JPH0561663A - Method for editing section history - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To form editing work history in each optional section in a text and to manage the formed history. CONSTITUTION:This section history editing system has a file input function 1b for reading out a text file from an external storage device and storing the read file in a text editing table 16 and a section history table 1e, an editing function 1a for operating the table 1d based upon editing operation information on a text inputted from a key input part 4, updating the objective section history information on operation history information in the table 1e and displaying the edited text and the section history information on a picture display part 3 and a file output function 1c for outputting the section history information following the editing section in the text at the time of outputting the text to the file. Thus a change concentrated position, a changing rate and effect in the edited text can be grasped.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to text editing history management, and more particularly to a method suitable for managing changed parts of source programs and design documents.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional technique, there is a technique for creating one editing history for the entire text. An example of this kind of function is V of Hitachi, Ltd.
There is a text editor (ASPEN) that operates on the OS3 operating system, and has a whole history management function for the entire text and a reproduction function for reproducing the text at an arbitrary editing point by holding difference information.

[0003]

In the above prior art, only one edit history is created for the entire text,
Since the part in the text is not created, it was difficult to grasp the edit history of any part. Also, the edited content itself is reproduced by the difference information,
Similarly, there is a problem that the editing history of an arbitrary part cannot be grasped promptly.

An object of the present invention is to provide an editing method in which history information of editing operations on text is held for any part of the text.

[0005]

To achieve the above object, when the edit text is input from a file, the edit target text is stored in the text edit area and the section history information is stored in the section history area. It is a thing.

Further, in order to specify the editing target position of the editing operation for the text in units of the editing section, the editing operation can be performed in the unit of the editing section, and the section history area is generated. is there.

Further, in order to display the text being edited and the section history information of the edit section corresponding to the text being displayed on the screen, the edit section can be specified from the cursor position in the edit text displayed on the screen. It is a thing.

Further, in order to perform section history management for a file edited by a method other than the present invention, the edit text is input from the file by setting delimiter information specifying the edit section in the edit text. When
The delimiter information in the edit text is identified and the edit section is stored in the section history area.

Further, when the edit text is output to a specific file, the edit section in the edit text is identified and the corresponding section history information is output along with the edit section. is there.

[0010]

Operation: By creating an edit section, the history area of the section can be created in the section history area. The text in the text edit area is processed by the edit operation on the text, and the history for the text edit operation is created. Information can be collected and retained.

When the text display area is rolled up or down in units of the editing section in the text,
The display section history information on the section history display screen can be changed along with the change of the display text on the text display screen.

Since the edit section in the text can be specified by setting a delimiter pattern in the edit text, even when a text file edited by a method other than the method of the present invention is input, the section for the edit operation is You can manage history information. Since it is possible to output the corresponding section history information in association with the edit section in the edit text, it is possible to easily compare the edit text with the history information by a printed output or the like.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows a functional configuration when one embodiment of the present invention is applied. As shown in FIG. 1, the text editing function 1 includes an editing function 1a and a file input function 1
b, a file output function 1c, and edits the text edit table 1d and the section history table 1e. The text editing function 1 is connected to the screen display unit 3, the key input unit 4, and the external storage unit 5.

FIG. 2 shows a hardware configuration according to the present invention. The computer 2 comprises a processing unit 2a, an input / output control unit 2b, and a main storage unit 2c, a screen display unit 3, a key input unit 4, and the like. The external storage unit 5 is used.

FIG. 3 shows the editing process 1a of this embodiment having the above-mentioned functional configuration. The editing process 1a will be described in detail below.

When a file to be edited is designated and an editing operation is started, the editing format of the input file is judged (step 1a1).

FIG. 4 shows a detailed processing flow of the format file input (step 1b1) in the case of inputting the edited text file edited by the method of the present invention, and shows an example 5a1 of the input text file of this method. 11 shows.

