JPH06259415A - Character display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To constitute the device so that a character output form can be confirmed and designated beforehand so as not to make a mistake character output form. CONSTITUTION:Character-string data stored in a document memory 3 is displayed in a display part 4 through a CPU 2, and when the character-string data of this display is designated character output form, its output form image is corresponded to an output form number and displayed. An operator confirms this display image and designates a character output form number. Also, at the time of outputting the character-string data, a character is outputted by a character form corresponding to the character output form number.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a character display device for displaying a character string composed of a plurality of characters.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional word processor, 1
I was able to rotate the characters I entered once by character.
That is, by performing a character rotation instruction at the position where a plurality of characters are arranged on the document and performing character rotation for each character, it was possible to create a document as shown in FIG. 7, for example.

[0003]

However, such a rotation operation is conventionally performed on a character-by-character basis, and when there are many character strings to be rotated, the operation becomes difficult. Was there. Therefore, for example, to obtain a character string form in which individual characters included in the character string are rotated character by character without rotating the character string arrangement direction, The operator had to perform a rotation designation operation for each character in the row, which was a difficult operation. Moreover, in the prior art, since the actual rotation target character is set to be immediately rotated by the rotation designation operation, if incorrect rotation is performed, it is necessary to perform the correction work each time. There was a case where the work was troublesome. An object of the present invention is to enable easy and sure designation when displaying a plurality of characters in a desired display position in a rotated form in a desired rotation direction.

[0004]

The means of the present invention are as follows. Storage means for storing character string data composed of a plurality of characters, menu display means for displaying a selection menu of a plurality of types of character rotation directions prepared in advance on the display screen, and the selection displayed on the display screen According to the menu, a selection means for selecting any one of a plurality of types of character rotation directions displayed on the selection menu and an arrangement reference position of the character string on the display screen are arbitrarily designated. When outputting the character string stored in the storage means, the individual character in the character string is rotated by one character unit in the direction according to the rotation direction of the selection, and each of the rotated character strings is rotated. A character display means for displaying and arranging the characters in the character arrangement direction according to the selected rotation direction based on the designated reference position.

[0005]

[Operation] The operation of the means of the present invention is as follows. A selection menu of a plurality of types of character rotation directions prepared in advance is displayed on the display screen, and the operator selects one of the plurality of types of character rotation directions displayed on the selection menu according to the selection menu. One character rotation direction is selected, and the layout reference position of the separately stored character string on the display screen is arbitrarily designated. Then, when outputting the stored character string, each character in the character string is rotated in a unit of one character in a direction according to the rotation direction of the selection, and each rotated character is the reference of the specified value. The characters are arranged and displayed in the character arrangement direction according to the rotation direction of the above selection based on the position. Therefore, when displaying a plurality of characters at a display position desired by the operator in a rotated form in a desired rotation direction, by designating the display reference position and selecting operation from the plurality of rotation directions displayed on the menu, It can be specified easily and surely without any mistake.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
Will be described with reference to. Configuration FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a document edit processing apparatus according to an embodiment. This document edit processing device performs various processes such as Kana-Kanji conversion on the character data input by the key input unit 1 under the control of the CPU 2 and stores the processed results in the document memory 3 as document data. Storage, display on the display unit 4, printing by the printing unit 5, and the like are performed.
Further, by operating a predetermined key of the key input unit 1, various document editing processes such as moving and copying are executed on the character data string stored in the document memory 3. The key input unit 1 includes a character key 1A for inputting various character data, a move key 1B for instructing a move process, a copy key 1C for instructing a copy process, and a cursor move key 1D for moving a cursor. Have When each key of the key input unit 1 is operated, a code such as a corresponding character code is generated, and the CPU
Entered in 2. Therefore, the character data is stored in the document memory 3 or the like in the form of a character code (including a symbol code). Therefore, when displaying and printing the contents of the document memory 3, the CPU 2 reads the corresponding character pattern data stored in advance in the character pattern memory (character generator CG) 6 and outputs it to the display unit 4 and the printing unit 5. . Then, the display unit 4 and the printing unit 5 display the display signals corresponding to the input character pattern data,
Generates a print signal, and displays and prints.

Character data is composed of 2 bytes as shown in FIG. 3, of which 14 bits are used as a character code and 2 bits are used as rotation bits. This rotation bit indicates the rotation direction of the character indicated by the corresponding character code at the time of output, and is "0".
0 "is normal upward," 01 "is right (90 ° rotation)," 10 "is downward (180 ° rotation),
"11" indicates leftward (-90 ° rotation direction). Then, as described above, when the CPU 2 outputs the character pattern data corresponding to the character code to the display unit 4 and the printing unit 5, the CPU 2 rotates the character pattern data according to the content of the rotation bit and then outputs it. .

