JPH05210680A - Word processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To display the format of the latest same sentence pattern set at the last time or the format of the same sentence pattern set in the nearest position in the case of format change. CONSTITUTION:Sentence information including Japanese sentences and English sentences together is stored in a sentence memory 3, and an input means 1 has a sentence pattern instructing key which instructs the sentence patterns of Japanese sentences and English sentences and a format instructing key which designates format information prescribing the output form or the like of each sentence pattern, and sentence pattern information instructed by the sentence pattern instructing key and format information instructed by the format instructing key are stored in a format memory in relation to prescribed positions of sentences, and format information meeting a preliminarily determined condition out of format information stored in the format memory is held in a format buffer. At the time of setting new format information, format information held in the format buffer is displayed as a reference on a display means 7.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processor such as a word processor, and more particularly to a document processor which is useful for editing texts having different formats such as texts in which Japanese and English are mixed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a document processing apparatus called a Japanese word processor does not have an English sentence editing function. Therefore, for example, when an English sentence is mixed in a Japanese sentence, the following problems occur.

(1) Since the typeface of English characters is limited,
I cannot make various sentences.

(2) Since the sentence end processing is not performed in the English sentence creation, the word extends over two lines.

Therefore, when trying to mix Japanese and English sentences, it is necessary to perform a very complicated process in which each sentence is separately prepared and then combined by cutting and pasting.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides an editing process useful for creating mixed sentences in English and Japanese.
The contents are as follows.

That is, when the format is changed, the latest syntactic pattern format set last time or the syntactic pattern format set at the closest position is displayed.

[0008]

To solve the above problems, the present invention provides a sentence memory for storing sentence information in which Japanese sentences and English sentences coexist, and a sentence pattern indicating key for indicating sentence patterns of Japanese sentences and English sentences,
And input means having a format instruction key for instructing format information for defining the output format for each sentence pattern, the sentence pattern information instructed by the sentence pattern instruction key and the format information instructed by the format instruction key at a predetermined position of a sentence. A format memory for storing the format information stored in the format memory, a format buffer for holding the format information corresponding to a predetermined condition among the format information stored in the format memory, and a setting buffer for new format information, The document creating apparatus includes a display unit for displaying the format information held in the format buffer for reference.

[0009]

According to the present invention, when the format is changed, the latest syntactic pattern format set last time or the syntactic pattern format set at the closest position is displayed.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Various operations of a mixed Japanese / English sentence processing apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an example of a mixed sentence of Japanese and English sentences, and FIG. 2 shows an overall operation block diagram of the mixed sentence and English sentence processing apparatus of the present invention. Reference numeral 1 is an input device such as a keyboard having Japanese and English character keys and various editing keys.

Reference numeral 2 is an encoder for outputting Japanese text, character code and English text, character code and various editing codes corresponding to the key code from the input device 1, and 3 is a text buffer for storing the input Japanese text or English text and format information. 4 is a print buffer for storing the print data transferred from the text buffer 3 as a print pattern, 5 is a printer for printing the print pattern stored in the print buffer 4, and 6 is the text data stored in the text buffer 3. A display buffer for storing the text data to be displayed after being patterned by a display character generator (not shown), 7 is a display device such as a CRT for displaying the text pattern stored in the display buffer 6, and 8 is a pica character CG (character) for printing. Generator), 9 is an elite character for printing CG, and 10 is a printing proposal. Yonaru CG, 11 is Kana for printing,
Japanese characters CG such as katakana and kanji, 12 are main control devices such as CPU for controlling the entire device, and also have various editing identification flags.

FIG. 3 shows the internal structure of the text buffer 3 shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the text buffer 3 is roughly divided into a format data area for storing format data and a text data area for storing text data. The format data area is further divided into a format address area a for storing the format change address data, a sentence pattern area b for distinguishing between Japanese and English, and a typeface area c for distinguishing the typeface of English.

The subsequent processing flow will be described with reference to FIGS.

[I] Operation for switching Japanese and English sentences and selecting a font for each line FIG. 4 shows a flow of processing for switching a sentence pattern. This processing operation will be described step by step.

