JPH0394320A - Document preparing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the complicated switching operation of em and en characters in a document preparing process and to smoothly prepare a document by specifying the input of em or en characters with respect to the same term by keying operation so as to display it when the term is desired to be inputted as em characters or en characters. CONSTITUTION:The document preparing device is provided with an input device 1, an input control part 2, a formation/edition control part 3, a document storage memory 4, a register 5, a term registration/deletion control part 6, a register table 7, an automatic conversion detecting part 8, an automatic conversion term memory 9, an output device 10, and an AND circuit 11. When an en specification is detected during the input of em characters, an input term consisting of en characters is registered together with its em characters, and when the succeeding key state for switching em/en is the em, the inputted em characters of the same term as the registered one are automatically converted into em characters in the succeeding document formation. At the time of detecting an instruction for canceling the automatic conversion, the automatic conversion processing is returned to normal processing. Consequently, complicated em/en switching operation can be reduced and document preparation can smoothly be executed.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] At least, by performing a switching operation between full-width and half-width characters,
To provide a document creation device equipped with a mechanism for inputting full-width and half-width characters, which can reduce the number of times full-width and half-width characters are specified in the document creation process and smoothly create documents. For example, when entering a term manually using full-width instructions, a mechanism that detects when a half-width instruction is given and registers the entered term as a half-width character, and a mechanism that registers the same term later and a mechanism for inputting characters as half-width characters without instructing to switch between full-width and half-width characters.
The present invention is configured to include a mechanism for explicitly instructing by key operation when it is desired to input double-byte characters for the same term.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a document authoring device having at least a mechanism for inputting full-width and half-width characters by performing a switching operation between full-width and half-width characters.

With the recent spread of document creation devices (word processors), the number of documents being created is increasing, but in normal documents, full-width characters are overwhelmingly used, and only certain alphanumeric characters are replaced with half-width characters. Most of the things I have to describe are:
It often appears in fragments rather than continuously in a document.

Therefore, there is a need for a document creation device that can effectively input half-width characters without having to give fragmentary half-width instructions during document creation.

[Prior Art and Problems to be Solved by the Invention] FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a manual method for creating half-width and full-width characters using a conventional document creation device.

In conventional document creation devices, when manually writing a document from an input device 1, for example, a keyboard, by instructing the input device 1 to switch between full-width and half-width characters for each character,
The input control section 2 outputs a full-width/half-width character code (A) generated based on the dictionary 12 to the creation/editing control section 3 along with a signal (B) instructing full-width/half-width.

In the production editing control section 3, the instruction signal (B) and
Based on the character code (8), etc., full-width and half-width characters were imported, a document was created, and the document was stored in the document storage memory 4.

However, in normal document creation, half-width instructions often appear in fragments in the document, as described above.

In other words, instead of fixing the full-width/half-width character switching key in one state and inputting it for a long time,
Due to the small number of terms, it was necessary to frequently operate a key to switch between full-width and half-width characters, which hindered smooth manual operation.

In view of the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional art, the present invention performs at least a switching operation between full-width and half-width characters. An object of the present invention is to provide a document creation device that is equipped with a mechanism for manually inputting half-width characters, and can reduce the number of times full-width and half-width characters are specified.

[Means to solve the problem]

The above problems are solved by a document creation device configured as follows.

At least, switch between full-width and half-width characters,
A document creation device that is equipped with a mechanism for inputting full-width and half-width characters, for example, when a term is input using full-width instructions, it detects that a half-width instruction is given, and then inputs the manually entered term. It is equipped with a mechanism for registering half-width characters, and a mechanism for inputting them as half-width characters without having to manually instruct the same term to switch between full-width and half-width. The device is configured to include a mechanism for explicitly instructing by key operation when inputting as characters.

[Effect]

That is, according to the present invention, in a document creation device that is equipped with at least a mechanism for manually inputting full-width and half-width characters by performing a switching operation between full-width and half-width characters, a half-width input instruction is given during full-width input. , the term in half-width characters entered at that time is memorized together with the full-width characters, and from then on, when the full-width/half-width switching state is set to full-width and the document is being edited, the same full-width character as the term in full-width characters stored above is stored. is detected and the term is automatically converted into half-width characters by referring to the storage area.

Only if you really want to input full-width characters for that term, do you give a full-width instruction to cancel the automatic conversion.

The automatic conversion is performed by detecting, for example, when a full-width instruction is received in a full-width input state, when the document creation is finished, or when a specific key is pressed. Make the action undone.

For this reason, the complicated operation of switching between full-width and half-width in the document creation process is greatly reduced, and the document creation process becomes smoother.

