JPH0580728A - Character display system of information processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate document discrimination and speedily extract a document to be selected by reading an icon corresponding to the state of the document out of a ROM and displaying the icon indicating the state of the document in a window on a CRT display. CONSTITUTION:A CPU 5 has a discrimination means and a main control means, which performs control so as to select and display a corresponding character among characters stored in the ROM 8 according to the discriminated result of the discrimination means. Then the CPU 5 reads the character (icon) corresponding to the state of the document out of the ROM 8 and displays the icon indicating the state of the document in the window on the CRT display 1. The state of the document is known only by looking at the icon at a glance, so documents are easily decided, the document to be selected can be taken out at a high speed, and an important document and a document of large size which is hardly restored are prevented from being erased by mistake.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a character display system for displaying a corresponding character (icon) indicating the state of a document (size of document, etc.) in an information processing system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, icons representing documents (results of work input by a computer user, corrected, displayed in a list, and saved) (files) are represented by pictures of one document, New and old with shades of light
No. 2825223), one that changes the size according to the number of selections (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 114318/1990), and one that has the characteristics of the document
There is no document (file) whose size is large or small by a glance, such as a document whose characteristics are unknown (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-48927).

[0003]

As described above, in the conventional icon representing a document (file), the size of the document (file) cannot be known by a glance. Therefore, there is a problem that it is difficult to immediately discriminate a large number of documents. In addition, if a large document and a small document are represented by the same icon, there is a problem that a large document that is difficult to restore may be mistakenly deleted by the carelessness of the user. ..

Further, it is clear to anyone that the icon representing the document in the edit state is in the edit state, as represented by an icon obtained by inverting the black and white of a normal icon. It wasn't something.

An object of the present invention is to easily identify a document, to speed up retrieval of a document to be selected, and to erase an important document or a large-sized document which is difficult to restore by mistake. Another object of the present invention is to provide a character display method in an information processing system which is prevented and which allows the state of a document to be easily recognized.

[0006]

A character display method in an information processing system of the present invention is a character display method in an information processing system having a document processing function, and a storage means for storing a character corresponding to a state of a document. A main control for selecting a corresponding character from among the characters stored in the storage means based on the judgment result of the document and the judgment means for judging the state of the document and displaying the selected corresponding character Means and display means for displaying a corresponding character indicating the state of the document under the control of the main control means.

[0007]

In the character display method in the information processing system having the above-mentioned structure, the judging means judges the state of the document, and the main controlling means finds out of the characters stored in the storing means based on the judgment result of the judging means. A character to be selected is selected, and control is performed to display the selected corresponding character. The display means displays the corresponding character indicating the state of the document under the control of the main control means.

Since the state of the document (including the size) can be known at a glance at the character (icon),
Documents can be easily discriminated, a document to be selected can be retrieved at high speed, and an important document or a large-sized document that is difficult to restore can be prevented from being accidentally erased. Also, the state of the document can be easily recognized.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing an embodiment of a character display system in an information processing system according to the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a CRT display as a display means of the present invention, and this CRT display 1 is connected to a video RAM 2. Video ram
2, mouse 3, keyboard 4, CPU 5, RAM 6, hard disk 7, ROM 8 as storage means of the present invention
Are respectively connected to the bus 9. Where the CPU
Reference numeral 5 constitutes the judgment means and the main control means of the present invention.
In the information processing system configured as shown in FIG. 1, it is assumed that a window system 12, which is one of user interfaces of a computer, is realized as shown in FIG. 2 is an external view showing an embodiment of a character display system, here an icon display system, in the information processing system according to the present invention. In FIG. 2, 11 is
The computer main body, and the computer main body 11 includes a CPU
5, RAM 6, hard disk 7, ROM 8 and the like are built in.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 3 to 9, a specific operation of an embodiment for creating a document will be described. 3 and 6 are flowcharts showing respective embodiments of the procedure for creating a document using application software on the window system. FIG. 3 shows a case of newly creating a document, and FIG. This is a case of changing an existing document. 4, 5, and 7 are flow charts for explaining a specific operation of the embodiments of FIGS. 3 and 6. 8 and 9 are diagrams showing examples of icons used in the present invention. FIGS. 8A to 8C are examples of icons showing closed documents, and FIG. 9 shows a document opened. It is an example of an icon showing a state. Where the icon is
A symbol of an object, concept or message.

There are two cases of creating a document, one is to create a new document as shown in FIG. 3 and the other is to modify an existing document as shown in FIG. First,
As shown in FIG. 3, when a new document is created, the CPU 5 starts application software such as an editor or a drawing tool for creating a document based on an instruction from the keyboard 4 (step S31). Next, using the keyboard 4, a document is created on the RAM 6 (step S32), after the document is created, a name is given to this document, and the created document and name are transferred from the RAM 6 to the hard disk 7 and saved (step S33). ). Then, the work is completed, that is, the document (file) is closed (step S34).

FIG. 4 shows a specific operation at the time of saving in step S33 of FIG. In FIG. 4, the CPU 5 writes the document on the RAM 6 in the hard disk 7 together with the application software name and the document size according to the format of the application software used for creating the document (step S41). Next, based on the instruction from the keyboard 4, the CPU 5 confirms that the document is currently being edited, as shown in FIG. 9, in the area of the window showing the contents of the folder in which the document is stored in the video RAM 2. The icon shown is taken out from the ROM 8 and written, and the name of the document is written under the written icon (step S42). It should be noted that FIG. 9 shows the icon represented by the unrolled scroll to indicate that the document is currently being edited. In addition, in ROM8,
Icons corresponding to the state of the document (including the size of the document), here, icons as shown in FIGS. 8A to 8C and FIG. 9 are stored.