When a sentence is being input in the Japanese sentence mode in FIG. 1 and the cursor is at the position of Δ and an English sentence input is required, the operation is performed in the next step.

(S1): An English text change key (not shown) of the input device 1 is input. The English-language change key code output thereby is changed into an English-language change instruction code via the encoder and input to the CPU 12.

(S2): The CPU 12 stores the address data pointed to by the cursor at the present time in an empty address area a of the format data area of the text buffer 3 and indicates the English mode in the sentence pattern area b corresponding to this address area a. Set a flag (eg MODE = 2).

(S3): When the English mode is set, it becomes possible to further select an English character typeface, and a pica character instruction key (not shown) of the input device 1 is operated to output a pica character instruction key code to the encoder 2. .. The encoder 2 converts this key code into a pica character instruction code, and the CPU 1
Output to 2.

(S4): As a result, the CPU 12 retrieves the address corresponding to the address where the cursor is currently located from the address area a, and designates a pica character in the corresponding font area c (for example, PITCH = 1).
To store.

(S5, S6): When an elite character is designated, the same process as the pica character designating process is performed, and a code (eg PITCH) for designating an elite character in the typeface area c.
= 2) is stored.

(S7, S8): When a proportional character is further specified, the same procedure as for the pica and elite characters is performed, and a code (for example, PITCH: 3) indicating the elite character is stored in the typeface area c. In the English mode designated as described above, sentence end processing peculiar to English editing is performed and efficient English input becomes possible.

(S9): When the cursor is located at the position shown in FIG. 1 and a Japanese sentence input is requested, a Japanese sentence change key (not shown) of the input device 1 is input.

The Japanese sentence change key code thus output is converted into a Japanese sentence change instruction code by the encoder 2 and input to the CPU 12.

The CPU 12 stores the address at which the cursor is currently located in the empty address area a of the format data area, and sets a flag indicating the Japanese sentence mode in the corresponding sentence pattern area b (for example, MODE: 1).

In the Japanese sentence mode designated as described above, each editing process peculiar to Japanese sentence editing is performed.

[II] Print Processing Method for Mixed Japanese and English Text Next, the print output processing of the text data input as shown in FIG. 1 by the sentence pattern switching processing of FIG. 4 will be described.

FIG. 5 shows the processing flow.
Now, when a print key (not shown) of the input device 1 is operated,
A print key code is output from the input device 1, converted into a print instruction code by the encoder 2, and input to the CPU 12. As a result, the CPU 12 first searches the first lower address data and the second lower address data of the addresses stored in the address data area a of the format data area, and calculates the text data address to be read (that is, read). (Text data address-first lower address to second lower address-1 address).

Next, the CPU 12 searches the sentence pattern area b for the sentence pattern mode corresponding to the first lower address data.
At this time, the sentence pattern mode searched is the Japanese sentence mode (MODE
= 1), the Japanese character CG11 is selected, the text data corresponding to the read text data address calculated last time is read from the text buffer 3, and the Japanese character CG1 selected sequentially.
Enter 1. For the Japanese character C11, the character pattern corresponding to the input character code is sequentially searched and stored in the print buffer 4.

When the first format sentence data (Japanese sentence data) is read out as described above, the second format sentence data (English sentence data) is then read out. The address of the second format sentence data is the address next to the last address read last time, that is, the second address in the address area a of the format data area.
<Third lower address-1 address> is calculated from the lower address.

Next, the CPU 12 searches the sentence pattern mode corresponding to the second address from the sentence pattern area b of the format data area, and if it is the English sentence mode (MODE = 2), further searches the corresponding font code from the font area c. If the pica character (PITCH = 1) is selected, the pica character CG8 is selected, if the elite character (PITCH = 2) is selected, the elite character CG9 is selected, and if the proportional character (PITCH = 3) is selected, the proportional CG10 is selected.
Select. Then, the text data corresponding to the previously calculated second format text data address is read from the text buffer 3 and input to each selected CG. Each CG sequentially searches for a character pattern corresponding to the input character code and stores it in the print buffer 4.

The Japanese and English mixed character patterns stored in the print buffer by the above steps are sequentially output to the printer 5 and printed.