The text to be edited is read from the file (step 1b1a) and stored in the text editing table (step 1b1c). Until the end of the text is determined (step 1b1b), steps 1b1a to 1b1c are repeated to store the edited text in the text editing table. An example 1e1 of the text editing table input from FIG. 11 is shown in FIG. In FIG. 11, 5a
1a is a text to be edited, and 5a1b is text end information. Edit target text 5a1a in FIG.
Is stored in the text edit table 1d1 of FIG. 12 like 1d1a. After storing the text in the text edit table, the section history information is read from the file (step 1b1d) and stored in the section history table (step 1b1f). By repeating steps 1b1d to 1b1f, the section history information is stored in the section history table, and the end of the section history is determined (step 1
b1e), input this format file (step 1b)
Complete 1). The section history table example 1e1 input from FIG. 11 is shown in FIG. In FIG. 11, section history information is 5a1c and 5a1e is section history end information. The section history information 5a1c in FIG. 11 is stored in the section history table 1e1 in FIG. 13 as 1e1a to 1e1c.

The history information items of the section history are new edit date 1e1d and new section line number 1e as history information of the newly created date.
There is 1e. As history information from new to previous, last edit date 1e1f, previous update count 1e1g, previous section row count 1e1h, previous insert row count 1e1i, previous update count 1e
1j, and the number of previously deleted lines is 1e1k. As the history information by this editing, this editing date 1e1l, this section line number 1
e1m, number of rows inserted this time 1e1n, number of updates this time 1e1
o, the number of deleted lines this time is 1e1p. From the file input, the new edit date 1a1d to the last deleted line number 1e1k are stored, the current edit date 1e1l sets the initial value space, the current section line number 1e1m sets the previous section line number 1e1h, and the current inserted line number 1e1n. , The number 1e1o of updated lines this time and the number 1e1p of lines deleted this time are set to an initial value 1. The first line of the section history table is the whole history information, and the section history information of each section is stored in the second and subsequent rows.

Next, an editing operation is input (step 1b2), the content of the input operation is determined, and the process branches to the corresponding process (step 1a3). The process branches are a section operation for operating the edit section (step 1a4), a screen operation for displaying section history information corresponding to the edit section in the screen display text (step 1a5), and a text operation for operating the edit text ( Step 1a6), file output that outputs edited text and section history information (step 1c1), file output that outputs section history information to a file accompanying the edit section when outputting text (step 1c2), and only text is output There is a text separation output (step 1c3). Repeat the above editing operation,
If you input the operation end, it ends.

FIG. 7 shows a detailed processing flow of the section operation (step 1a4).

Processing is branched according to the operation contents (step 1a4a). In the case of newly creating a section, new section history information is created and stored in the section history information temporary save area (step 1a4b). Next, create a blank line of text and store it in the text temporary save area (step 1a4).
c) and complete. In the case of section cut and copy, the section history information of the operation target is read from the section history table and stored in the section history temporary save area (step 1a4d).
To do. Based on the section history information, the text of the operation target section is read from the text editing area and stored in the text temporary save area (step 1a4e). Next, the operation content is determined (step 1a4f). If it's a copy, it's done. In the case of a cut, the section history information of the operation target is deleted from the section history table (step 1a4g), and the text of the operation target section is deleted from the text editing area (step 1a4h) to complete the process. In the case of section paste, section history information is inserted from the section history information temporary save area to the operation target position of the section history table (step 1a4i). The text is inserted from the temporary text saving area into the operation target position of the text editing area (step 1a4j).

FIG. 6 shows a detailed processing flow of the screen operation (step 1a5) for displaying the section history information on the screen in accordance with the text operation on the text display screen.

It is judged whether the method of moving the text on the display screen is a section unit or a line unit (step 1a5a).
To do.

In the case of segment unit movement, it is determined which of the front and back directions the movement is (step 1a5b). In the case of the forward direction, the section history information immediately preceding the section history currently displayed is read from the section history table and transferred to the section history display area (step 1a5c). Then, the text corresponding to the preceding section is read from the text editing table and transferred to the beginning of the text display area (step 1a5d).

