display the cursor at the point [4.1] on the terminal screen as shown in the figure below. (4) Pattern 4 (Scroll down 5 lines specified)" or "
To create a continuation of the sentence, move the cursor to the "゜゜" position and press the up/down scroll execution key 1 to display the terminal screen scrolled down five lines on the display device ll.
Press 0a. The scroll key means 12 is activated,
Scroll information for scrolling down specified by the user from the keyboard IO is stored in the scroll information storage area 13, and the scroll width input means 14 is activated. Similar to the scroll key means 12, the scroll width input means 14 stores information for scrolling five lines designated by the user from the keyboard 10 in the scroll width information storage area 15, and activates the terminal display change means 16. The terminal display changing means 16 clears the count to O (step 21) and refers to the scroll information storage area 13 (step 22). in this case,
Since it is a downward scroll, it refers to the document area information storage area 18 (step 2C), detects the area information in the bottom row of "ya", refers to the document storage area information storage area 17 (step 2D), and stores the document area information. It is determined whether there is a sentence after the line “” or “” detected from area 18 (step 2E).
, in this case, there is “” in the document storage area information storage area 18.
Na, ni,... et al. Store the data shifted up to 3 blank characters (step 2F), and increment the count by 1 (
Step 28), refer to the scroll width information storage area 15 (Step 29). In this case, the value of 5 is stored in the scroll width information storage area 15 and does not match the count (step 2A), so from step 22 until the count reaches 4 or when downward scrolling becomes impossible in step 2E. repeat. In this case, the cursor position changing means 19 is activated by shifting down five lines (step 2B).
．． Cursor position changing means. 19 refers to the cursor position information storage area IB, scroll width information storage area 15, and scroll information storage area 13 in FIG. 3 (steps 31 to 33). In this case, since it is not an upward scroll, the cursor position information stored in the cursor position information storage area IB is shifted upward by the amount stored in the scroll width information storage area 15 (step 36). In this case, since 5 is stored in the scroll width information storage area 15, [0.1] is stored in the cursor position information storage area IB. 5 lines x 5 characters are stored in the terminal screen range information storage area IE, and 5 lines x 5 characters are compared with [0.1] (step 38), and the result is stored in the cursor position information storage area IB. Since the current cursor position information is outside the terminal screen range, [1.4] is stored in the terminal screen range information storage area IE (step 39), and the terminal display means IC is activated (step 3A). The terminal display means IC refers to the document area information storage area 18 and displays the text from the document storage area IA to "4 blank characters" surrounded by the square in FIG. 4 (5). . The cursor display means ID refers to the cursor position information storage area 1B and displays the cursor at the point [1.1] on the terminal screen as shown in FIG. 5 (8). Fill in the remaining sentences in alphabetical order, and the sentence you want to create will be completed as shown in Figure 4 (6). [Effect of the Invention 1] As explained above, the present invention enables scrolling in units of several lines by using a certain key as an up/down scroll execution key and making it possible to scroll up or down by a specified number of lines. By making it easier and not changing the absolute position of the cursor for the document being created as long as it is within the display range on the terminal screen after scrolling, you can save yourself the trouble of returning the cursor to its original position after scrolling. This has the effect of making it less likely that the flow will be interrupted.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a terminal device showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the processing of the terminal display changing means 16, FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the processing of the cursor position changing means 19, and FIG. 5A and 5B are diagrams showing, by pattern, the transition of sentences created in this embodiment displayed on the terminal screen and the transition of the cursor position. 0...Keyboard, Oa...Up/down scroll execution key 1...
...Display device, 2...Scroll key means, 3...
...Scroll information storage area, 14...
...Scroll width input means, 15...
Scroll width information storage area, l6...Terminal display changing means, 17...Document storage area information storage area, l8...Document area Information storage area, 19...Cursor position changing means, IA...Document storage area, 1B...
...Cursor position information storage area, ID...
...Cursor display means, 1E...Terminal screen range information storage area.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A document storage area in which created documents are stored, a cursor position information storage area in which position information on the terminal screen of a cursor displayed on a terminal image is stored, and A document area information storage area where area information of the portion of the document displayed on the terminal screen is stored, a document storage area information storage area where storage area information of the created document is stored, and the document storage area. a terminal display unit that refers to the document area information storage area and displays a document on a terminal screen; a cursor display unit that refers to the cursor position information storage area and displays a cursor on the terminal; and display range information of the terminal screen. A terminal device having a terminal screen range information storage area in which specified scroll width information is stored, and a scroll width information storage area in which specified scroll width information is stored, and scroll information indicating whether to scroll up or down is stored. a scroll information storage area; an up/down scroll execution key; and a scroll part stored in the scroll width information storage area is added to the cursor position information stored in the cursor position information storage area, and the result is added to the terminal screen range. Compare with the terminal screen range stored in the information storage area,
If the cursor position is beyond the terminal screen, the cursor position is set at the upper left corner of the terminal screen and stored in the cursor position information storage area, and if the cursor position is not above the terminal screen, the result of adding the scroll part is stored in the cursor position information storage area. and cursor position changing means for activating the terminal display means; and cursor position changing means for referencing the scroll information storage area and for upward scrolling, area information of the topmost area among the area information stored in the document area information storage area. If scrolling downward, compare the area information at the bottom of the area information stored in the document area information storage area with the document storage area information stored in the document storage area information storage area, and scroll up one line. Scroll, determine whether it is possible to scroll down one line, and scroll the area information stored in the document area information storage area up if it is possible to scroll up one line, and down one line if it is possible to scroll down one line. Correct the scrolled area information, increment the count by +1, compare the scroll width information in the scroll width information storage area and the count, and if they match, activate the cursor position changing means, and if they do not match, perform the above-mentioned process. is repeated, and if it is not possible to scroll one line up or down, a terminal display changing means stores a count in the scroll width information storage area and activates the cursor position changing means; a scroll width input means for storing in a storage area and activating a terminal display changing means; a scroll width input means activated by pressing the up/down scroll execution key and storing specified up or down scroll information in the scroll information storage area; A terminal device comprising scroll key means for activating scroll width input means.