JPH0418632A - Character processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily and speedily input a sentence or a table mixing characters in lateral, longitudinal and oblique directions by moving a cursor to a desired head position to input the character, designating any one of the directions and inputting character information from an input means. CONSTITUTION:When a cursor C is moved to the desired position for the input on a screen S and the input direction designation key of a keyboard 16 is pushed, a window W is displayed for designating the input direction and the input character on the screen S. Next, a cursor H in the window W is operated to select the input direction (downward) and the character is inputted into the window W. This character is temporarily stored in a work buffer 130. Afterwards, at a storage position in a sentence data memory 132 corresponding to the cursor position, first of all, the head character of the character stored in the buffer 130 is stored. Next, the cursor C is moved downward by 1, and the head one character is erased from the buffer 130. Then, after returning to the preceding character, the processing is repeated to the end. Thus, the characters is inputted in the selected input direction.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (A) Field of Industrial Application This invention relates to a character processing device that can arbitrarily specify the input direction of character information.

(b) Prior Art Conventionally, in a Japanese word processor as one of this type of character processing apparatus, the input direction of characters in a document has been fixed. That is, in a horizontally written document, it was the right direction, and in a vertically written document, it was downward.

(c) Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, the above-mentioned conventional Japanese word processors have the following disadvantages, for example, when tabulating tables. In other words, when trying to create a table containing a mixture of vertical, horizontal, or diagonal characters, if the cursor movement direction for determining the character input position is fixed to the right, the vertical or diagonal character When inputting characters, the operator has to manually move the cursor to a vertical or diagonal position each time a character is input, making the input operation time-consuming.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and provides a character processing device that can input character information in any direction.

(d) Means to solve the problem FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the basic structure of the present invention.

In the figure, the present invention stores character information input from an input means 1 in a storage means 2, and visually outputs the character information stored in the storage means 2 from the position of a cursor displayed on a display means 3. In the character processing device configured as above, an input direction specifying means 4 for specifying the input direction of character information as one of a row direction, a column direction, and a diagonal direction, and character information input from the input means 1 are provided. of,
This is a character processing device comprising an input control means 5 that stores data in a storage position of the storage means 2 corresponding to a designated input direction.

Examples of the character processing device in the present invention include a word processor that edits various languages, a computer equipped with a language editing function, and the like.

Preferably, the input means l comprises a keyboard,
A pointing device such as a mouse may also be used. Further, the storage means 2 may be a memory built into the main body of the device, which is constituted by a RAM, or may be an auxiliary storage device connected to the main body of the device from the outside. Display means 3 is CRT
It can be constructed from a dot matrix type display device such as an SLCD or an EL display. The input direction specifying means 4 is
Can be configured by assigning keys on the keyboard,
It may be one key or a combination of multiple keys. The input control means 5 is for sending and receiving information and giving instructions to the storage means 2, and can currently be constructed from a 16-bit CPU or a 32-bit CPU.

(E) Effect According to this invention, move the cursor to the first position you want to input, and select one of the following directions for inputting character information: up, down, right, left, upper right, lower right, upper left, or lower left. 7. The character information is input from the cursor position in the specified direction.

(F) EXAMPLES The present invention will be described in detail below based on examples shown in the figures. Note that this invention is not limited by this.

=3 FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a Japanese word processor as an embodiment of the present invention.

In the same figure, IO is the Japanese word processor main body, CPU (central processing unit) II, ROMI2, RAM
+3, and an output control section 14, which are interconnected by a pass line 15. ROM+
The storage contents of 2 include a control program 121 for controlling the CPU 11 and a kana-kanji conversion dictionary 122 that is referred to when performing kana-kanji conversion. The configuration of the RAM 13 includes a work buffer 130 for storing intermediate results during program execution, an edit data memory 131, and a text data memory +32. Editing data is data specified when editing a text, and specifically includes tab settings (position data where tabs are set), line feed pitch, character spacing settings, and the like. The text data includes data such as character codes, symbol codes, line feed codes, and tab codes.

Note that these editing data and text data are stored in an external storage connected to CPIJII as an auxiliary storage device.

A keyboard 16 is also connected to the CPU II.
The operator inputs character data and editing data by operating character keys, ruled line keys, function keys, cursor movement keys, input direction designation keys, etc. arranged on this keyboard 16, and also inputs data based on the cursor position. Character data can be input in a specified direction.

The above input direction specification key allows you to specify the input direction of character information in any one of the row direction, column direction, and diagonal direction.
It is composed of a combination of arrow keys and function keys indicating the left direction, the upper right direction, the lower right direction, the upper left direction, and the lower left direction.