In the backward direction, the section history information immediately after the section history currently displayed is read from the section history table and transferred to the section history display area (step 1a5e). Then, the text corresponding to the latter section is read from the text editing table and transferred to the beginning of the text display area (step 1a5f).

When the line is used as a unit, such as the cursor movement in the text display screen or the text movement in the display screen area as a unit, the amount of movement of the text in the display screen area as a unit or the text display screen Judge the moving direction from the moving amount of the cursor in (step 1a5h)
To do.

In the case of the forward direction, the number of remaining lines in the section is subtracted from the number of moved rows in the forward direction of the section history information currently read (step 1a5i), and it is determined whether or not it is within the section upper limit (step 1a5j). .. If the section upper limit is exceeded, the previous section history information is read from the section history table (step 1a5k), and steps 1a5i to 1a5k are repeated to determine that the number of moving lines is within the section upper limit. , The section history being read at that time is transferred to the section history display screen (step 1a5l). In the backward direction, the number of remaining lines in the section is subtracted from the number of moved rows in the backward direction of the section history information currently read (step 1a5m), and it is determined whether or not it is within the section upper limit (step 1
a5n). If it exceeds the section upper limit, the next section history information is read from the section history table (step 1a5o), and steps 1a5m to 1a5.
When it is determined that the number of moving lines is within the upper limit of the section by repeating o, the section history being read at that time is transferred to the section history display screen (step 1a5l).

The section history is displayed by transferring the section history to be displayed to the section history display area (step 1a5).
g).

FIG. 14 shows an example 3a of the edit text display screen by the above screen operation, and FIG. 1 shows an example 3b of the section history display screen.
5 shows. In the edit text display screen of FIG. 14, since the section 3a1 and the section 3a3 are displayed on one screen based on the section history information, the delimiter information 3a2 is displayed between the section 3a1 and the section 3a3. The cursor 3a4 is located in the section 3a1 on the edited text display screen 3a.
The section history display screen in this case is as shown in FIG.
The section history information about a1 is displayed. The corresponding section history information is displayed from the section history table. Figure 15
The section history information of 1 displays 1e1b of the section history table 1e1 of FIG. 13 as the section history information corresponding to the section 3a1.

FIG. 7 shows a detailed processing flow of the text operation (step 1a6).

Processing is branched according to the operation contents (step 1a6a).

In the case of a text insertion operation, the text to be edited is inserted into the text editing table (step 1a6).
b). Subsequently, the number of inserted rows is added to the number of currently inserted rows 1e1n of the target section history in the section history table (step 1a6c).
To do. Further, the number of inserted rows is added to the number of currently inserted rows 1e1n of the entire history (step 1a6d), and the number of inserted rows is set as a positive number in the number of editing operation rows (step 1a6e).

In the case of a text update operation, the text to be edited in the text edit table is updated (step 1a6).
f). Then, the updated row number is added to the current updated row number 1e1o of the target section history in the section history table (step 1a6g).
To do. Further, the number of updated rows is added to the number of currently updated rows 1e1o of the entire history (step 1a6h), and the number of inserted rows is set to zero as the number of edit operation rows (step 1a6i).

In the case of the text deletion operation, the text to be edited in the text editing table is deleted (step 1a6).
j). Subsequently, the number of deleted lines is added to the number of deleted lines 1e1p this time of the target section history of the section history table (step 1a6k).
To do. Also, the number of deleted lines is added to the number of deleted lines 1e1p this time in the entire history (step 1a6l), and the number of deleted lines is set as a negative number in the number of edit operation lines (step 1a6m).

