JPH04169958A - Distributed text editor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce necessary file space for the storage of customizer data by writing the only changed data to a customizer file. CONSTITUTION:When customizer data update information is prepared, a terminal side editing means 9 is formed so as to transmit a code 128 and update information 129 in an update information storage area 16 to a host side by a terminal side transmission data preparation means 15, and the transmission to a host part 6 is performed by a terminal side transmission/reception means 8. The host part 6 receives the transmitted data by a host side transmission/reception means 2, and the received code and customizer data are written in a customizer file 18 from a file input/output means 4 in a host side editing means 7. Thus, a vast file space for the storage of the customizer data is unnecessitated.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to distributed text etitor processing, and in particular, a method for registering only customized data used in key analysis that differs from a specified value in a file. Customized data creation method and help data processing method displayed using the help function % Expression % 2 Conventional technology] Conventionally, this type of distributed text editor has a method for creating customized data, and a method for processing help data displayed by the help function. Customized data was being written to a file. Or, when the editor started, all the help data read from the file was sent to the terminal.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The customization data creation method in the conventional distributed text editor described above usually does not allow for this type of modification, even though the amount of data changed in the customization data is quite small compared to the total amount of data. There is a problem in that a distributed text editor requires a fairly large amount of file space to store customized data.

The help data processing method in the conventional distributed text editor described above is that the editor is usually distributed over multiple hosts.
Since it is used in O8, it is necessary to display partially different data for each O8, but even though the amount of different data is quite small compared to the total data amount, it is necessary to display partially different data for each O8. In order to prepare all the help data on the host side and send all the help data to the terminal side when starting the editor, a large amount of help data must be updated on each host O8 every time a function is added. However, there were problems such as omission of corrections and the start-up of the editor being quite slow.

[Means to solve the problem]

A first aspect of the present invention provides, in a terminal unit of a distributed text editor, a key input means for inputting instructions given by a user by typing on a keyboard, and a key input means input by the key input means using customized data. A key input analysis means to analyze, a customized data storage area where prescribed values of customized data are stored, an update information storage area where updated information of the customized data is stored, and editing according to instructions given by the user. A terminal-side editing means for performing the work; a customized data update information creation means for creating customized data update information among the terminal-side editing means; a display means for displaying the editing results on a display screen; and a terminal-side editing means for editing. an editing buffer that temporarily stores data to be sent to the host, a terminal-side transmission data creation means that creates data to be sent to the host, and a terminal-side transmission data creation means that sends the transmission data created by the terminal-side transmission data creation means to the host section. A terminal-side transmitting/receiving means that receives transmitted data from the host section, a file input/output means that inputs and writes data from a specified file in the host section of the distributed text editor, and a terminal-side processing means that inputs and writes data from a specified file. A host-side editing means performs editing work that cannot be completed, a host-side transmission data creation means creates data to be sent to the terminal, and a host-side transmission data creation means transmits the data created by the host-side transmission data creation means to the terminal. and a host-side transmitting/receiving means for receiving text sent from the host, and is configured to create customized data.

A second aspect of the present invention is a key input means for inputting instructions given by a user by typing on a keyboard, and a key input means for analyzing keys input by the key input means, in a terminal unit of a distributed text etitor. A key input analysis means, a help data update means for storing help data and updating the help data among the terminal side editing means, a display means for displaying the editing results on a display screen, and a host for transmitting data from the terminal side. Terminal-side transmitting/receiving means for transmitting data to the host section or receiving data sent from the host section; file input/output means for inputting and writing data from a specified file in the host section of the distributed text editor; a host-side editing means that performs processing and editing work that cannot be processed on the terminal side, a host-side transmission data creation means that creates data to be sent to the terminal, and a host-side transmission data creation means that sends the data created by the host-side transmission data creation means to the terminal. The host-side transmitting/receiving means is configured to process help data, and is configured to process help data.

〔Example〕

The configuration of an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1, an embodiment of the first invention includes host side transmission data creation means 1. Host side transmitting/receiving means 2. Host side editing means 3. A host section 6 consisting of a file input/output means 41, a distributed text editor 5, and a terminal side transmitting/receiving means 8. Terminal side editing means 9. Customized data update means 10B2 display means 11. Customized data storage area 1
2B.

Key input analysis means 13. Key personnel means 14. Terminal side transmission data creation means 15. A terminal unit 7 consisting of an update information storage area 16°, an editing buffer 17, and a customized file 18. It consists of a display screen 19° and a keyboard 20.

FIGS. 2(a) to 2(C) respectively show the force-stomized data and update information storage area, and the customized file storage format of the edit buffer.

FIG. 3 is a moving diagram for creating customized data update information and registering it in a customized file.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be explained in detail with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3, in step 31,
When the user starts the distributed text editor 5, in step 32, the host section 6 of the distributed text editor 5 checks whether the customized file 18 in which update information is registered by the host side editing means 3 is specified.
If specified, the update information is input by the file input/output means 4.