<III> Keyboard switching and mode display in Japanese / English mode The cursor is positioned at the present time for the sentence pattern switching process of FIG. 4 and the correction, insertion, etc. of the Japanese sentence and mixed English sentence as shown in FIG. Sentence mode display and key mode switching are performed. This will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. FIG. 7 shows the internal configuration of the encoder 2. T1 is a Japanese key code table, T2 is an English key code table, F1 is a flag indicating the Japanese mode, and F2 is a flag indicating the Japanese mode. ..

Now, assuming that the cursor is at the position shown in FIG. 1A, the CPU 12 searches which address the address where the cursor is located corresponds to the address stored in the format data area of the text buffer 3 (S20 in FIG. 6). .. If the sentence pattern mode corresponding to the searched address is, for example, the Japanese sentence mode (MODE = 1), the CPU 12 stores the display pattern data "Japanese sentence" in the guidance display buffer area (not shown) of the display buffer 6 (S2).
1) Display the sentence pattern mode on the CRT 7 as shown in FIG. 1D. Further, the CPU 12 sets the Japanese sentence mode flag F1 of the encoder 2 by searching the sentence pattern mode. As a result, the key code input from the input device 1 is introduced into the Japanese-language key code table T1, converted into the corresponding Japanese character code, and output to the sentence buffer 3 (S23).

Next, the processing when the cursor is at the position shown in FIG. 1B will be described. This is also processed in the same way as when the cursor is at the position A. That is, CPU1
2 searches for which of the addresses stored in the format data area of the sentence buffer 3 the address where the cursor is located, and identifies whether the sentence pattern mode corresponding to the searched address is Japanese or English. To do. In the case of the position B, since the sentence pattern mode is the English sentence mode (MODE = 2), the CPU 12 stores the guidance display buffer area (not shown) of the display buffer 6 and the display pattern data "English sentence", and the CRT 7 displays the sentence pattern mode display. Let it be done. Further, the CPU 12 sets the English mode flag of the encoder 2 because the sentence pattern mode is the English mode. As a result, the key code input from the input device 1 is introduced into the English key code table T2, converted into a corresponding English character code, and output to the sentence buffer 3.

<IV> Continuation Processing of Format Information In the format change processing of FIG. 4, a processing flow for preferentially displaying the previously set syntactic pattern format will be described with reference to FIG.
The internal configuration of the CPU 12 comprises a Japanese document type buffer B1 and an English document type buffer B2. In each of these buffers, the Japanese sentence / English document data corresponding to the processing of the sentence closest direction format, the sentence end direction closest format, or the latest input format is stored. The operator first selects whether to display the format in which the format data to be displayed is closest to the beginning of the sentence, the format closest to the end of the sentence, or the latest input format.

When the latest input format display is selected in the above selection, the CPU 12 first reads out the Japanese mode format stored in the lowest position of the Japanese mode formats stored in the format data area of FIG. Of the English mode format stored in the format data area of FIG. 3 in the Japanese document buffer B1 of the CPU 12 (S28), and the English mode format stored at the bottom of the area is read out. Store in English document type buffer B2 (S
29).

When the closest-to-sentence format display is selected in the above selection, the CPU 12 uses format data having an address lower than the address where the cursor is currently located in the address area a of the format data area of FIG. A format that is present and is a Japanese text mode format is read out and stored in the Japanese document expression buffer B1 (S30).

Further, from the address area a of the format data area shown in FIG. 3, the format data having an address lower than the address at which the cursor is currently located and being an English mode format is read out, and the English document buffer B thereof is read.
2 (S31). Further, when the sentence end direction closest format display is selected by the above selection, the CPU 12 causes the format data having the address near the address where the cursor is currently located to be higher than the address area a of the format data area in FIG. And the Japanese mode format is read and stored in the Japanese document buffer B1 of the CPU 12 (S32), and an address near the address where the cursor is currently located above the address area a of the format data area of FIG. The format data that is also the English mode format is read, and the CPU
It is stored in the 12 English document type buffer B2 (S33).