After performing the processing corresponding to the editing operation, the number of editing operation rows is added to the current section row number 1e1m of the target section history (step 1a6n), and the editing operation row is added to the current section row number 1e1m of the entire history. Add number (step 1a6
o) Then, the edit operation date is set to the current edit date 1e1l (step 1a6p), and the text operation is completed.

FIG. 16 shows an example 3c of the edit text display screen when the above text operation is performed on the text 3a5 of the section 3a3 of the edit text display screen of FIG.
FIG. 17 shows a section history display screen example 3d. Text 3c5 of section 3c3 of edited text display screen 3c of FIG.
Is the text to be operated. In the edit text display screen 3c of FIG. 16, the cursor 3c4 indicates the section 3
Since it is in c3, in the section history display screen 3d of FIG. 17,
The section history information of the section 3c3 is displayed. From the section history information of FIG. 17, the text 3c5 in the edit text display screen 15 is created by the text operation of inserting 2 lines, updating 2 lines, and deleting 1 line with respect to the text 3a 5 in the edit text display screen of FIG. I understand.

Next, FIG. 18 shows a text edit table example 1d2 after the end of the text operation, and a section history table example 1
e2 is shown in FIG. Section history table 1e2 of FIG.
In this case, in the history information 1e2a of the entire text, the number of inserted lines this time, the number of updated lines this time, and the number of deleted lines this time are 1e2c.
From the same thing as the section history information of No. 2, it can be seen that the editing operation was performed only for the section 1e2c on the editing date of February 12, 1990.

A detailed processing flow of file output (step 1c1) is shown in FIG. FIG. 20 shows the text edit table 1d2 of FIG. 18 and the section history table example 1e of FIG.
It is an example of the text file after the edit which transferred 2 to the file.

The text is read from the text editing table (step 1c1a) and transferred to a file (step 1c1c). Steps 1c1a to 1c1
By repeating c, the text is transferred from the text edit table to the file, and when the end of the text edit table is determined (step 1c1b), the text end information is transferred to the file (step 1c1d). In FIG. 20, 5b1a is the text transferred from the text editing table of FIG. 5b1b in FIG. 20 is text end information. Next, the section history information is read from the section history table (step 1c1e), and the history information is updated (step 1c1g). In the history information update, the previous history information is updated with the history update difference information edited this time. FIG. 9 shows a detailed processing flow of updating history information (step 1c1g).

The section history information of the target single section is read from the section history table (step 1c1g01),
Whether or not there is update information this time is determined by updating the edit date on this edit date (step 1c1g02). If there is an update, it is determined whether or not a new section is created depending on whether or not the number of new section lines is 0 (step 1c1g03). If there is new history information, the previous edit date is set to the current edit date (step 1c1g04), and 1 is added to the previous update count (step 1
c1g05), the previous section row number is set to the current section row number (step 1c1g06), the current insertion row number is added to the previous insertion row number (step 07), and the current update row number is added to the previous update row number (step 1c1g08) The number of deleted lines this time is added to the number of deleted lines last time (step 1c1g09), and the history information update (step 1c1g) is completed. If there is no new history information, set the new edit date to this edit date (step 1
c1g10), the number of new section rows is set to the number of new section rows (step 1c1g11), and history information is updated (step 1
c1g) is completed. If there is no update, the previous history information is continued without updating the history information.

Next, the updated history information is stored in the file (step 1c1h). Steps 1c1e to 1c1h are repeated to transfer the section history information from the section history table to the file. When the end of the section history table is determined (step 1c1i), the section history end information is transferred to the file. The section history information 5b1c in FIG. 18 is obtained by performing history information update processing on the history information in the section history table in FIG.

When it is determined in step 1a1 that the file format is to be newly created without inputting a file, an edit text table is newly created.

After that, the same editing operation as in the case of file input is performed, and new section history information is stored in the section history table for each section operation (step 1a4).

FIG. 10 shows a detailed flow of the text separation output (step 1c2) for separating the edit text and the section history information and outputting the file when only the edit text is required like the program source.

