JPH1097532A - Information processor and method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processor and a method which efficiently retrieve attribute information added to character information. SOLUTION: Characters and commands inputted from a keyboard 4 are stored in a memory 2 and displayed on a display device 5. The display device 5 inputs a command retrieved in a retrieval command field on its display screen and indicates retrieval. According to this indication, the command inputted in the retrieval command field is retrieved from the characters and commands stored in the memory 2 and characters to which the retrieved command is added are reversed and displayed on the display screen.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and method, and more particularly to an information processing apparatus and method having a search function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In conventional information processing, a character string specified by a document or a corresponding character string within a specified range is converted into a character string.
It was possible to substitute another string.

[0003]

However, it has not been possible to search for a command (hereinafter referred to as a command) such as a heading, an underline, or an evenly allocated character string, or to replace a character string with a command.

[0004] It is an object of the present invention to improve operability by searching commands and displaying characters to which the searched commands are added in an easy-to-understand manner.

[0005]

An information processing apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a storage unit for storing character information and attribute information of the character information; a display unit for displaying the character information stored in the storage unit; Specifying means for specifying attribute information to be searched; searching means for searching the specified attribute information from the attribute information stored in the storage means; and character information to which the searched attribute information is added, The display means includes a display control means for displaying in a form different from other characters.

The information processing method of the present invention stores character information and attribute information of the character information in a storage means, and displays the character information stored in the storage means on a display means.
The specified attribute information is searched from the attribute information stored in the storage unit, and the character information to which the searched attribute information is added is displayed on the display unit in a form different from other characters. .

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a system for realizing an embodiment of the present invention.

1 is a CPU, 2 is a memory for storing a control program according to the flowchart of FIG. 14 and various editing information during document editing, 3 is a magnetic disk for storing document data, and 4 is a disk for editing the document. It is a keyboard (hereinafter, KB) for inputting data and instructions. A display device 5 displays various work screens (hereinafter, windows).
Is a pointing device (hereinafter referred to as PD) for an operator such as a mouse to move a cursor.

FIG. 2 shows various information stored in the memory during document editing. The editing header information section stores various information necessary for editing, such as the position of various data such as character data and graphic data in the document being edited on the memory and the position of the input cursor.

The format information section stores information on the appearance of the document, such as paper information and plate information. The character data section stores character data and command data in the document. The format information section and the character data section are stored as a document file on a magnetic disk. Character data is JI
It is stored in the size of 2 bytes per character in SC6226 code. Command data includes character data, character data-free data, and one-byte code only, among which command replacement is performed.
Only those commands that contain character data are described here. A character string with a command has a two-byte code indicating the start at the start of the command, a character code of the character string, and a two-byte code indicating the end at the end.

When there is a document as shown in FIG. 3, the character data portion on the memory is as shown in FIG. In FIG. 4, those enclosed in parentheses are command codes, and the others are character codes. "Data storage /
In "management", the characters are enlarged by the heading command and are underlined by the underline command. In FIG. 4, C1 is a two-byte code indicating the start of the heading, and C2, C3, and C4 are underlining. The line type and line width of the start and underline are shown.

[0013] JI of 9 characters of "data storage / management" with heading command and underline command
An SC6226 code continues from C5, and thereafter, a code C6 indicating the end of the underline command and a code C7 indicating the end of the headline are stored. The character code following "the created document is" without any command is stored from C8 following the code indicating the end of the heading.

As in this example, two or more commands can be overlapped by inserting a character string containing a command between the start and end of the command.

The procedure of command replacement will be described below.

When the operator instructs the start of the command replacement process, a window (hereinafter referred to as a command window) as shown in FIG. 5 on which all command names are displayed is input on the screen. A window having a column (hereinafter referred to as a retrieval command column) and a column (hereinafter referred to as a substitution command column) for inputting a command to be replaced, and three menus as shown in FIG. Is displayed.

<Replacement from command to command>
First, from the command window, a command to be replaced is selected in the search command field by PD or KB in the replacement command field and input. Then, the "search" menu in FIG. 6 is designated. Then, the command input in the search command column is searched out from the document, and the portion is highlighted. Subsequently, when the “replace” menu in FIG. 6 is designated, the command input to the search command column in the highlighted portion of the document is replaced with the command input to the replacement command column. This will be described with an example.

In the document shown in FIG. 3, an underline is input in the replacement command column, and a line type and a surface type are specified in advance in the replacement command column (the specification method is omitted). input.
Then, a "search" menu is designated. Then, as shown in Fig. 7, "Data storage and management" is underlined.
Is highlighted. Subsequently, when the "replace" menu is designated, the underline is replaced with the surrounding rule as shown in FIG.

At this time, in the memory, the start / end command of the underline is searched out from the character data by the instruction of the "search" menu, and the start / end command is deleted by the instruction of the "replace" menu. Instead, a process of inserting an enclosing rule start command, line type / surface type information, and an end command is performed. This flow is shown in FIG.
Shown in

When it is desired to replace all commands in a document or all commands within a certain range with a certain command, for example, to replace all underlined commands in the document in FIG. To

After inputting the search command field and the replacement command field in the same manner as in the above example, the range to be replaced is highlighted by PD or KB as shown in FIG. Then, the "batch replacement" menu in FIG. 6 is designated. Then Figure 11
, The underline drawn in “data storage / management” and “storage” can be replaced with an enclosing rule. In the process on the memory at this time, the process of finding the start / end of the underline from the character data portion and deleting / inserting it as shown in FIG. 9 is repeated.

