JPH06131332A - Slant rule display switching system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To change the display mode of a slant rule by performing the switching between a display mode which points and displays both characters to start and end the addition of slant rules and a display mode which displays the slant rules from the start character for addition of the slant rule through the end character for addition of the slant rule. CONSTITUTION:An input character string is displayed (S13) and the addition of a rule is instructed to the input character string (S11). Then the switching is carried out (S8, S11 and S12) between a display mode which points and displays both characters to start and end the addition of the slant rule and a display mode which displays the slant rules from the start character through the end character for addition of the slant rules.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ruled line display of a document processing apparatus such as a Japanese word processor or a computer capable of creating a document in Japanese.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional ruled lines are drawn to the side of, or above or below, a character that has been input.
There is a diagonal ruled line). It crosses a character or string diagonally, and when drawn at a space it is used as a diagonal line, for example to divide a table item. Or, by drawing it diagonally,
Used to display the already modified string.

In the document display of a conventional Japanese word processor or the like, the display of the diagonal ruled line is fixed to either the mark display at the start point / end point position or the actual line segment display. Therefore, the display of ruled lines suitable for the display content cannot be freely switched, which is inconvenient.

In particular, conventionally, the display of diagonal ruled lines has been fixed to either mark display at the start point / end point position or actual line segment display. Therefore, in the case of mark display, it is difficult to understand how the document is printed, and in the case of line segment display, it is necessary to calculate the angle of the line segment, which slows down the display speed. Was there.

[0005]

When displaying a document in a Japanese word processor or the like, it is possible to switch between a method of displaying a diagonal ruled line as a mark at a start point and an end point and a method of actually displaying a line segment. It is a thing.

[0006]

According to the invention described in claim 1, an input step of inputting a character string, a display step of displaying the input character string, and a step of displaying the input character string On the other hand, a ruled line instructing step for instructing the addition of diagonal ruled lines, a display mode for instructing and displaying a character to start adding the diagonal ruled line and a character to end the adding, and a character to end adding from the character to start adding the diagonal ruled line And a step of switching the display mode for displaying diagonal ruled lines.

[0007]

According to the present invention, a display mode for indicating and displaying a character to start adding diagonal ruled lines and a character to finish adding diagonal ruled lines, and a diagonal ruled line from a character starting to add diagonal ruled lines to a character ending addition By operating the step of switching the display mode to be displayed, the display mode of the diagonal ruled lines can be changed.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings. The present invention is not limited to this.

FIG. 1 shows a circuit that realizes the display system of the present invention. The keyboard 1 is a key input device, and when a key is pressed, a key code is generated. Among these are the ruled line key 2 for setting the mode for handling ruled lines, the cursor key 3 and the ruled line position specification key 4 for entering the ruled line in the ruled line mode, and whether the diagonal ruled line is displayed with marks or line segments. An oblique ruled line display state switching key 5 for selecting whether to display is provided.

The editing device 6 stores the character corresponding to the received key. This includes an edit buffer 7 for storing character strings and a ruled line buffer 8 for storing diagonal ruled line information.
And a diagonal ruled line display state flag 9 for designating whether the diagonal ruled lines are displayed by marks or line segments.

The display device 10 displays the edited character string.

FIG. 2 shows a flow chart of the present invention,
As an initial state, the diagonal ruled line display state flag 9 is in a state indicating a mark display (step S).
1). When a key is input by the key input device (S2), the key code is sequentially output to the editing device. When the editing device receives the key code, the editing device performs the editing process (S
13), The character string corresponding to the key code is stored in the edit buffer. Here, when the ruled line key is pressed (S4), the mode is switched to the "ruled line mode" in which ruled lines are handled. In the "ruled line mode", the cursor key 3 is used to specify the position of a specific character in the edit buffer (S5), and when the ruled line position specification key 4 is input there, the start point of the diagonal ruled line is specified (S5).
6). After the start point is designated, the position of another character is designated, and the ruled line position designation key 4 is input there, whereby the end point is designated (S7). The diagonal ruled line is input by designating the start point and the end point. At this time, information on the diagonal ruled lines is stored in the ruled line buffer 8. Note that when the starting point and the ending point are aligned in the horizontal direction (X coordinate) or the vertical direction (Y coordinate), normal ruled line data is created (S8,
S9, S10).

When data is input, the editing device requests that the character string in the edit buffer and the diagonal ruled line in the ruled line buffer be displayed at the display position. Since the diagonal ruled line display state flag is initially set to display marks, the display device 10 displays marks. (S11) Here, when the diagonal ruled line display state switching key 5 is input, the diagonal ruled line display state flag is set to a state different from the current setting (S12). In this case, the setting changes to display line segments. The display device performs line segment display according to this flag. (S11) With the above-described processing, it is possible to switch between the mark display of the diagonal ruled line and the line segment display.

In FIG. 3A, the character string "AB
C ”, the document with the character string“ DEF ”on the second line, the start point of the diagonal ruled line at the upper left of the character of“ A ”on the first line, the end point of the diagonal ruled line at the upper left of the character of“ F ”on the second line Is present, the diagonal ruled line is an example of the screen display when the mark display is designated.

FIG. 3B shows an example of the screen display when the diagonal ruled lines are designated as line segment display for the same data as in FIG. 3A.

In FIGS. 3 (1) and 3 (2), ruled lines are drawn on the left side of D and on the upper side, but this is, of course,
It is also possible to pull right next to and to the right.

[0017]

According to the present invention, the display mode of the diagonal ruled lines can be easily changed, and the diagonal ruled lines can be displayed according to the usage mode. In other words, in the document display, it is possible to switch between the method of displaying the diagonal ruled lines at the start point and the end point and the method of actually displaying the line segments. This allows line segment display to be selected if one wants to know how the document will be printed. Also,
If high speed display is desired, mark display can be selected.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a document processing apparatus that realizes the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for realizing the diagonal ruled line display method of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of diagonal ruled lines.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Keyboard 2 Ruled Line Key 3 Cursor Key 4 Ruled Line Position Designation Key 5 Diagonal Ruled Line Display State Switching Key 6 Editing Device 7 Editing Buffer 8 Ruled Line Buffer 9 Diagonal Ruled Line Display State Flag 10 Display Device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An input step of inputting a character string, a display step of displaying the input character string, a ruled line instructing step of instructing addition of a diagonal ruled line to the input character string, and a diagonal ruled line. And a display mode in which a character for starting addition of a character and a character for ending addition are indicated and a display mode for displaying a diagonal ruled line from a character starting to add a diagonal ruled line to a character ending addition Diagonal ruled line display switching method characterized by