Similar to the text output of the file output shown in FIG. 9, the text is read from the text editing table (step 1c2a) and output to the file (step 1c).
2c) Steps 1c2a to 1c2c are repeated to output the text from the text edit table to the file, and when the end of the text edit table is determined (step 1c2b), the file end information is transferred to the file (step 1c2d). Figure 21 Example of text output
Shown in. In FIG. 21, 5b3a is the text transferred from the text editing table of FIG. 18, and 5b3b is the file end information.

When section history editing is performed by inputting a file edited by a method other than this editing method, another format file is input (step 1b2). In another format file input (step 1b1), a delimiter pattern is determined from the edit text file, the edit text is divided, and the section is registered in the section history table.

The detailed processing flow is shown in FIG. 22, and an example of the input text file in another format is shown in FIG. The delimiter pattern in the edit text is registered (step 1b2a), and the section line number counter is set to the initial value 0 (step 1b).
2b) The text to be edited is read from the file (step 1b1c) and stored in the text editing table (step 1b1e). Then, it is determined whether the read text is a delimiter pattern (step 1b2f).
To do. If it is not a delimiter pattern, 1 is added to the section line number counter (step 1b2g), and the next text to be edited is read from the file (step 1b1).
c). In the case of a delimiter pattern, set the value of the section row number counter to the number of new section rows in the section history table (step 1
Then, the section row number counter is set to 1 as the next section head row (step 1b2i). Step 1b2a
To step 1b2i are repeated. When the end of the file is determined (step 1b2d), the value of the section row number counter is set to the number of new section rows in the section history table (step 1
b2h) and then completed.

In the other format text file 5a2 of FIG. 23, when the file input processing 1b2 is performed using 5a2b as a delimiter pattern, the text editing table is
This is the same as the text edit table 1d1 of FIG. 12 into which the text file of this format of FIG. 11 is input. FIG. 24 shows the inputted section history table. A section history table is newly created, the input text information is stored as new history information, and the edits after this time are stored as previous history information.

Integrated output for outputting the section history information corresponding to the section in the edit text (step 1c3)
FIG. 25 shows a detailed processing flow of the above. It is used for an output medium that integrates edited text and section history, which is advantageous for history management by paper list such as output of program source list.

Section history information is read from the section history table (step 1c3a), and history information is updated (step 1c3b). Transfer the updated history information to the file (step 1c3c), and set the section row number counter to the initial value 0.
(Step 1c3d). Next, the text is read from the text editing table (step 1c3e) and transferred to the file (step 1c3g). 1 is added to the section row number counter (step 1c3h), and the current section row number of the section history information read previously is compared with the section row number counter (step 1c3i).

When the value of the section row number counter is smaller than the current section row number, steps 1c3e to 1c3i
By repeating, the edit text for one section is transferred from the text edit table. If the value of the section row number counter becomes equal to the section row number this time, from the section history table,
The next section history information is read (step 1c3a). Steps 1c3a to 1c3i are repeated to transfer the section history information and the edited text for one section, and when the end of the text editing table is determined (step 1c3f), the processing is completed.

Integrated output example 5b2 from the text edit table 1d2 of FIG. 18 and the section history table 1e2 of FIG.
Is shown in FIG. In FIG. 26, 5b2a is the whole text history information 1e2a. 5b2b is section 5b2c
Section history information of 5b2d is section history information of section 5b2e. Each history information is output before the corresponding section.

[0054]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since the section history information about the text to be edited can be retained for each arbitrary section of the edit text, at a certain point of text editing, where changes are concentrated and how often. It is possible to determine if a change has been made. Also, from the date of editing operation of the section history information, it is possible to grasp the section that has been edited at the same time with respect to the section that has been edited, so that there is a possibility that changes to the section will have an impact. It is possible to determine a certain section.

