JPH0416992A - Multiwindow processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve operability by providing a window control part which performs processing requested for all the windows that belong to a group when it is decided that a window is the one that belongs to the group. CONSTITUTION:A window group decision part 103, a window processing part 104, and a window group processing interpreting part 105, etc., are provided at the window control part 100. The window group processing interpreting part 105 instructs the window processing part 104 to perform the window processing for all the windows that belong to the group sequentially based on an instruction from the window group decision part 103, and performs processing requested for all the windows that belong to the window group when the processing for the window is requested. In such a way, the operability can be improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a multi-window processing device in a computer system.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In recent years, computer systems equipped with bit map displays, pointing devices, etc. have become widespread. In this type of computer system, one display is divided into multiple rectangular areas called windows, and each window is divided into multiple rectangular areas called windows.
A multi-window processing device that is used as one virtual terminal is widely used.

The multi-window processing device has the ability to create new windows, erase existing windows,
A function to open an iconized window, a function to close an open window and turn it into an icon, a function to move the window's position on the screen, and a function to transform the window such as enlarging or contracting it. have.

A conventional multi-window processing device has a configuration as shown in FIG. In the figure, 301 is a window processing instruction unit that creates, deletes, opens, closes windows, etc. in accordance with window processing requests such as operator operations or execution of commands written in application programs.
It instructs the window processing unit 302 to perform movement and transformation processing. The window processing section 302 is connected to the display 303 and is connected to the window processing instruction section 301.
It creates, deletes, opens, closes, moves, and transforms windows in response to instructions from.

With the conventional multi-window processing device configured as described above, for example, as shown in FIG. 4(a), windows A to E displayed on the display 303 are used for a series of tasks. 3 mutually related
An operation for closing windows A to C and a display example of the display 303 will be described. It is assumed here that the system is an overlapping window system that allows windows to overlap each other.

(1) First, the operator issues a window processing request to close window A to the window processing instruction section 301 by operating a mouse or the like (not shown). Note that window A is closed by application program C,
In this case, the window processing request is made by executing a command written in the application program.

(2) The window processing instruction unit 301 accepts the window processing request, activates the window processing unit 302, and instructs window A to close processing.

(3) The window processing unit 302 erases the window A from the display 303 and displays the icon Ai corresponding to the window A, as shown in FIG. 4(b).

(4) Thereafter, similar operations and processing are repeated for each window B and C, resulting in the 4th E(
As shown in c), windows A-C are erased and icons A1-C1 corresponding to the respective windows A-C are
is displayed, and the closing of windows A to C is completed.

Furthermore, for example, when opening windows A-C in order to resume a series of tasks using windows A-C, the operation for requesting open processing is repeatedly performed on each icon AixCi. There is.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention The operation for issuing a window processing request to the window processing instruction section 301 requires a certain amount of effort. For example, if you want to erase a window, you usually have to respond to a confirmation message that is displayed to prevent erroneous operations, and if you want to move it, you have to do an operation that instructs you where to move it.

On the other hand, if you are performing a series of tasks using multiple windows, you may want to perform the same process on multiple related windows at the end of the task, interruption, etc. Very often.

However, with conventional multi-window processing devices,
In order to perform similar processing on multiple windows, it is necessary to repeat the same operations on each window, as described above.

Therefore, the conventional multi-window processing device described above is
When performing similar processing on multiple windows, complicated operations are required, resulting in poor operability.

Furthermore, if a window processing request is made using a command written in the application program, the number of commands written in the application program increases, leading to the complexity of the application program.

In view of the above-mentioned problems that conventional multi-window processing devices had, the present invention improves operability by making it possible to perform similar processing on multiple windows with simple operations and application programs. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a multi-window processing device that can improve performance.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the invention as claimed in claim 1 is a multi-window processing device that processes windows displayed on a display, the device comprising: Window group information indicating that multiple windows belong to a window group is held, and when a processing request is made for a window, it is determined that the window belongs to the window group based on the window group information. The present invention is characterized in that it includes a window control unit that performs requested processing for all windows belonging to a window group.

