JPH11184845A - Document processor and its program storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To display only plural selection parts dispersed in plural documents on a limited display screen of a document processor for displaying the contents of documents and to omit the display of other parts and to display only necessary parts in a list form so that it can be easily viewed. SOLUTION: A selection processing means 1 selects the document name of document to be displayed and one or plural parts which are to be displayed in the document. A recognition processing means 2 recognizes the type of the document from the selected document name. A limited display processing means 3 starts various document display processing means 4-7 corresponding to the types of the documents in accordance with the types of the recognized documents and displays the document contents where the display of the part except for one or plural parts to be displayed in the document is omitted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a document processing apparatus for displaying the contents of a document on a display device. For example, in the software development process, various documents such as flat text documents such as specifications and source codes, tree documents such as system configuration diagrams, tabular documents such as quality development tables, and diagram expression documents such as state transition diagrams are used. ing.

[0002] In the software development process,
Work to create a system configuration diagram while referring to the specifications,
There are many tasks such as checking consistency between system configuration diagrams and state transition diagrams, and resolving inconsistencies between these documents. For such work, the history (traceability) of which part of one document was created with reference to which part of another document was recorded, and a new document was created while referring to that document later. When creating, it is useful to trace the traceability of the document and see how the document was created. Also,
It is also effective to associate parts related to each other with respect to a plurality of documents, check consistency between the documents, and simultaneously view related parts when resolving inconsistency between documents.

Therefore, when performing the above-described operations, it is necessary to simultaneously view a plurality of locations scattered in many documents. However, there is a restriction on the size of the screen of the display device, and it is necessary to refrain from displaying unrelated portions as much as possible and to devise a method for displaying only the relevant portions.

[0004] In addition, a lot of software for referring / editing / searching documents such as editors and browsers has been created /
It's being used. In recent years, structured documents such as tables and graphs have been increasing, and moreover, the association between a plurality of documents has frequently led to structuring between documents. In order to handle these complicated documents, software such as an editor or a browser has an editing / searching / referencing function that is aware of the document structure. These functions have a feature that "processing results (search results, replacement results, etc.) may reach a plurality of locations, and those locations are scattered in a plurality of documents." When displaying such scattered “plurality of documents”, it is an extremely effective means to display the parts other than the processing result while hiding the parts as much as possible.

[0005]

2. Description of the Related Art The "multi-window" technique for displaying a plurality of documents, the "screen division" technique for displaying a plurality of documents, and the technique that combines them are used to eliminate portions that do not need to be displayed. There is no function to hide (hide) automatically, so it is not suitable for selective display.

On the other hand, in the "outline editor", which is a technology having a display / non-display function for a specific data structure, it is necessary for the user to directly specify display / non-display for each part. Does not link with the selection function.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, in order to make it easy to list a plurality of places scattered in a plurality of documents on a limited display screen, a plurality of places selected by a command or a processing result becomes a plurality of places. It is an object of the present invention to omit as much as possible a portion that does not need to be displayed other than a portion selected by means for realizing another function involving “selection” and to display only a relevant portion. At this time, the document type is automatically recognized so as not to impair the specificity of the document and the orthogonality of functions.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has means as shown in FIG. Figure 1
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the present invention.

The selection processing means 1 stores a document name of a document to be displayed by a command accompanied by a user's selection or another processing means 20 accompanied by "selection" and one or a plurality of parts (locations) to be displayed in the document. It is a means to select.

[0010] The recognition processing means 2 is a means for recognizing the type of the document based on the document name selected by the selection processing means 1. Document types are, for example, flat text documents,
It is a tree-structured document, tabular document, or figure-representation document. More specifically, the recognition processing unit 2 performs processing based on a specific character string included in the document name, type information described in a specific portion of the document, or correspondence information between the document name and the document type registered in advance. , Automatically recognizes the type of document.

[0011] The limited display processing means 3 is to display in the document according to the document type recognized by the recognition processing means 2.
Alternatively, it is means for omitting the display of parts other than the plurality of parts and displaying the contents of the document on the display device 8.

When the document is a flat text document, the limited display processing means 3 performs flat text document display processing means 4 for performing display / non-display processing in units of lines, sentences, or paragraphs. In the case of, a tree-structured document display processing means 5 for performing display / non-display processing in tree-structured node units, and in a table format for performing display / non-display processing in table cell units when the document is a tabular document The document display processing means 6 includes a graphic expression document display processing means 7 for performing display / non-display processing in units of graphic elements when the document is a graphic expression document.

Further, the limited display processing means 3 has a processing means for receiving an instruction to cancel the display of the part where the display of the contents of the document is omitted, and for additionally displaying the part.

As described above, the function of the present invention has the following features. (1) Function interlocking When a plurality of locations of a plurality of documents are selected by the selection processing means 1, the types of the documents are automatically recognized by the recognition processing means 2 and the appropriate display is performed by the limited display processing means 3. The processing means 4 to 7 are selected, and each of the display processing means 4 to 7 displays a plurality of appropriately selected places. These series of operations can be automatically linked.

(2) Orthogonality of Function Considering Special Features of Document An appropriate display method (particularly, a method of selectively displaying a part) differs depending on the type of the document (speciality of the document). However, the function of selectively displaying is a function required in common for all documents (orthogonality of functions). With this function, different display methods can be prepared for all documents.
A function of selectively displaying any document can be provided.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. The present invention has a selection function, a recognition function, and a limited display function. The function realized by each unit of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

(1) Selection Function The selection function is a function for selecting a plurality of pairs of a document name and one or a plurality of locations in the document.