However, the designation of the input direction is not limited to the above, and a configuration may be adopted in which a window in which each direction is displayed is displayed, and a desired input direction is selected from among the notations.

Further, a CRT+ 7 is externally connected to the output control 114. By means of the CRT 1 7, character data or characters input from the keyboard 16 are visually output as symbols on the screen.

In word processing software with such a configuration, the CPU
I+ inputs character data input from the keyboard 16,
Text data memory 132 corresponding to the specified input direction
Store it in the storage location within.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the relationship between the cursor position, screen memory, and text data memory. In the same figure (2L), 20 is a display screen capable of displaying 40 characters per line, and character data is currently being input as setting of 10 characters per line. C is a cursor. Reference numeral 21 indicates the contents of the screen memory, in which character data divided into data before the cursor and data after the cursor is stored in Norial. Reference numeral 22 indicates the contents of the text data memory 132, in which character data divided into data before the cursor and data after the cursor are stored in order from the beginning of the memory. If you move cursor C one position to the right on the screen from the state shown in Figure 3(a),
As shown in FIG. 3(b), one character is moved to the data in front of the cursor in each memory. Also cursor C
When you move down one position on the screen, the data in front of the cursor in each memory is filled with one line of data from the cursor character (40 characters in the screen memory, document In the data memory, IO characters) are moved. Furthermore, when the cursor C is moved one position to the lower right on the screen, the data in front of the cursor is moved by one line plus one character from the character at the cursor. Thereby, the position of cursor C can be recognized from the data in the text data memory.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be explained in detail according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 4 and with reference to the display example shown in FIG.

Input method using a window First, move the cursor C to the position (-) you want to input on the screen S (see Figure 6) and press the input direction designation key on the keyboard 16, as shown in Figure 6(b). , a window W for specifying the input direction and input character content is displayed on the screen S (step 30 → 31). Next, by operating the cursor H in the window W, the input direction is selected. In this embodiment, it is assumed that the downward direction is selected), and then the character to be input is input into the window W (step 32). This input character is temporarily stored in the work buffer 130. Next, when the character input in the window W is completed, the first character of the characters stored in the work buffer y 130 is first stored in the storage position in the text data memory 132 corresponding to the cursor position (steps 33→34). Next, move cursor C downward one step (step 35),
The first character is deleted from the work buffer 130 (step 36). Next, the process returns to step 33 and the processes up to step 36 are repeated. As a result, Fig. 6(c)
You can enter characters in the selected input direction, as shown in .

Next, a second embodiment will be explained using the flowchart shown in FIG.

Specifying method using a cursor First, move the cursor = 8C to the position you want to input on the screen S (see Figure 6 (a)), press the input direction designation key on the keyboard 16, and set the cursor position to the coordinates x, y. Specify the input direction (steps 40-41). At this time, the input direction can be selected by pressing the function key + arrow key, and the arrow keys are the up direction key, down direction key, right direction key, left direction key, The direction keys, upper right key, lower right key, upper left key, and lower left key are used. Next, when one character is input, that character is displayed at the cursor position (step 42), and the cursor position is moved one position in the direction specified in step 41 (step 43). At this point, it is determined whether the conversion key is pressed, that is, whether conversion or no conversion is performed.Step 44
), if there is no conversion, the process returns to step 42 and continues character input. Also, if it is a conversion, move the cursor back to the coordinates x, y,
The conversion candidate character string is displayed in the specified direction (step 45). If you press the conversion key here, it will return to step 45,
When the next conversion candidate is displayed and the no-conversion key is pressed (steps 46-47), the input is confirmed and the process proceeds to normal processing. FIG. 7 shows a display example when the input direction is specified to the lower right.

(G) Effects of the Invention According to the present invention, it is possible to easily and quickly input a sentence or a table in which horizontal characters, vertical characters, and diagonal characters are mixed.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the basic configuration of this invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a Japanese word processor according to an embodiment of this invention, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the cursor position and text data memory in the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a flowchart explaining the operation of the first embodiment, FIG. 5 is a flowchart explaining the operation of the second embodiment, and FIG. 6 is a flowchart explaining the operation of the second embodiment. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of the second embodiment. - Input control means. 1...Input means, 2...Storage means, 3...Display means, 4...Input direction designation means,

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. It is configured to store character information input from the input means in the storage means, and to visually output the character information stored in the storage means from the position of the cursor displayed on the display means. The character processing device includes an input direction specifying means for specifying the input direction of character information as one of the row direction, column direction, and diagonal direction; A character processing device comprising an input control means for storing data in a storage position of a storage means corresponding to an input direction.