<Replacement of Command Replacement Character with Command> In this case, two characters to be used as a command replacement character are entered in the search command column, and the replacement command column is replaced with a command similar to the command. Enter the command you want to replace. The following instructions indicate the search menu and then the replacement menu as in the case of the command-to-command replacement.

FIG. 12 shows an example in which "!" And "@" are used as command replacement characters. “Data storage and management”
When it is desired to add an overline to the search command field, two characters "!" And "@" are input in the search command field, and an overline command is input in the replacement command field. By instructing the replacement menu following the search menu, "!" And "@" disappear as shown in FIG. 13, and the "data storage / management" portion is overlined. Batch replacement processing is also possible with the same operation as when replacing a command with a command.

In this case, a character string sandwiched between "!" And "$" is first found on the memory. And
Remove the “!” And start the overline command instead,
Insert the line type and line width code, delete "@" and insert the end code of the overline command instead. At the time of batch replacement, this process is repeated.

<Replacement from Command to Command Replacement Character> In this case, the procedure for replacing the command replacement character with a command is exactly the opposite. In other words, a command to be replaced is entered in the search command field, and two characters of a command replacement character are entered in the replacement command field, and the replacement menu is specified following the search menu. There is no command to be replaced in the highlighted portion. Instead, the first character of the command replacement character entered in the replacement command column is inserted at the beginning of the command, and the second character is inserted at the end. As with the conventional replacement, batch replacement is also possible.

The normal replacement procedure is shown in the flowchart of FIG. First, in step S1, a command to be replaced using PD or KB or a character for command replacement is designated in the search window in the command window of FIG. Next, in step S2, a command to be replaced or a command replacement character is specified in the replacement command column. In step S3, the search menu in FIG. 7 is designated by PD or KB. In step S4, if the command specified in the search command column is a command, the process proceeds to step S5, and if the command is a command replacement character, the process proceeds to S6. In step S5, the start code and the end code of the command specified in the search command column are searched out from the character data portion on the memory. In the above example of the replacement of a command with a command, an underlined start code and end code are searched for. In step S6, the character data portion on the memory is searched for the portion where the other character code is inserted between the first and second character codes specified in the search command column. In the above example of the replacement of the character for command replacement with a command, a portion sandwiched between "!" And "@" is found from the character data portion. In step S7, the character string found on the memory is highlighted on the display screen. In step S8, the replacement menu of FIG.
Instruct B. In step S9, if the command specified in the search command column is a command, the process proceeds to step S10. If the command is a command replacement character, the process proceeds to step S11. In step S10, the command start / end codes found in step S5 are deleted from the character code portion on the memory. In step S11, the command replacement character found in step S6 is also deleted.

In step S12, if the replacement command field specified in step S2 is a command, the flow advances to step S13.
If it is a command replacement character, the process proceeds to step S14. In step S13, the start code of the command specified in the replacement command column is inserted into the start code of the command deleted in S10 or the first character position of the command replacement character deleted in S11. Similarly, an end code is inserted at the end code deleted at S10 or at the position of the second character deleted at S11. In the example of replacement from command to command, the start code and end code of the encircling rule command are inserted.

In step S14, command replacement characters are inserted into the deleted positions, respectively, as in step S13. In the example of the replacement of the command replacement character with the command, the start and end codes of the overline command are inserted in the portions where the “!” And “$” codes have been deleted.

Normal command substitution is performed in the above procedure.

(Other Embodiments) A command can be deleted by inputting a command in the search command field and performing replacement processing without inputting anything in the replacement command field. By not entering anything in the replacement command field,
The processing ends at S11 in FIG. 14, and as a result, the command can be deleted.

If the above-described processing is performed by batch replacement, it is possible to eliminate all the designated commands in the document or all within a certain range.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention, the specified attribute information is searched, and the character to which the searched attribute information is added is displayed in a form different from other characters. Since the information can be easily recognized, the operability is improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system block diagram for realizing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view showing document editing information according to the embodiment;

FIG. 3 is an exemplary view showing a display example of a document on a display screen according to the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing states on a memory according to the embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a view showing an example of display according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a view showing an example of display according to the embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a view showing a display example on a display screen in the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a view showing a display example on a display screen in the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a conceptual diagram showing a state on a memory according to the embodiment;

FIG. 10 is a view showing a display example on a display screen in the embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a view showing a display example on a display screen in the embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a view showing a display example on a display screen in the embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a view showing a display example on a display screen in the embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a processing operation according to the embodiment;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 CPU 2 Memory 3 Magnetic disk 4 Keyboard 5 Display device 6 Pointing device

Claims (4)

[Claims] A storage unit for storing character information and attribute information of the character information; a display unit for displaying the character information stored in the storage unit; a specification unit for specifying attribute information to be searched; Searching means for searching for the attribute information obtained from the attribute information stored in the storage means; and text information to which the searched attribute information is added,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display unit includes a display control unit that displays the character in a form different from other characters. 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display mode is a reverse display of characters. 3. The information searched by the attribute information,
2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information is attribute start information and end information, and character information sandwiched between the start information and the end information is displayed in different forms. 4. Character information and attribute information of the character information are stored in a storage means, the character information stored in the storage means is displayed on a display means, and designated attribute information is stored in the storage means. Character information to which the searched attribute information is added,
An information processing method, wherein the display means displays the character in a form different from other characters.