〔Example〕

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

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, in which (a) shows an example of the general structure of a document creation device, and (b) shows a part of the creation/editing control section that is related to the present invention. (c) shows the processing flow of the term registration deletion control unit; (c) shows the processing flow of the term registration deletion control unit;
d1) to (d3) show examples of document creation according to the present invention, in which a half-width instruction is detected during the input of full-width characters, the term in the half-width characters input at that time is registered together with the double-width characters, and the following When the key status of the full-width/half-width switching instruction is full-width, if full-width characters of the same term as the registered term are entered in subsequent document creation, they will be automatically converted to half-width characters. , means 2.5.6.7.8, 9.11 for returning the automatic conversion processing to normal processing when a specific instruction for canceling this automatic conversion is detected is necessary for carrying out the present invention. It is a means. Note that the same reference numerals refer to the same objects throughout the plan.

The structure of the document creation device of the present invention and the full-width/half-width switching operation of the present invention will be explained below with reference to FIG.

First, in FIG. 1A, normal characters and instructions for full-width and half-width characters are input to the input control unit 2 from an input device 1, such as a keyboard.

The input control unit 2 generates full-width and half-width character codes (A) in response to input from the keyboard, and
The full-width and half-width signals (B) are transmitted to each part of the document creation device. {In addition, (a) Each signal in the figure (B. C, D)
, the full-width character is the ゜on'' signal, and the half-width character is the ゜off'' signal}.

The creation/editing control unit 3 not only controls the creation and editing of a normal document creation device, but also has functions related to automatic conversion to half-width characters, which is unique to the present invention.

The document storage memory 4 is a storage device that stores the document currently being created or edited, and is originally included in a normal document creation device.

During document creation, an instruction signal (C) indicating that the full-width or half-width operation has been performed is output from the input control section 2, and in synchronization with the instruction signal (C), the main character. Controls the registration of half-width terms and the start and end of automatic conversion functions, which are the core of the system.

When the instruction signal (C) is output, that is, full-width . When a half-width instruction is given, in synchronization with the instruction signal (C),
The full-width and half-width signals (B) are set in the register 5, and the signal (D) that was output as the previous full-width and half-width instruction state changes to the new full-width and half-width states.

In the document creation device of the present invention, when the instruction signal (C) indicating that the full-width or half-width operation is turned on, the full-width or half-width signal (B) and the register 5
The output signal of, i.e., the previous full-width. Depending on the state of the signal -(D) indicating the half-width instruction state, the term registration/deletion control unit 6 performs the operations shown in Table 1, that is, registers and deletes half-width terms unique to the present invention.

In other words, the above signal (D
)and. When the signal (C) is recognized, the subsequent input character {character code (A) indicating a half-width character} is interpreted as a registered term in the registration table 7 and stored in a primary storage device (not shown). {See Steps 60 and 61 in Figure (C)} Table 1 Next, when it is detected that the word is full-width, it is recognized that the manual labor of the half-width term has ended, and the registration operation is ended.

Specifically, by then, refer to the character code table 6a to create a full-width character string that matches the half-width character string stored in the primary storage device, and create a full-width character string that matches the half-width character string stored in the primary storage device. and the above-mentioned full-width character string are paired and registered in the registration table 7, and the above-mentioned primary storage device is cleared. {See Steps 62 to 64 in Figure (C)} Also, when the signal (D) is in the full-width state and a full-width instruction is subsequently received, that is, in Table 1, the previous D is "full-width" and the current B is "full-width".
When the term is "full-width", the user wants to return the term that was automatically converted to half-width to full-width, that is,
Recognizing that a request has been made not to perform automatic conversion, the term entered at that time is deleted from the registration table 7, as will be described later.

Specifically, the input device 1 inputs a character string that has been automatically converted into half-width characters, and reads it from the automatic conversion term memory 9 (described later). (This is because the full-width character string is not stored.), the registration table 7 is searched for a match (pair information) and deleted. {(C) Step 65 in figure
67} The above registers the terms for automatic conversion of the present invention,
This is an action to delete.

Next, while inputting a document with full-width instructions, it becomes half-width instructions, and after registering the half-width instructions as described above,
The following will focus on the operation of automatically converting a full-width term stored in the document storage memory 4 into half-width characters when it is detected that the same term has been input.

That is, the automatic conversion detection unit 8 detects the full-width state {the above signal (D)
is half-width and signal (B) is full-width, see Figure 1 (d1)}. , the point at which continuous input of English letters breaks, etc.), recognizes it as one term, checks whether it is registered in the registration table 7, and if it is a registered term. is detected, the term is written as a pair of full-width and half-width characters.
Send it to the automatic conversion term memory 9 mentioned above.