When the move key 1B or the copy key 1C is operated, a message for guiding to specify a character data string to be moved or copied is displayed. When the target character data string is specified by the cursor movement key 1D according to this message display, the specified character data string is stored in the character buffer 7. After that, for example, an output form example in which the arrangement direction of the character string is from top to bottom and the direction (rotational direction) of each character is right is displayed together with the form number as guidance.

Further, a message for designating the destination of movement or the destination of copying is displayed. Therefore, when looking at this guidance display and inputting the form number of the desired output form, each rotation bit in the character data string relating to the designation in the character buffer 7 is changed according to the rotation direction corresponding to the form of that form number. Will be changed. When the move destination or the copy destination is designated, the character data string in which the rotation bit in the character buffer 7 is changed is stored in the document memory 3 with the specified move destination or copy destination as the starting point. The arrangement is changed in the arrangement direction corresponding to the form. In such moving and copying processes, the registers x ₁ , y ₁ , x ₂ , y ₂ , x
₀ , y ₀ , X, Y, and the output form flag F are used.

[0010] Operation will now be described with reference to FIGS. 3-7 the movement processing operation of this embodiment. When the move key 1B is operated, the CPU
2 is a display unit 4 according to a predetermined program.
A message "Where is it?" Is displayed on the screen (FIG. 3, step S1). Therefore, according to this message, when the cursor movement key 1D is operated to move the cursor to the start point in order to specify the start point of the character string to be moved, the x component and the y component of the start point coordinate A are respectively registered in the register x. _It is stored in ₁ and y ₁ (step S2). Then, the display unit 4 displays a message "How far?" (Step S3). Therefore, according to this message, when the cursor movement key 1D is operated to move the cursor to the end point in order to specify the end point of the character string to be moved, the x component and the y component of the end point coordinate B are respectively registered. The data is stored in x ₂ and y ₂ (step S4). Next, {(content of register x ₂ ) − (content of register x ₁ ) +1},
{(Contents of register y ₂ ) − (contents of register y ₁ ) +
1} is performed and the operation results are
The data is stored in the registers x ₀ and y ₀ (step S5). Then, the character data string within the range surrounded by the start point coordinates A and the end point coordinates B is read from the document memory 3 and sequentially stored in the character buffer 7 (step S6). At this time, as shown in FIG. 5B, when the start point (“a”) and the end point (“ku”) are not in the same line, and the y component of the start point coordinate A and the end point coordinate B are different. Is read from the document memory 3 and stored in the character buffer 7 as a character data string within the range of a quadrangle having the start point coordinates A and the end point coordinates B as diagonal points.

Next, the output form guidance display as shown in FIG. 5A is performed (step S7). In this guidance display, the eight output formats are displayed in correspondence with the format number using the character string "ABC" as an example, and the message "Please specify the output format number" is also displayed. Be seen. For example, the form number "6" is an output in which the arrangement direction of the character string is such that the digits proceed from top to bottom, the rows proceed from right to left, and the orientation of each character is upward. The morphology is shown. That is, for example, when the form number “6” is designated for the character data string as shown in D1 of FIG. 5B, it is changed and output as shown in D2. There is. The form number "7" is an output in which the arrangement direction of the character string is such that the digits proceed from right to left, the rows proceed from bottom to top, and the orientation of each character is rightward. The morphology is shown. That is, for example, when the form number “7” is specified for the character data string as shown in D3 of FIG. 5C, it is changed and output as shown in D4. There is. Regarding the arrangement direction of the character strings, the form numbers “1” and “5”, “2” and “6”, “3” and “7”, “4” and “8” are the same, and Regarding the orientation of characters, the form numbers “1” and “6”, “2” and “7”, “3” and “8”, and “4” and “5” are the same.

When the desired form number is designated and input while looking at such an output form guidance display, the value of the number is set in the output form flag F (step S8). Next, a message "Where?" Is displayed (step S9). Therefore, when the destination is designated by the cursor according to the message, x of the designated destination C is specified.
The component and the y component are stored in the registers X and Y, respectively (step S10). Then, the content of the output form flag F is determined (step S11). As a result, when the output form flag F is the form number “2” or “7”, all the character data strings in the character buffer 7 are set to + 90 ° in order to turn each character of the character string to the right. The rotation bit "01" is set (step S12), and the process proceeds to step S15. When the output form flag F is the form number “3” or “8”, all the character data strings in the character buffer 7 are set to + 180 ° so that each character of the character string faces downward. The rotation bit "10" is set (step S13), and the process proceeds to step S15. When the output form flag F is the form number “4” or “5”, all the character data strings in the character buffer 7 are set to −90 ° so that each character of the character string faces left. The rotation bit "11" is set (step S14), and the process proceeds to step S15. When the form number is "1" or "5",
Since it is not necessary to change the direction of each character in the character string, the process immediately proceeds to step S15.