As described above, the Japanese document type buffer B
1. The format data stored in the English document type buffer B2 is
It is selectively displayed in the guidance depending on the sentence pattern to be set currently. That is, when the sentence pattern to be set is a Japanese sentence (S34), the operator operates the Japanese sentence change key (not shown) of the input device 1 of FIG. 1 to give the CPU 12 a Japanese sentence change instruction.

As a result, the CPU 12 reads the Japanese document expression data from the Japanese document expression buffer B1 and displays it in the format designation area of FIG. 1E (S35).

If the sentence pattern to be set is English, the operator operates the English sentence change key (not shown) of the input device 1 of FIG. 1 to give the CPU 12 an English sentence change instruction. As a result, the CPU 12 reads the English document formula data from the English document formula buffer B2 and displays it in the format designation area of FIG. 1E (S36).

As described above, when the format shown in FIG. 1E is continuously set, the operator operates the continuation instruction key (not shown) of the input device 1 of FIG. 1 to instruct the CPU 12 to that effect. In response to this instruction, the CPU 12 stores the current display format in the empty area of the data area of FIG. 3 together with the address where the cursor is currently located (S38).

If the setting is not made continuously, the correction format and the address at which the cursor is currently located are stored in the empty area of the format data area of FIG. 3 after the processing such as the correction (S39).

[0045]

According to the sentence processing apparatus of the present invention, when the format is changed, the latest syntactic pattern format set last time or the syntactic pattern format set at the closest position is displayed (1). You can switch between Japanese and English for each line.

(2) An English typeface can be selected and set.

(3) Mode in which the cursor is positioned (sentence pattern)
Is displayed.

(4) Mode in which the cursor is positioned (sentence pattern)
By this, the keyboard mode is automatically switched.

(5) When the format is changed, the latest syntactic pattern format set last time is displayed.

(6) When the format is changed, the syntactic pattern closest to the cursor position is displayed.

(7) It is possible to easily switch between the Japanese sentence input mode and the English sentence input mode, and in each of the input modes, edit processing peculiar to the mode can be performed.

(8) Since various typefaces in English and Japanese can be specified, various documents can be created.

(9) The input mode designated by the cursor is displayed, and the key mode is automatically switched in accordance with the input mode.
It became possible to input without modifying the mode when making corrections.

(10) When the format is changed, the previously set syntactic pattern format or the nearby syntactic pattern format is displayed.
The setting process of the same format became easy.

Therefore, the editing operation of the sentences having different sentence patterns can be performed easily and quickly. As described above, in the present embodiment, the description is limited to Japanese and English, but the present invention is not limited to this, and it is also applicable to, for example, English / French, English / German, English / Russian.

Although the typeface has been described only in English, it is not limited to this.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a display screen displaying a mixed sentence in Japanese and English.

FIG. 2 is an overall operation block diagram.

FIG. 3 is an internal configuration diagram of a text buffer.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a processing flow for switching between Japanese and English modes.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a mixed sentence print process flow in Japanese and English.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a flow of mode display and keyboard mode switching.

FIG. 7 is an internal configuration diagram of an encoder.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a continuation flow of format data.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Keyboard 2 Encoder 3 Text Buffer 4 Print Buffer 5 Printer 6 Display Buffer 7 CRT 8 Pica Character CG 9 Elite Character CG 10 Proportional CG 11 Japanese Character CG 12 CPU

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A sentence memory for storing sentence information in which Japanese and English sentences are mixed, a sentence pattern instruction key for instructing sentence patterns of Japanese sentence and English sentence, and a format instruction key for instructing format information for defining output formats for each sentence pattern. An input unit having: a format memory for storing the sentence pattern information designated by the sentence pattern designating key and the format information designated by the format designating key in association with a predetermined position of a sentence; and a format stored in the format memory Among the information, a format buffer for holding format information corresponding to a predetermined condition and a display unit for displaying the format information held in the format buffer for reference when setting new format information are provided. Document creation device. 2. The document creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the format information held in the format buffer is the latest syntactic pattern information set last time. 3. The document creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the format information held in the format buffer is syntactic pattern information set at a position closest to a currently designated position.