The invention as claimed in claim 2 is a multi-window processing device that performs processing on windows displayed on a display, wherein window group information indicating that a plurality of windows belong to a window group is provided based on a window group registration request. and when a request to close a window is made and it is determined that the window belongs to a window group based on the window group information, all windows belonging to the window group are closed and , while displaying the icon corresponding to the window group, based on the window group information when a request is made to open a window for the icon corresponding to the window group.
The present invention is characterized by comprising a window control unit that ovens all windows belonging to the window group.

According to the invention of claim 1, the window control section:
When a processing request is made for one window belonging to a window group in which window group information is held, the requested processing is performed for all windows belonging to the window group.

According to the invention of claim 2, when a request is made to close one window belonging to a window group in which window group information is held, the window control unit closes all windows belonging to the window group. While closing the window, the icon corresponding to the window group is displayed, and when a request to open a window is made for the icon corresponding to the window group, all windows belonging to the window group are opened.

Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a multi-window processing device in an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 2(a) and 2(b) are explanatory diagrams showing examples of display. In this embodiment, an example will be described in which the present invention is applied to an overlapping window system that allows windows to overlap each other.

In FIG. 1, 100 is a window control unit, which includes a window processing instruction unit 101, a window group registration deletion instruction unit 102, a window group determination unit 103, a window processing unit 104, and a window group processing interpretation unit 10.
5, and a window group icon processing section 106.

The window group icon processing section 106 and the window processing section 104 are connected to a display 107.

The window processing instruction unit 101 generates, deletes, opens, closes, moves, and transforms windows in accordance with window processing requests such as operator operations or execution of commands written in application programs. This is an instruction to the window processing unit 104 via the group determination unit 103.

The window group registration deletion instruction unit 102 instructs the window group determination unit 103 to register and delete a window group based on a window group registration deletion request made by an operator's operation or the like. The above window group includes the window processing instruction unit 101
A group of windows that performs the same processing based on a window processing request.

The window group determination unit 103 registers and releases window group information based on instructions from the window group registration deletion instruction unit 102 by holding and releasing window group information indicating that a plurality of windows belong to a window group. and deletion. The above window group information can be held for multiple window groups. The window group determination unit 103 also determines whether the window for which the window processing instruction unit 101 has given a processing instruction belongs to a window group, and if it belongs to the window group, the window group processing interpretation unit 105 On the other hand, if the window does not belong, that is, when performing window processing on a single window, processing instructions are directly given to the window processing unit 104.

The window processing unit 104 performs processes such as window generation and deletion for each window based on instructions from the window group determination unit 103 or the window group processing interpretation unit 105.

The window group processing interpretation unit 105 instructs the window processing unit 104 to sequentially perform window processing on all windows belonging to a window group based on instructions from the window group determination unit 103. The window group processing interpretation unit 105 also
When the window processing for a window group is oven processing or close processing, the window group icon processing unit 106 is instructed to perform icon processing corresponding to the window group.

The window group icon processing section 106 performs icon processing corresponding to a window group based on instructions from the window group processing interpretation section 105.

The window control unit 100 further includes a window that manages windows, such as a function to prevent windows from being displayed beyond the maximum number, a function to prevent a window from exceeding a maximum or minimum size, etc. Various components such as a management section are provided, but their explanations will be omitted in this embodiment.

In the above configuration, for example, as shown in FIG.
2, three mutually related windows A- are registered in the window group determination unit 103 as a window group G and are used for a series of tasks
Operation when closing C and display 10
Display example No. 7 will be explained.

(1) First, the operator issues a window processing request to the window processing instruction unit 101 to close windows A to C by operating a mouse or the like (not shown). More specifically, this window processing request may be performed for any one of windows A to C, for example window A. Note that when closing windows A to C using an application program,
A window processing request is made by executing a command written in the application program.

(2) The window processing instruction unit 101 accepts the window processing request and activates the window group determination unit 103.

(3) The window group determination unit 103 determines whether window A belongs to a window group based on the window group information held based on the instruction from the window group registration deletion instruction unit 102. Here, since window A belongs to window group G, window group determination unit 103 activates window group processing interpretation unit 105. Note that if the window for which the processing request has been made is a window that does not belong to any window group, the window group determination unit 103 directly instructs the window processing unit 104 to perform window processing for that window.