In step S15, the character data string within the range surrounded by the start point A and the end point B is erased from the document memory 3. Then, the movement process for each output form flag is performed (step S16). When the form number “1” or “5” is set in the output form flag F, as shown in FIG. 6B, the normal movement process without changing the arrangement direction is performed as shown in FIG. a) Steps S16-11 to S16-
The process of 17 is performed. That is, "0" is stored in the register β (step S16-11), and "0" is stored in the register α (step S16-12). Next, document memory 3
On the other hand, one character data in the character buffer 7 is sequentially arranged from the beginning (contents of register X) + (contents of register α),
(Contents of register Y + contents of register β)} are copied to the position of the document memory 3 corresponding to the coordinates (step S1).
6-13). In the processing of step S16-13, since the registers α and β are both “0” at the first time, the coordinates of the copy destination are the contents of the registers X and Y as they are, and the first copy shown in FIG. The character (character code) “A” that is the target of the second copy is the specified destination C
It is copied to the position (X, Y). However, when the form number “5” is specified, the rotation bit “11” of the form number −90 ° is set, so at the time of display,
A rotation process of −90 ° is performed by the CPU 1, and FIG.
As shown in (b), the direction is left.

Next, the content of the register α is incremented by “1” (step S16-14), and the content of the register α is changed to the number of digits of the character data string to be moved in the register x ₀ (“4” in the above example). It is determined whether or not it is equal to ") (step S16-15). As a result, if they are not equal yet, the process returns to step S16-13. Second
In step S16-13, the contents of the register α are changed to step S
16-14 increments by "1" to "1"
Since it is, the character "i" to be copied for the second time
The copy-destination coordinates of "a" are
Will be on the right side of.

Then, steps S16-13 to S16-
As a result of sequentially arranging “u” and “e” to the right by the loop processing of 15, as a result, the content of the register α becomes “4”, and when it becomes equal to “4” which is the content of the register x ₀ , the step In step S16-16, the content of the register β is incremented by "1". Next, it is determined whether or not the content of the register β is equal to the number of rows (“2” in this example) of the character data string to be moved in the register y ₀ (step S16-17). As a result, if they are not equal to each other, the process returns to step S16-12 to clear the contents of the register α, and the processes after step S16-13 are performed. Therefore, when copying the "o" next to the "e", the contents of the register β are set in step S16-16.
Is incremented by "1" to become "1", and the content of the register α is cleared at step S16-12 to "0". As a result, the copy destination coordinate of "O" is below "A" as shown in FIG. 6 (b). Also, when copying the next "ka", step S
In 16-14, the content of the register α is set to "1", and the process returns to step S16-13 via step S16-15. As a result, the copy destination coordinates of "ka" are on the right side of "o".

When the form number "2" or "6" is set in the output form flag F, as shown in FIG. 6 (e), the digit progresses from the top to the bottom and the line from the right. In order to carry out the movement in an output form that advances to the left, the processing of steps S16-21 to S16-27 in FIG. 4B is performed. That is, "0" is stored in the register β (step S16-
21), “0” is stored in the register α (step S16)
-22). Next, for the document memory 3, the character buffer 7
One character data in the above is sequentially copied from the beginning to the position of the document memory 3 corresponding to the coordinates {contents of register X)-(contents of register α), (contents of register Y + contents of register β)} ( Steps S16-23). In the processing of step S16-23, since the registers α and β are both “0” at the first time, the coordinates of the copy destination are the contents of the registers X and Y as they are, and the character ( The character code “A” is copied to the position of the designated destination C (X, Y). However, in the case of the form number “2”, since the rotation bit “01” of + 90 ° is set, the CPU 1 makes +90 when displaying.
The rotation process of ° is performed, and as shown in Fig. 8 (e),
Turn right.

Next, the content of the register β is incremented by "1" (step S16-24), and the content of the register β is determined by the number of digits of the character data string to be moved in the register x ₀ ("4" in the above example). It is determined whether or not it is equal to "" (step S16-25). As a result, if they are not equal yet, the process returns to step S16-23. Second
In step S16-23, the contents of the register β are changed to step S
16-24 incremented by "1" to "1"
Since it is, the character "i" to be copied for the second time
The copy destination coordinates of "a" are as shown in FIG. 6 (e).
It will be the lower side of.