Next, FIG. 5 shows a specific operation at the end of the document editing work in step S34 of FIG. In FIG. 5, the CPU 5 stores the position of the icon written in the area of the window for displaying the contents of the folder in which the document is stored on the video RAM 2 (step S51). Next, the icon is erased from the video RAM 2 (step S52). Next, the CPU 5 reads the size of the document stored immediately before the end of the editing work into the hard disk 7 (step S53). And CPU5
Determines the size of this document, and if it is less than 5 kbytes, the process proceeds to step S55, and 5 kbytes or more 10
If it is less than kbytes, the process proceeds to step S56 and 10
If it is kbytesizeyou, the process proceeds to step S57 (step S54).

In step S55, the CPU 5 causes the ROM
An icon represented by a thin scroll as shown in FIG. 8 (A) corresponding to the size of the document is taken out from 8, and this icon is written in the position stored in step 51 on the window of the video RAM 2. In step S56, the CPU 5
Corresponds to the size of the document from the ROM 8, FIG. 8 (B)
The icon represented by the medium-thickness scroll as shown in (3) is taken out, and this icon is written in the position stored in step 51 on the window of the video RAM 2. Step S
At 57, the CPU 5 takes out from the ROM 8 an icon represented by a thick scroll corresponding to the size of the document, as shown in FIG. 8C, and puts this icon at the position stored in step 51 on the window of the video RAM 2. Write.

FIG. 8 shows an example of an icon in which the approximate size of the document can be understood by changing the thickness of the scroll.

Next, as shown in FIG. 6, when modifying an existing document, first, the document to be modified is opened (step S61). For that purpose, the icon indicating the document on the window of the video RAM 2 is clicked with the mouse 3. CPU based on instructions from keyboard 4
Reference numeral 5 reads the document indicated by the clicked icon from the hard disk 7 onto the RAM 6, and starts the operation according to the application software used to create the document.

At that time, as shown in FIG.
The U5 stores the position of the icon indicating the document on the video RAM 2 (step S71) and deletes the icon from the video RAM 2 (step S72). CP
The U5 extracts from the ROM 8 an icon indicating that the document is currently being edited as shown in FIG. 9 corresponding to the state of the document, and extracts the extracted icon in step S72.
Instead of the icon erased in step S7, the icon is written in the position stored in step S71 on the video RAM 2 (step S7).
3).

Next, after the document is opened in step S61 of FIG. 6, the document is changed (step S62). Next, in step S63, when the document is saved, if the revised document is saved separately from the original document (if the document is newly saved), the process proceeds to step S64, and the original document is revised. If the document is to be replaced (if the document is not newly saved), the process proceeds to step S65.

The document saving process in step S64 is the same as the process shown in FIG. Also, step S
The document saving process at 65 need only replace the original document on the hard disk 7 with the revised document. After the document saving process of steps S64 and S65, step S6
At 6, the work is completed. In this case, the specific operation at the end of the document editing work is the same as the operation shown in FIG.

As can be seen from the above description, the size of the document, which is one of the document states, is the CRT.
Documents can be easily identified because they can be seen at a glance just by looking at the icon on the window of the screen of the display 1.
It is possible to speed up the extraction of the document to be selected and prevent accidentally deleting an important document. Also,
Looking at the icon display on the window of the screen of the CRT display 1, when it is a large size document, intuitively, "this document is difficult to restore if it is erased."
Therefore, it is expected that users will be careful when handling documents. Therefore, it is possible to prevent erasing a large document that is difficult to restore.

The word "open (close) a document (file)" is actually used in operating a computer, but the icon is represented by a picture of a scroll wrapped with a string and a string unrolled. Thus, the word, the image of the icon, and the state of the document match, so that the state of the document can be easily recognized.

In the above description, the word "document" is used, but the same applies when the word "document" is used. In the present embodiment, with respect to the picture of the scroll, the size of the document is represented by icons having different thicknesses, and the icon in a state in which the string is unwrapped and the scroll is slightly open indicates that the document is being edited. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, the size of a document is represented by an icon depending on the number of documents stopped by a clip, the size of the thickness of a note, or the number of documents is flipped from the top. Various modifications are conceivable, such as a picture of a document stopped with a clip in the state or an icon with a picture of a notebook in the open state can be used to indicate that the document is being edited.

The present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and various applications and modifications are conceivable without departing from the gist of the present invention.

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention, the state of a document (the size of the document) can be known by just looking at the character (icon) displayed on the display means, and therefore the document can be easily identified. In addition to speeding up the extraction of the desired document, it is possible to prevent accidentally deleting an important document or a large-sized document that is difficult to restore.
Further, according to the present invention, since the image of the icon and the state of the document match, the state of the document (such as the size of the document or the edited state of the document) can be easily recognized, which is a great effect.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing an embodiment of a character display system in an information processing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view showing an embodiment of a character display system in an information processing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of a procedure for creating a document using application software on a window system.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining a specific operation of the embodiment of FIGS. 3 and 6.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining a specific operation of the embodiment of FIGS. 3 and 6.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing another embodiment of the procedure for creating a document using application software on a window system.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining a specific operation of the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing examples of icons used in the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of an icon used in the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CRT display 2 Video RAM 5 CPU 6 RAM 7 Hard disk 8 ROM

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. In a character display system in an information processing system having a document processing function, a storage means for accommodating a character corresponding to the state of the document, a determination means for determining the state of the document, and a determination by the determination means. Main control means for selecting a corresponding character from the characters stored in the storage means based on the result and controlling to display the selected corresponding character; and the main control means under the control of the main control means. A character display method in an information processing system, comprising: a display unit for displaying a corresponding character indicating the state of a document. 2. The character display method in an information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the state of the document is a size of the document.