(4) The window group processing interpretation unit 105 sequentially instructs the window processing unit 104 to perform window processing on windows A to C belonging to window group G. This instruction is given by the window group determination unit 10, for example.
This is done by converting the processing instructions from 3 into a string of processing instructions for each window and outputting them serially. Therefore, the window processing unit 104 performs close processing on each of the windows A to C, and sequentially erases the windows A to C from the display 107. However, icon processing for displaying icons corresponding to windows A to C is not performed.

(5) The window group processing interpretation unit 105 also
It is determined whether the window processing for window group G is oven processing or close processing. Since this is a close process, the window group process interpretation unit 105 uses the window group icon process unit 1
06 and instructs icon processing corresponding to window group G.

(6) Therefore, the window group icon processing unit 10
6 displays an icon Gi corresponding to the window group G on the display 107, as shown in FIG. 2(b).

As described above, in the multi-window processing device of this embodiment, multiple windows belonging to a window group can be closed simultaneously with a single operation. Therefore, for example, when an operator or general business program opens multiple windows for developing a program divided into multiple files, and closes those windows at the end or interruption of the program development work, multiple By performing a close operation on a window group that has unified windows, −
You can close all windows at once.

In this embodiment, closing processing for a window group is taken as an example, but general operations such as creation, deletion, oven, transformation, and movement for individual windows can also be performed in a single operation for a window group. , it is clear that it is possible to perform processing on individual windows.

In particular, regarding window processing such as generation, deletion, transformation, and movement, icon processing is no different from individual window processing, so the window group processing interpretation unit 10
5, processing is completed by simply creating a sequence of processing instructions for each window and activating the window processing unit 104. Therefore, the above effects can be obtained simply by adding the window group registration/deletion instructing section 102, the window group determining section 103, the window group processing interpreting section 105, etc. to the conventional multi-window processing device. Also, regarding open processing and close processing, if you want to display each window individually in the same way as windows that do not belong to a window group, instead of displaying the icon corresponding to the window group, Similar effects can be obtained by simply adding the window group registration/deletion instruction section 102, the window group determination section 103, the window group processing interpretation section 105, etc. to the conventional multi-window processing device.

Further, in this embodiment, an overlap window system that allows windows to overlap with each other is considered, but it is obvious that the present invention can be similarly applied to a tile window system that does not allow windows to overlap with each other.

As described in detail, according to the present invention, window group information indicating that a plurality of windows belong to one window group is held, and when a processing request is made for a window, information indicating that the windows belong to the window group is stored. By being equipped with a window control unit that performs the requested processing for all windows, window processing such as creation, deletion, opening, closing, movement, and transformation of multiple windows can be performed in a single operation. can.

Therefore, it is possible to improve operability without having to perform complicated operations.

Furthermore, when a window processing request is made using a command written in an application program, the number of commands written in the application program can be reduced, resulting in the ability to simplify the application program. .

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a multi-window processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 2(a) and 2(b) are explanatory diagrams showing display examples of a display, and FIG. 3 is a conventional multi-window processing An explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the device, Fig. 4 (
a) to (c) are explanatory diagrams showing display examples of a display. 100... Window control unit, 107... Display

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A multi-window processing device that performs processing on windows displayed on a display, which maintains window group information indicating that multiple windows belong to a window group based on a window group registration request, and processes windows displayed on a display. When a processing request is made and the window is determined to belong to a window group based on the window group information, a window that performs the requested processing on all windows belonging to the window group. A multi-window processing device comprising a control unit. (2) A multi-window processing device that processes windows displayed on a display, which holds window group information indicating that multiple windows belong to a window group based on a window group registration request, and processes windows. When a request to close is made, if it is determined that the window belongs to a window group based on the window group information, all windows belonging to the window group are closed, and the window corresponding to the window group is closed. a window control unit that displays an icon that corresponds to a window group, and opens all windows that belong to that window group based on the window group information when a request is made to open a window for an icon that corresponds to a window group. A multi-window processing device characterized by: