JPH0567108A - Character input editor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable edit work to be performed only by an assembling display picture by an operator by changing the display mode of a cursot and recognizing the existence of an assembling form command at a position where the assembling form command exists when the cursor is moved and arrives at the position where the assembling form command exists. CONSTITUTION:A character input editor which performs the edit work by displaying a character in an image near to an actual printed matter on a display part 14 is comprised in such a way that internal data is comprised of the assembling form command and character information, and only the character is displayed on the display part 14, and it can be recognized that the assembling form command is set at coordinates on the display part 14 by displaying the display mode of the cursor by setting differently from the assembling form command of the character only when the cursor arrives at the coordinates on the display part 14, and also, assembling form specification representing the specification of the assembling form of the assembling form command and assembling form information can be displayed at need. Therefore, the position where the assembling form command exists and the content of it can be recognized only by the display of the assembling display picture, and the operator can perform the edit work by using only the assembling display picture.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a character input / editing apparatus, and more particularly to a character input / editing apparatus which has good workability such as correction of input characters and typography.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A character input / editing device for inputting, editing, and proofreading data for outputting characters from a character output device such as a computer typesetting machine is a data created from the beginning by itself, or another input-only device. The data (hereinafter referred to as original data) in which the characters and functions (representing character attribute information, composition information, etc.) input in step 2 are mixed and arranged as illustrated in FIG. 2 are received by the FD or the like, and the display unit follows the data. It is displayed as an image that is close to the actual printed matter, and editing work such as correction of characters and formatting is performed. In FIG. 2, F is a function and the other characters are characters.

[0003]

In the conventional character input / editing apparatus, the display section 31 is divided into two as shown in the display example in FIG. 3, and one display section (hereinafter referred to as a group display area) 32 is provided. Characters are displayed with an image similar to the actual printed matter, and the other display unit (hereinafter referred to as the original data display area) 33
The original data in which the above-mentioned characters and functions are mixed is displayed in.

When a character or a function is corrected by such a character input / editing apparatus, the cursor is moved to the character or function to be corrected on the original data display area 33 and the correction portion is designated. That is, since the function is not displayed in the group display area 32, it is not clear what kind of function is in which place, and an instruction for modifying the function cannot be given.

Therefore, the display unit 31 shown in FIG. 3 is divided into two, and a group display area 32 and an original data display area 3 are provided.
Both of them had to be provided.

Further, since the number of functions is very large and complicated, in the method of correcting the functions on the original data as in the conventional device, it is necessary to accurately remember all the functions, and erroneous input and the like. There was a problem.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made from the above points. Basically, only the set display is performed on the display unit, and the input editing work can be performed correctly even if the function is not remembered correctly. The object of the present invention is to provide a character input / editing device capable of performing
In a character input / editing device that displays characters in an image similar to an actual printed material on a display unit for editing work, an internal data for editing is constituted by a composition command and character information, and only characters are displayed on the display unit. Is displayed, and only when the cursor comes to the coordinates (X, Y) on the display section of the format command, the display format of the cursor is changed to that of the character and the format command is set there. To understand that
As the need arises, the composition format indicating the composition format of the composition format command and the composition format information are displayed.

[0008]

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a character input / editing apparatus of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 11 is a CPU, 12 is a system bus, and 13 is an input unit, which is composed of a keyboard, a mouse, and the like. Reference numeral 14 is a display unit, 14a is a display control unit, and 15 is a data conversion unit for converting original data into internal data for performing an editing process. The data conversion unit also converts internal data into original data. Details of the data conversion will be described later.

Reference numeral 16 is an internal data memory for storing the internal data converted by the data conversion unit 15, 16a is a memory control unit for controlling the internal data memory 16, and 17 is a display unit 1.
An edit screen control unit for controlling the edit screen displayed on 4.
8 is a character pattern memory that stores a plurality of character pattern data, and 19 is a character pattern memory 1 as required.
A character generator for reading character pattern data from 8 to generate a character of a predetermined size and shape, and a set processor 20 for displaying internal characters for displaying characters on the display 14 in a form close to an actual printed matter. The internal data stored in the memory 16 is processed to obtain the coordinates of each character on the display unit 14. still,
Although not displayed, the coordinates of the composition command to be described later are also obtained. Two
An editing control unit 1 controls editing processing such as inputting, correcting, and deleting characters and formatting.