Referring now to FIG. 2, the customization file 18
The update information is stored in the 127 format, and the customized data storage area of the terminal unit 7 stores the specified value of the customized data in the 121 format. code 1
22 is a serial number added to the customized data 123, and update information corresponding to a certain code 128 is update information of the customized data 123 corresponding to the code 122 having the same value as that code 128.

In step 34, the host side transmission data creation means 2
The update information input in step 33 is converted into a format that can be transmitted to the terminal side, and is transmitted to the terminal side by the host side transmitting/receiving means 2. In step 35, the terminal section 7 receives the data transmitted in step 34 by the terminal-side transmitting/receiving means 8, and in step 36, the terminal-side editing means 9 stores the data received in step 35 in the update information storage area 16. do.

At this time, referring to FIG. 2, the data received in step 35 is in the same format as 127, and the update information 1
29 is stored in the update information storage area 16 in the format shown in 125. Further, in the address 124 corresponding to the code 122 having the same value as the code 129 corresponding to the stored update information 129, the position on 125 where the update information 129 is stored is stored. In step 37, the display screen 1 is displayed by the display means 11 in the terminal side editing means 10B.
The initial screen is displayed at 9.

Furthermore, in step 38, when the user instructs to start updating the customized data from the keyboard 20, the terminal unit 7
receives and takes instructions from the user using the key input means 14. In step 39, the key input analysis means 13 analyzes the instruction from the user using the customized data 123 stored in the customized data storage area 12B. However, the customized data 1 used at this time
Update information storage area 1 is located at address 124 corresponding to 23.
If the location of update information 126 on 6 is stored 9,
Update information 126 is used.

In step 40, the terminal-side editing means 9 stores the coat 122 and the custom stator 123 stored in the custom stator storage area 2 in the editing buffer 17. However, if the location of the update information 126 on the update information storage area 16 is stored in the address 124 at this time, the update information 126 is stored.

Referring again to FIG. 2, the editing buffer is stored in the format 130, and the flag 131 is set to "0". In step 41, the customized data 133 in the editing buffer is displayed on the display means 1 in the terminal side editing means 10B.
1 on the display screen 19.

When the user instructs editing of a customized file using the keyboard 20, the terminal section 7 receives and receives the instruction from the user using the key input means 14 in step 38, and stores the customized data using the key input analysis means 13 in step 42. The instruction from the user is analyzed using the customized data stored in the area 12B and the update information stored in the update information storage area, and step 4
3, the terminal-side editing means 9 edits the customized data 133 in the editing buffer 17 and sets the flag 135 to "
Set it to 1”.

Further, in step 41, the display means 11 displays the edited customized data on the display screen 19. When the user instructs to finish editing the custom status from the keyboard 21, in step 38,
The terminal unit 7 receives and receives instructions from the user through the key input means 14, and in step 44, the key input analysis means 1
3, the instruction from the user is analyzed using the customized data stored in the customized data storage area 12 and the update information stored in the update information storage area.

Here, if it is not the start of updating the customized data, the editing of the edit buffer, or the end of updating of the customized data, other editing processing is performed in step 45. If the end of the update of the customized data is instructed, the customized data update information creation means IO scans the flag 131 on the edit buffer F in step 46, and if it is "1", the customized status corresponding to the flag is set in step 47. 133 and the corresponding custom stator 123, and if they are equal, the corresponding address 124 and update information 126 are deleted in step 48. If not equal, in step 49 address 12
4 is set, and if it is set, the custom stator 133 is stored at the location indicated by the address 124 in step 50. If it has not been set, the custom stator 133 is stored in the update information storage area 16 in step 52, and the stored position is stored in the address 124. From step 48, step 5
For processing up to 2, the flag 131 on the edit buffer 17 is “
This process is repeated until no customization data of 1" is found.

When the customized data update information is created in this way, in step 52, the terminal-side editing means 9 uses the terminal-side transmission data creation means 15 to create the update information storage area 16.
The code 128 and update information 129 are made into a format that can be transmitted to the host side, and are transmitted to the host section 6 by the terminal side transmitting/receiving means 8. In step 5.3, the host section 6 receives the data transmitted in step 52 by the host-side transmitting/receiving means 2, and in step 54, the received code and customized data are sent to the host-side editing means 7 in the file input/output means 4. is written to the customized file 18.

The configuration of an embodiment of the second aspect of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 4, an embodiment of the second invention includes host-side transmission data creation means 1, host-side transmission and reception means 2. Host side editing means 3. A host section 6 consisting of a file input/output means 41, a distributed text editor 5, and a terminal side transmitting/receiving means 8. Terminal side editing means 92 display means 11, '-?
- input analysis means 13° board 20;

FIG. 5 shows the help data storage format of the help data storage area 29 and the help data update information storage format stored in the help file.