Then, steps S16-23 to S16-
As a result of sequentially arranging “u” and “e” in the lower part by the loop processing of 25, when the content of the register β becomes “4” and becomes equal to “4” which is the content of the register x ₀ , the step Proceeding to S16-26, the content of the register α is incremented by "1". Next, it is determined whether or not the content of the register α is equal to the number of rows of the character data string to be moved in the register y ₀ (“2” in this example) (step S16-27). As a result, if they are not equal to each other, the process returns to step S16-22 to clear the contents of the register β, and the processes after step S16-23 are performed. Therefore, when copying "o" next to "e", the contents of the register .alpha.
Is incremented by "1" to "1", and the content of the register β is cleared to "0" in step S16-22. As a result, the copy destination coordinates of "O" are on the left side of "A", as shown in FIG. Also, when copying the next "ka", step S
In 16-24, the content of the register β is set to "1", and the flow returns to step S16-23 via step S16-25. As a result, the copy destination coordinates of "ka" are below "o".

When the output form flag F is set to the form number "3" or "7", as shown in FIG. 6 (c), the digit progresses from right to left and the line starts from bottom. In order to perform the movement process in an output form that proceeds upward, FIG.
Steps S16-31 to S16-37 are performed.
That is, "0" is stored in the register β (step S1
6-31), “0” is stored in the register α (step S
16-32). Next, in the document memory 3, one character data in the character buffer 7 is sequentially arranged from the beginning (contents of register X)-(contents of register α), (contents of register Y-).
The contents of the register β)} are copied to the position of the document memory 3 corresponding to the coordinates (step S16-33). In the processing of steps S16-33, since the registers α and β are both “0” at the first time, the coordinates of the copy destination are the contents of the registers X and Y as they are, and the character ( The character code “A” is copied to the position of the designated destination C (X, Y). However, in the case of the form number "3", since the rotation bit "10" of + 180 ° is set, the CPU 1 gives +1 when displaying.
The rotation processing of 80 ° is performed, and as shown in FIG. In the case of the form number "7", +
Since the rotation bit of 90 ° is set up, the rotation processing of + 90 ° is performed at the time of display, and the display is turned to the right.

Next, the content of the register α is incremented by “1” (step S16-34), and the content of the register α is changed to the number of digits of the character data string to be moved in the register x ₀ (“4” in the above example). It is determined whether or not it is equal to ") (step S16-35). As a result, if they are not equal to each other, the process returns to step S16-33. Second
In the 16th time S16-33, the contents of the register α are changed to the step S
16-34 increments by "1" to "1"
Since it is, the character "i" to be copied for the second time
The copy destination coordinates of "A" are as shown in FIG. 6 (c).
Will be on the left side of.

Then, steps S16-33 to S16-
As a result of sequentially arranging “u” and “e” to the left by the loop processing of 35, the content of the register α becomes “4”, and when it becomes equal to “4” which is the content of the register x ₀ , the step Proceeding to S16-36, the content of the register β is incremented by "1". Next, it is determined whether or not the content of the register β is equal to the number of rows of the character data string to be moved in the register y ₀ (“2” in this example) (step S16-37). As a result, if they are not equal to each other, the process returns to step S16-32 to clear the contents of the register α, and the processes after step S16-33 are performed. Therefore, when copying the "o" next to the "e", the contents of the register β are set in step S16-36.
Is incremented by "1" to become "1", and the content of the register .alpha. Is cleared to "0" at step S16-32. As a result, the copy destination coordinate of "O" is above "A" as shown in FIG. Also, when copying the next "ka", step S
In 16-34, the content of the register α is set to "1", and the flow returns to step S16-33 via step S16-35. As a result, the copy destination coordinate of "ka" is on the left side of "o".