The automatic conversion term memory 9 stores the bare terms sent from the automatic conversion detection section 8, and also sends a message to the production record control section 3 that the automatic conversion term has been discovered.

The creation/editing control unit 3 searches the document storage memory 4 from the back (because the latest terms are stored at the end) to find the automatic conversion target set in the automatic conversion term memory 9. Search for a term that matches the full-width term in , and replace it with the corresponding half-width term. {Processing steps 30.31.32 of FIG. 1(b)
Reference} Also, in the creation/editing control unit 3, when the output signal (E) of the AND circuit (AND) 11 turns on, that is, when a full-width instruction is received in the full-width state, {When the signal (D) is full-width and the instruction signal (B) is full-width} As mentioned above, it is recognized that the user wants to return to full-width, that is, a request that does not require automatic conversion has been issued. , as described above, deletes the automatic conversion term from the registration table 7 and cancels the automatic conversion result.

Specifically, the automatic conversion term memory 9 is read to find a term that matches the half-width term read out from the memory 9, and this is replaced with the corresponding full-width term. {See processing steps 34, 35, and 36 in FIG. 1(b)} FIG. 1(di) to (d3)
) shows an example of document creation according to the present invention, and (d1)
In the figure, when a half-width instruction is detected, the operation of registering a term for automatic conversion is started, and when the next full-width instruction is detected, it is recognized that the input operation for the character string has ended, and the input control unit 2 A full-width character string is generated from the half-width character string code (A) sent from the code (A), and is registered in the registration table 7 as a pair of half-width and full-width characters as shown in the figure (d2).

(In d3〉 figure, even if the user enters the following input manually in full-width mode, for example, ``rsystem'', the document creation device of the present invention automatically inputs the following input as shown in figure d4). , converted to half-width r system J.

The above operation was explained using the example of automatically converting from "full-width" to "half-width", but it goes without saying that the same structure can also be used to automatically convert from "half-width" to "full-width". It is.

In the above embodiment, the automatic conversion termination condition is described as an example in which, for example, a full-width instruction is detected in a full-width input state, but the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, It goes without saying that a specific key operation may be detected, or that the completion of document creation at that time may be set as a condition for terminating automatic conversion.

As described above, the present invention detects a half-width instruction while inputting a full-width character in a document creation device that is equipped with at least a mechanism for inputting full-width and half-width characters by switching between full-width and half-width characters. At that time, the human-entered half-width character term is registered along with the full-width character, and the key state for subsequent full-width/half-width switching instructions is . If it is full-width, in subsequent document creation, when full-width characters of the same term as the registered term are input, it will be automatically converted to half-width characters,
The feature is that when an instruction to cancel this automatic conversion is detected, the automatic conversion process is returned to normal processing.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above in detail, the document creation device of the present invention is a document creation device that includes at least a mechanism for switching between full-width and half-width characters and inputting full-width and half-width characters. A mechanism that detects when a half-width instruction is given when inputting a term in an instruction and registers the entered term as a half-width character, and from then on, when the same term is input, it is changed to a full-width or half-width character. The present invention is provided with a mechanism for inputting half-width characters without instructing switching, and a mechanism for explicitly instructing by key operation when inputting full-width characters for the same term as described above. Therefore, in the document creation process, complicated double-byte characters,
This has the effect that the number of half-width switching operations is greatly reduced, and the document creation becomes smoother.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a method for inputting half-width and full-width characters using a conventional document creation device. In the drawings, ■ is an input device, 2 3 is a creation/edit control unit, 4 5 is a register, 6 6a is a character code table, is an input control unit, is a document storage memory, is a term registration deletion control unit, 7 is a registration table, 8 is an automatic conversion detection unit, 9 is an automatic conversion term memory, 10 is an output device, 11 is a logical product circuit (AND), 30
~36. 60 to 67 are processing steps, A is a character code, B is a full-width or half-width signal, C is an instruction signal indicating that a full-width or half-width operation has been performed,
or an instruction signal, respectively. (In the figure. Full-width is on, half-width is off.) (a) Diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. d2) (d3) (d4) Figure l (Part 4) showing an embodiment of the present invention

Claims (1)

[Claims] At least performing a full-width/half-width character switching operation,
A document creation device equipped with a mechanism for inputting full-width or half-width characters, which detects that a half-width or full-width instruction is given when a term is input using full-width or half-width instructions; A mechanism (2, 5, 6, 7) that registers the term input at that time as half-width or full-width characters, and instructs to switch between full-width and half-width for subsequent inputs of the same term. Equipped with a mechanism (2, 5, 7, 8, 9) that allows you to input half-width or full-width characters without having to input the same term as full-width or half-width characters. Mechanism that is explicitly specified by (
2, 5, 6, 9, 11).