JPH04155433A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain efficient input by starting data input from a character cursor position in an opened window when the count value of a counting means indicates the number of windows is '1'. CONSTITUTION:This information processor is provided with a deciding means 11 for deciding whether a key input is a command or data, the counting means 12 for counting up the number of opened window and input starting means 16, 17 for starting data input from a character cursor position in an opened window when the count value of the means 12 indicates the number of opened windows for inputting data is '1'. Thereby, when only one window is displayed, data can be inputted from the cursor position in the window without moving a mouse cursor up to the window even if the position of the mouse cursor is on the outside of the window. Consequently, a high efficiency of the input work is obtained.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an information processing device that can use a plurality of windows.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, in this type of information processing apparatus, data can be input from the position of a character cursor in a window where a mouse cursor is always present.

Therefore, even if there is only one window, it is necessary to move the mouse cursor to that window and input data from the character cursor in the window.

[Problem to be solved by the invention] However, if there is only one window, the window in which input work is performed is fixed.
This is meaningless for the task of moving the mouse cursor, and greatly reduces the efficiency of the input task.

The present invention provides an information processing device that eliminates the above-mentioned wasteful operations and allows efficient input.

[Means for Solving the Problem] Invasion In order to solve this problem, the information processing device of the present invention is an information processing device that can use a plurality of windows, and determines whether the ζ key input is a command or data. a determining means for determining the number of windows opened, a counting means for counting the number of opened windows, and a count number of the counting means indicating that the number of opened windows for inputting data is one; and input start means for starting data input from the character cursor position within the opened window.

) Here, the counting means is the input waiting character)
Counts the number of open windows based on the number of cursors.

Further, the input starting means is a cursor moving means for moving the mouse cursor into the opened window.

[Operation] In such a configuration, if there is only one window displayed on the information processing device, even if the mouse cursor is located outside the window, characters within the window can be moved without moving the mouse cursor to the window. By enabling data input from the cursor position, high efficiency of input work can be achieved.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.6 Fig. 1 is a block diagram conceptually showing the configuration of a portion of an information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment according to the present invention. The present invention will be described in detail according to the following.

Command/data input from the command/data input section 10 is sent to a command/data discrimination section 11, where it is discriminated whether it is a command or data. If the command is related to opening/closing a window, window count section 1
A signal is sent to 2, and if it is open, the count is +1, and if it is closed, the count is -1. Note that processing of other commands is not shown here. If it is data, it is sent to the data storage section 18. In this case, data storage unit 1
The storage position information for 8 (information on which window's character cursor is set as the input position) is determined by the data input position control unit 17.

Control of the data input position control section 17 is performed as follows. The current mouse cursor position and character cursor position are determined by the mouse cursor position storage unit 14 and the character cursor position storage unit 1 which stores a plurality of character cursor positions corresponding to the window according to the operation from the cursor position moving unit 13.
It is stored in 5. Here, if the count of the window count unit 12 is not 1 (multiple data input windows are open), select the character cursor of the window to be input based on the position of the mouse cursor, and start from that character cursor. Start typing. However, if the mouse cursor does not point to any window, the operator is notified that input is not possible (the operator is asked to specify a window using the mouse cursor), and no input processing is performed.

On the other hand, when the count of the window count unit 12 is 1 (one data input window is opened),
Regardless of the current position of the mouse cursor, the gate unit 16 controls the input position of the character cursor, assuming that an open window is being pointed to.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the information processing apparatus of this embodiment.

21 is a CPU for calculation and control that controls this device,
It has a window counter 21a. 22 is the CPU
21 is a ROM that stores the processing procedure; 23 is a RAM for auxiliary storage; a mouse cursor position storage section 23a that stores the mouse cursor position; and a character cursor position storage section that stores a plurality of character cursor positions corresponding to windows. 2
3b, an input data position storage section 23c for storing data input positions, and a data storage section 23d for storing data. Note that the input data position storage section 23c stores the actual position (
The location coordinates of the selected character cursor may be stored, or the identifier for selecting the character cursor may be stored.

Reference numeral 24 is an input interface that controls input from a key input unit 25 for inputting characters and giving operation instructions, and input from a pointing device 26 (such as a mouse). 27 is an output interface, and a display section 28 (CRT, etc.)
, and print output to the printer section 29 .