When the form number "4" or "8" is set in the output form flag F, as shown in FIG. 6 (d), the digit progresses from the bottom to the top and the line from the left. In order to perform the movement processing in an output form that advances to the right, FIG.
Steps S16-41 to S16-47 are performed.
That is, “0” is stored in the register α (step S1
6-41), "0" is stored in the register β (step S
16-42). Next, in the document memory 3, one character data in the character buffer 7 is sequentially arranged from the beginning (contents of register X) + (contents of register α), (contents of register Y-
The contents of the register β)} are copied to the position of the document memory 3 corresponding to the coordinates (step S16-43). In the processing of steps S16-43, since the registers α and β are both “0” at the first time, the coordinates of the copy destination are the contents of the registers X and Y as they are, and the character ( The character code “A” is copied to the position of the designated destination C (X, Y). However, in the case of the form number "4", since the rotation bit "11" of -90 ° is set, the CPU 1 displays -90 ° at the time of display.
Rotation processing is performed, and as shown in FIG. In the case of the form number "8", + 180 °
Since the rotation bit of is set, +18 when displaying
The rotation processing of 0 ° is performed, and the surface faces downward. Next, the content of the register β is incremented by “1” (step S
16-44), it is determined whether the content of the register β has become equal to the number of digits of the character data string to be moved in the register x ₀ (“4” in the above example) (step S16-4).
5). As a result, if they are not equal yet, the process returns to step S16-43. In the second S16-43,
Since the content of the register β is incremented by “1” to “1” in step S16-44, the second
The copy destination coordinates of the character "i" to be copied for the second time are shown in FIG.
As shown in (d), it is on the upper side of "A".

Then, steps S16-43 to S16-
As a result of sequentially arranging “u” and “e” on the top by the loop processing of 45, the content of the register β becomes “4”, and when it becomes equal to “4” which is the content of the register x ₀ , the step Proceeding to S16-46, the content of the register α is incremented by "1". Next, it is determined whether or not the content of the register α is equal to the number of rows of the character data string to be moved (“2” in this example) in the register y ₀ (step S16-47). As a result, if they are not equal yet, the process returns to step S16-42 to clear the contents of the register β, and the processes after step S16-43 are performed. Therefore, when copying the "o" next to the "e", the contents of the register .alpha.
Is incremented by "1" to become "1", and the content of the register β is cleared to "0" at step S16-42. As a result, the copy destination coordinates of "O" are on the right side of "A" as shown in FIG. 6 (d). Also, when copying the next "ka", step S
In 16-44, the content of the register β is set to "1", and the flow returns to step S16-43 via step S16-45. As a result, the copy destination coordinates of "ka" are above "o".

As described above, according to this embodiment, the movement can be performed in a form in which the original arrangement of the character string is changed. Moreover, the change designation of the layout form may be performed by the form number according to the guidance display, and the change designation operation is easy. If you want to output the "expansion degree" of the layout shown in FIG. 7 using the above-mentioned movement processing,
As the digit progresses from left to right as usual, the "expansion degree" is input with each character facing upward, the form number "2" is specified as the output form of this "expansion degree", and the destination is shown in FIG. "Exhibition"
You can specify the position of. Similarly, if you want to output the "patentability" and "technical power" in the arrangement form as shown in FIG. 7, input "patentability" and "technical power" in the usual manner at arbitrary positions, The output form of “patentability”, the form number “3” as the destination, the position of “special” in FIG. 7 are designated, the output form of the “technical capability”, the form number “4” as the destination, and the “special” in FIG. You can specify the position of the trick.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the complicated operation of individually designating the output position of each character and further individually instructing the rotation of each character as in the prior art is performed in this embodiment. It is possible to output character strings of various arrangement forms by a simple operation. It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and it is also possible to perform copying in a form in which the original arrangement form of the character string is changed, for example.
In this case, the algorithm can be realized by almost the same algorithm as in FIGS. That is, in this case, FIG.
The erasing process of step S15 may be omitted.

[0026]

According to the present invention, when a plurality of characters are displayed at a display position desired by an operator in a form rotated in a desired rotation direction, the display reference position is designated and a plurality of rotations displayed in a menu are displayed. By selecting from among the directions, it is possible to specify easily and surely without making a mistake.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a data structure of an example.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a movement processing operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing details of movement processing operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a specific example of movement processing.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a specific example of movement processing.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining a problem of the conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Key input part 2 CPU 3 Document memory 4 Display part 6 Character pattern memory 7 Character buffer

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Storage means for storing character string data composed of a plurality of characters, menu display means for displaying a plurality of types of character rotation direction selection menus prepared in advance on the display screen, and the above-mentioned display screen. According to the displayed selection menu, a selection means for selecting any one of a plurality of types of character rotation directions displayed on the selection menu, and a reference for arranging the character string on the display screen. When outputting the character string stored in the storage means and the specifying means for arbitrarily specifying the position, each character in the character string is rotated in a direction in accordance with the selected rotation direction by one character unit, Character display means for arranging and displaying each rotated character in a character arrangement direction according to the selected rotation direction based on the designated reference position. Character display device.