Next, the operation of the present invention will be explained in detail with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 4, when the user starts the distributed text editor 5, the host section 6 uses the file input/output means 4 to create a help file 15 in the host side editing means 3.
The help data update information is inputted from the host side transmission data creation means 1, and is converted into transmission data by the host side transmission/reception means 2, which is then transmitted to the terminal section 7. Referring to FIG. 5, the help data update information is stored in the help file 2 in the form of 24, with only the help data 25 specific to O8 where the host section of this example exists, together with the corresponding code 26.

In the terminal section 7, the code 26 and the help data 25 are received by the terminal side transmitting/receiving means 8. Help data update information
The help data storage area 29 is scanned by O, and the help data 22 of the code F'23 having the same value as the code F'26 received by the terminal side transmitting/receiving means 8 is replaced with the help data 25.

When the help data storage area is dynamically updated in this manner, until the distributed text editor 5 is terminated, when the user instructs to display help data from the keyboard 17, the key input means 14 The instruction from the user is received, the instruction is analyzed by the key input analysis means 13, and the terminal side editing means 10 is updated by the display means 11 in accordance with the host (host) O8 stored in the help data storage area. The Velvet data displayed is displayed on display screen 1.
6.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the first aspect of the present invention is that in such distributed text editors, in which each user usually sets one or more environments, Since the amount is quite small compared to the total amount of data, by writing only the changed data to the customized file, it is possible to significantly reduce the file space required to store the customized data. It has the effect of becoming.

Further, the second aspect of the present invention is that in a distributed text editor that is normally used in such multiple hosts O8, the displayed help data is partially different for each O8, but only the different help data is displayed. By storing it in a file on the host side, when a function is added, you first need to modify the help data on the terminal side, and then modify the data in the help file on the host side only for the parts that differ from host to host. This has the effect that omissions are less likely to occur, and the number of correction steps and help file size can be significantly reduced.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 2(a) to (C) are explanatory diagrams showing a customized data storage area, a customized file, and an editing buffer, and FIG. 3 is a customized It is a flowchart of an operation for creating data update information and registering it in a customized file. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the second invention, and FIGS. 5(a) and 5(b) show the help data storage format of the help data storage area and the help data stored in the help file. Indicates the update information storage format. 1...Host side transmission data creation means, 2...
...Host side transmission/reception means, 3...Host side editing means, 4...File input/output means, 5...
... Distributed text editor, 6 ... Host section, 7 ... Terminal section, 8 ... Terminal side transmission and reception means, 9 ... Terminal side editing Means, 10...
...Customized data update information creation means, 11...
. . . Display means, 12 . . . Customized data storage area, 13 . . . Key input analysis means, 14.
. . . Key input means, 15 . . . Terminal side transmission data creation means, 16 . . . Update information storage area,
17...Edit buffer, 18...Customize file, 19...Display screen, 20...Keyboard, 28...Help data update means , 29...Help Taku 5 (a-) 2A Hell 7 @ Kufuno I zb coat

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In the terminal section of the distributed text editor, a key input means for inputting instructions given by a user by typing on a keyboard, and analysis of keys input by the key input means using customized data. a key input analysis means to perform the operations, a customization data storage area where prescribed values of the customization data are stored, an update information storage area where the update information of the customization data is stored, and editing operations according to instructions given by the user. a terminal-side editing means for performing the
A customized data update information creation means for creating customized data update information among the terminal side editing means;
a display means for displaying the editing results on a display screen; an editing buffer for temporarily storing data edited by the terminal-side editing means; and a terminal-side transmission data creation means for creating data to be transmitted to the host side; The terminal-side sending/receiving means sends the sending data created by the terminal-side sending data creating means to the host part and receives the sending data from the host part, and the host part of the distributed text editor generates data from the specified file. A file input/output means for inputting and writing data, a host-side editing means for editing that cannot be processed on the terminal side, a host-side sending data creation means for creating data to be sent to the terminal side, and a host-side sending data means for creating data to be sent to the terminal side. A distributed text editor characterized in that it is equipped with a host-side transmitting/receiving means for transmitting data created by a transmission data creating means to a terminal unit and receiving text transmitted from the terminal unit, and is configured to create customized data. . 2. In the terminal section of the distributed text editor, a key input means for inputting instructions given by the user by pressing keys on the keyboard, a key input analysis means for analyzing the keys input by the key input means, and help data. a help data storage area for storing the help data; a terminal-side editing means for performing the concentration work according to instructions given by the user; and a help data updating means for updating the help data among the terminal-side editing means; The display means for displaying the editing results on the display screen, the terminal-side transmitting/receiving means for transmitting data sent from the terminal to the host part and receiving the data sent from the host part, and the host part of the distributed text editor. A file input/output means that inputs and writes data from the created file; a host-side editing means that performs startup processing and editing operations that cannot be processed on the terminal side;
A host-side transmission data creation means for creating data to be transmitted to the terminal side; and a host-side transmission/reception means for transmitting data created by the host-side transmission data creation means to the terminal unit and receiving text transmitted from the terminal unit. A distributed text editor characterized by processing help data.