When the original data input by another dedicated input device is input by the FD or the like to the character input / editing device, the data conversion unit 15 converts the original data into internal data for performing the editing process. In the present invention, the data conversion is, for example, as shown in FIG. 2, original data composed of characters and functions F is classified into a composition command and characters and character attributes as shown in FIG. 4 (1), and one composition command group is 1 Record data is used, and the character attribute is added to each character until the typeface, size, etc. are changed, to make one record. Further, the coordinates from the origin on the display unit 14 are obtained and stored together with each character and the format command. The letters,
The character attributes and the coordinates of the characters on the display unit are collectively referred to as character information below.

The details of the composition format command will be described below. As shown in FIG. 4 (2), the composition format command is an assembly format classification 41A indicating the type of assembly format (for example, composition direction, line spacing, line feed, etc.) and assembly format information 41B that is the actual information.
And the coordinates (X, X,
Y) 41C is comprised at least and is comprised. Although the format command 41 is not actually displayed, it is used in the editing process described later.

The character information includes character code 42A, typeface information 42B, and character size 42, as shown in FIG. 4 (3).
C, deformation information (identical, italic, elongated, etc.) 42D, and coordinates (X, Y) 42E of the character on the display unit 14 are provided at least.

The internal data stored in the internal data memory 16 is displayed on the display unit 14 as an image close to an actual printed matter. The display is performed in accordance with the format command of the internal data and the character information, and the character generation unit 19 reads out the character pattern data to be displayed from the character pattern memory 18 to generate a character as indicated by the character attribute, and displays the character via the display control unit 14a. 5 is displayed on the display unit 14.

Next, the editing process will be described. Display 1
4, a cursor 51 is displayed as shown in FIG. The generation control of the cursor 51 is performed by the edit screen control unit 17. The cursor 51 is generated at the coordinates (X, Y) indicated by the text formatting command and character information of the internal data. The edit screen control unit 17 controls to generate a cursor having a size corresponding to the character size of the character at the coordinate where the cursor 51 is located. That is, cursor 1
7 changes depending on the displayed character size.

When confirming or correcting the character attribute of the character on which the cursor 51 is located, a command to that effect is issued from the input unit 13. When the edit screen control unit 17 receives the command,
The character attribute of the character ("" in the case of FIG. 5) where the cursor 51 is located in the internal data memory 16 is read, and a small window 61 is opened on the display unit 14 via the display control unit 14a as shown in FIG. indicate. If the character attributes such as a typeface are changed, the characters are input from the input unit 13 and corrected.
The editing control unit 21 performs processing such as correction.

When the cursor 51 is moved from the character "LE" in the filling direction in response to a command from the input unit 13, the cursor 51 moves to the coordinate position on the display unit 14 indicated by the composition command and character information stored in the internal memory 16. Move in order. The character next to "." Is "4". However, in this embodiment, an organization command indicating that "Shimanto River alone trip" is the heading between "." And "4" in the internal data is given. is there. Therefore,
As described above, the cursor 51 is displayed vertically in front of the headline "Shimanto River alone trip", that is, at a position without characters. Of course, the position where the cursor 51 is displayed is the coordinate position held by this assembly format command. In this way, when the cursor comes to a position where there is a certain formatting command in the character, a vertical cursor is generated between the characters, so it can be seen that there is some formatting command at that position.

When confirming or correcting the composition instruction,
A command to that effect is issued from the input unit 13. Editing screen control unit 1
7 receives the command, reads the format command at which the cursor 51 of the internal data memory 16 is located, and the display control unit 1
As shown in FIG. 7, for example, a small window 71 is opened and displayed on the display unit 14 via 4a for confirmation and correction. The editing control unit 21 performs processing such as correction. In addition, a plurality of different assembly instructions may be set at the same coordinates. In that case, the contents displayed in the small window 71 are sequentially switched to display the composition command.