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of this embodiment.

First, in step S31, a key input from the key input section 25 is waited for. If there is an input, it is determined in step S32 whether the input is a command or data. If the input is data, then
Proceeding to step S33, the window counter 21a is read, and in step S34 it is checked whether the counter is 1 or not.

If the counter is 1, the process advances to step S35, and data input is started from the character cursor position of one open window, regardless of the mouse cursor position.

On the other hand, if the counter is not 1, the process advances to step S36 to check whether the mouse cursor is in any window, and if so, to step S37 to input data from the character cursor position of the window where the mouse cursor is located. Start. If there are multiple windows and the mouse cursor is not in any window, no data will be entered. In step S38, the process is terminated after waiting for the end of data input.

If the input is a command, the process advances to step S39 and the command is analyzed. In step S40, it is checked whether the command is to open or close a window, and if not, other processing corresponding to the command is performed in step S44. If it is a window opening/closing command, it is checked in step S41 whether it is open or closed, and if it is open, it is checked in step S41.
42, the window counter 21a is incremented by 1. If it is closed, the window counter 21a is decremented by 1 in step S43. Note that step 540-34'3 is a general method for counting the number of displayed windows, and the counting method is not limited to this.

Although the above embodiment uses a method of directly counting the number of windows, some information processing devices such as high-performance electronic devices have windows that do not require data input, such as a clock. In such a case, a configuration may be considered in which window counting is performed by counting the character cursor waiting for input within the window.

FIG. 4 shows the processing procedure in this case, and only the changed parts that are different from FIG. 3 are shown.

In the case of FIG. 4, after it is determined in step S40 that the command is to open or close a window, it is checked in step S50 whether the window is a data input window (whether it has a character cursor or not). , if the window is a clock or other window that does not require data input, the window counter will not count.

[Other Embodiments] In the above embodiment, the mouse cursor is at 55 in FIG.
Even if the character cursor 54 is at the position indicated by , it is possible to input data from the position of the character cursor 54. However, in order to maintain consistency with conventional processing procedures, a method is used in which the mouse cursor 55 is automatically moved to the open window, so that even if the mouse cursor is moved to the position indicated by 55'', it will not work. Inventions can be realized.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing step S35' of this embodiment, which replaces step S35 of FIG. In this way, when the mouse cursor is moved into the window in step S35 of FIG. 3 as in step 535' of this figure, the present invention is achieved by performing the same processing as the conventional method in step S37.

This will further improve operability, such as eliminating the need to search for the mouse cursor when enlarging or reducing the window.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an information processing device that allows efficient input.

That is, when there is only one window, data can be input from the character cursor within the window without the need to move the mouse cursor to that window, allowing efficient input work.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram conceptually showing the configuration of the part of the information processing device according to the present invention related to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the information processing device according to the present example, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a modified example of the processing procedure of this embodiment; FIG. 5 is a diagram explaining another embodiment; FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing another embodiment. be. In the figure, 10-... command/data input section, 11...
Command/data control section, 12... Window count section, 13... Cursor position moving section, 14... Mouse cursor position storage section, 15... Character cursor position storage section, 16... Gate section, 17... Data input position control section, 18... Data storage section, 21... CPU,
21a...Window counter, 22...ROM,
23...RAM, 23a...Mouse cursor position storage section, 23b...Character cursor position storage section, 23c.
...Input data position storage unit, 23d...Data storage unit, 24...Input interface, 25...Key input unit, 26...Pointing device, 27...
Output interface, 28... Display section, 29...
This is the printer section. Patent Exhibitor Canon Co., Ltd. Agent Patent Attorney Yasunori Otsuka (1 person) Ward 4

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) In an information processing device that can use multiple windows, a determining means for determining whether a key input is a command or data, a counting means for counting the number of open windows, and a determining means for determining whether a key input is a command or data; and input start means for starting data input from the character cursor position in the opened window when the count number of the counting means indicates that the number of windows for inputting data is one. Information processing equipment. (2) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the counting means counts the number of open windows based on the number of character cursors waiting for input. (3) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the input starting means is a cursor moving means for moving a mouse cursor into an open window.