Further, according to the present invention, with respect to the text edited by the method other than the present invention, the section history edit can be performed when the edit text includes the delimiter information. Therefore, the above judgment can be applied. , Will be possible.
Moreover, since the section history information can be output in association with the edit section in the edit text, the edit text can be easily collated with the section history information, and the above-described determination for the edit section can be easily performed. ..

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of editing processing according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a detailed process flow diagram of file input of this format for inputting a text file edited by the method of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a detailed processing flow chart of section operation in units of an edit section in edit text.

FIG. 6 is a detailed process flow diagram of a screen operation for displaying edit text and section history information.

FIG. 7 is a detailed process flow diagram of a text operation on a text in an edited text.

FIG. 8 is a detailed process flow diagram of file output for outputting edited text and section history information to a file.

FIG. 9 is a detailed process flow diagram of history update for updating the previous history information with the current history information when a file is output.

FIG. 10 is a detailed process flow diagram of text separation output that outputs edited text and section history information separately.

FIG. 11 is an example of a book-format text file that has been created by this editing method and has not been edited yet.

12 is an example of a text edit table before editing, which is input from FIG.

FIG. 13 is an example of a section history table before editing, inputting FIG.

FIG. 14 is an example of an edited text display screen before editing which displays FIG. 11.

FIG. 15 is an example of a section history display screen before editing which displays FIG.

FIG. 16 is an example of an edited text display screen after the editing of FIG.

FIG. 17 is an example of a section history display screen after being edited with respect to FIG.

18 is an example of a text editing table after editing for FIG.

19 is an example of a section history table after being edited with respect to FIG.

20 is an example of an edited text file that outputs the text edit table of FIG. 17 and the section history table of FIG.

FIG. 21 is an example of a text output after editing in which the edited text of FIG. 17 is output by the text separation output of FIG. 25.

FIG. 22 is a detailed process flow chart of another format file input for inputting a text file edited by a method other than the method of the present invention.

FIG. 23 is an example of a book-format text file to be input that has been created by a method other than this editing method.

FIG. 24 is an example of a newly created section history table created when FIG. 21 is input.

FIG. 25 is a detailed process flow diagram of integrated output for outputting section history information accompanying an edit section of edit text.

26 is an example of integrated text output after editing in which the section history information of FIG. 18 is output in association with the edit section of the edit text of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Text editing function, 1a ... Editing function, 1a2 ... Editing operation input, 1a4 ... Section operation, 1a5 ... Screen operation, 1a
6 ... Text operation, 1b1 ... This format file input function,
1b2 ... Other format file input function, 1c ... File output function, 1c1 ... File output, 1c1g ... History information update, 1c2 ... Text separated output, 1c3 ... Integrated output, 1
d ... Text edit table, 1e ... Section history table,
1e2 ... Section history table before editing, 2 ... Computer, 2
a ... processing unit, 2b ... input / output control unit, 2c ... main storage unit, 3
... screen display section, 4 ... key input section, 5 ... external storage section.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A method of managing an edit operation history for each arbitrary edit section in the text in an edit operation on the text, wherein when the edit text is input from a file, the edit target text is a text edit area. A step of storing the section history information in the section history area; a step of specifying the section to be edited for the editing operation on the edit text and updating the section history information of the corresponding section history area; Is displayed on the screen, and the section history information of the edit section corresponding to the edit text displayed on the screen is displayed on the screen, and the step of outputting the edit text and the section history information to a file is included. History editing method. 2. The section history editing method according to claim 1, wherein said text file is input when said section history editing method is used.
When a text file created by a method other than the section history editing method described above is input, the text is stored in the text editing area, and when a delimiter pattern designating an editing section is set in the text, A section history editing method comprising a step of identifying the delimiter pattern in the text, identifying the editing section, and storing the number of section lines in a section history area. 3. The section history editing method according to claim 1, wherein when the edit text is output to a specific file in the file output of the edit text and section history information, A section history editing method comprising a step of outputting section history information corresponding to the edited section in association with the text.