When the composition instruction is corrected, the information is sent to the assembly processing section 20. The set processing unit 20 performs a set process, and obtains the characters on the display unit 14 of the characters and the formatting instruction that change due to correction or the like. The memory control unit 16a
The coordinates of each character in the internal data of the internal data memory 16 and the coordinates of the format command are updated to the new coordinates that have just been obtained. Display 1
Characters are displayed at 4 according to the updated internal data.

When the cursor 51 is further moved to the position where the composition command at the end of the heading is present, the vertically long cursor 51 is displayed between the characters as shown in FIG. In addition, a small window 81 opens as shown in FIG. 8 in response to a command from the input unit 13 and displays that there is an assembly command indicating that the heading is at the end. In this way, the position where the composition instruction is given and the content thereof can be known.

As described above, in addition to the above-mentioned heading, there are various types of formatting instructions for displaying the cursor vertically between characters, such as the direction of setting, line spacing, line feed, line up, line indentation, vertical-in-horizontal, and sorting. To do. And the format information displayed by opening a small window naturally changes accordingly.

When the internal data stored in the internal data memory 16 after completion of editing in this way is output to the FD or the like, the data conversion unit 15 converts the internal data into original data and outputs the original data.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, in the above embodiment, the coordinates of the composition instruction and the coordinates of the character and the character attribute are the coordinates on the display unit. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, it may be coordinates on the printed matter. Also, when the cursor comes to a position where there is a composition command, it is said that it will be displayed in portrait orientation, but it is not limited to this, as long as it can be recognized that the cursor is in the composition command, such as changing the display color. It may be displayed in any form.

[0023]

As described above, when the cursor comes to the position where the composition command is present, the display mode of the cursor is changed and displayed, and the composition command is set there. In addition to displaying the composition format and composition information indicating the composition format of the composition command, the position of the composition command is displayed even if only the display screen is displayed. The contents are clearly understood. Therefore, since the operator can perform the editing work only with the group display screen, there is an effect that the editing work can be performed more efficiently. In addition, since the original data is converted to internal data for editing, it can be edited without the operator having to remember the function accurately. Moreover, when outputting, it is converted to the original data and output. , And can be used in combination with other character input / editing devices.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a character input editing device of the present invention.

[Figure 2] Illustration of original data

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional technique.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of internal data of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 15 data conversion unit 16 internal data memory 17 edit screen control unit 18 character pattern memory 19 character generation unit 20 set processing unit 21 edit control unit

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A character inputting / editing apparatus for displaying characters in an image similar to an actual printed matter on a display unit for editing work, and a format command including at least the following information:
The internal information for editing is configured with the character information having at least the following information, only the characters are displayed on the display unit, and the cursor is located at the coordinates (X, Y) on the display unit of the format command. Only when the cursor arrives, the cursor is displayed in a different manner from that of the character so that it can be understood that the composition command is set therein, and the type of the composition command of the composition command is given if necessary. A character input / editing device characterized by displaying a type of type and a type of type information. Coupling format that indicates the type of cohesive format Coordination information Coordinates (X, Y) on the display section of the format command Character code Typeface information Character size Transformation information Coordinates on the display section of characters (X, Y) 2. In a character input / editing device for displaying characters in an image similar to an actual printed matter on a display unit for editing work, when original data in which characters and functions are arranged in a mixed manner is input, It is used for editing by converting it into an internal data composed of a composition command containing at least information and character information containing at least the following items of information, and after the editing is completed, the internal data is converted into original data and output. A character input editing device characterized by: Coupling format that indicates the type of cohesive format Coordination information Coordinates (X, Y) on the display section of the format command Character code Typeface information Character size Transformation information Coordinates on the display section of characters (X, Y)