The selection processing means 1 calls the document management means 30 to obtain a document name and a certain place in the document. There are two cases: a case where the user directly executes a command involving selection, and a case where the command is executed in conjunction with another processing means 20 involving selection. As the document management means 30, a file management means provided in an ordinary operating system can be used.

When the user directly executes a command involving selection, one or a plurality of portions of various documents displayed by the limited display processing means 3 or other display processing means are selected. The following is an example of an implementation method.

A selected part is designated using a mouse. Specify the cursor position by inputting a command to the position you want to select.

In the case of interlocking with the selection function of the other processing means 20 with the selection, when the user executes a function in which a part of the document is the processing result of the other processing means 20 with the selection. And the result is considered to be selected. The following is an example of an implementation method.

In the case where the other processing means 20 having a selection has a search function, generally, when a user gives a keyword for search, the search succeeds in one or more sentences. Therefore, when the user performs a search, the selection processing unit 1 is linked, and the selection processing unit 1 regards all of the portions that have been successfully searched as selected.

A relationship is provided between a certain part of a plurality of documents and another certain part, and when the user performs some operation on such a part, the selection processing means 1 interlocks,
The selection processing means 1 considers that all parts having a relationship with the part have been selected.

Other processing means 20 with selection include an editor and a browser having a function for referring / editing / searching a document. (2) Automatic Document Recognition Function The automatic document recognition function is realized by the recognition processing unit 2.

In the limited display processing means 3 to be described later, since the display function to be used differs depending on the type of the document, a plurality of sets of a document name output from the selection processing means 1 and a selected portion in the document are set. For each one, it is necessary to automatically recognize the document type and distribute the output of the selection processing means 1 to appropriate display processing means 4 to 7. Therefore, the recognition processing means 2 is used.

When the limited display processing means 3 receives the output of the selection processing means 1 and inquires of the recognition processing means 2 about the document type, the recognition processing means 2 uses the document name given from the limited display processing means 3 to determine the document type. The type of the document is determined, and the result is returned to the limited display processing means 3. The following method is an example of a method for recognizing a document type.

A character string (such as an extension) representing the document type is added to the document name, and the recognition processing unit 2 determines the character string of the document name. The information of the document type is incorporated in the inside of the document (header or the like) in advance, and the recognition processing unit 2 refers to the information of the document type by inquiring the document management unit 30 to obtain the necessary information of the inside of the document.

Which document is which document type,
The document is saved in a different document (such as a management file). The recognition processing means 2 obtains the contents of a document such as a management file using the document management means 30, and then recognizes the document type based on the name of the document to be displayed.

(3) Display Function The display function is realized by the limited display processing means 3. The limited display processing means 3 receives a plurality of sets of a document name and a plurality of selected portions from the selection processing means 1, calls the recognition processing means 2 for each of them, obtains a document type, and determines the document type. Accordingly, the appropriate document display processing means 4 to 7 are selected, and a set of a document name and a plurality of selected locations is passed.

In the limited display processing means 3, a document display processing means corresponding to the document type is prepared in advance for every document type of the document to be handled. In this example, the limited display processing means 3 includes flat text document display processing means 4, tree structure document display processing means corresponding to the four document types of flat text document, tree structure document, tabular document, and diagram expression document. 5, a tabular document display processing means 6, and a graphic representation document display processing means 7.

Flat text document display processing means 4, tree structure document display processing means 5, tabular document display processing means 6,
The graphic representation document display processing means 7 obtains the document to be displayed from the document management means 30 using the document name, displays the selected portion in a limited manner, and releases the limited display and displays the selected portion. .

The document display function corresponding to each document type will be described below. (A) Flat text document display function A flat text document is a "document in which a plurality of lines delimited by line feed (or other line control information) are vertically arranged".

The flat text document display function is realized by the flat text document display processing means 4. The flat text document display processing means 4 changes the line that does not include the selected portion to a [non-display line], and if there are a plurality of continuous [non-display lines], converts them into one [non-display line]. ]. The display unit may be a sentence or a paragraph other than the line.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an execution example of the flat text document display function. When the user designates a plurality of lines to be displayed in the flat text document as display locations (indicated by white arrows in the figure) with a mouse click or the like, the flat text document display processing means 4 sends the selected text along with the document name from the selection processing means 1. The information of the display location is obtained, and the lines other than the display location are converted to [non-display line]. If there are continuous [non-display lines], they are replaced with one [non-display line]. , On the display device 8.

When the user designates an arbitrary [non-display line] of the selectively displayed flat text document as a non-display release point (indicated by a black arrow in the drawing) by mouse click or the like, the non-display is released. The non-display of the original line corresponding to the section [non-display line] is released, and the display is again displayed on the display device 8.

As shown in FIG. 2, "[non-display line]"
, The non-display line may be represented by an appropriate symbol or the like. (B) Tree-structured document display function The tree-structured document is a "document in which one node of the tree structure is represented by a line".

The tree structure document display function is realized by the tree structure document display processing means 5. Tree structure document display processing means 5
Sets the subtree that does not contain the selection to [hidden node]
And if there are [hidden nodes] that have a relationship of sibling nodes (nodes of the same level derived from the immediately above node), they are displayed together in one [hidden node].

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an execution example of the tree structure document display function. When the user designates a plurality of nodes “emacs” and “keyboard” to be displayed in the tree-structured document as display positions (indicated by white arrows and underlines in the figure) with a mouse click or the like, the tree-structured document display processing means 5 , Information of these display locations together with the document name is obtained from the selection processing means 1, and the subtrees other than the display locations are displayed as [non-display nodes].
And the [non-display node] of the sibling node relationship is replaced with one [non-display node] and displayed on the display device 8.

When the user designates the [hidden node] of the selectively displayed tree-structured document as a non-display canceling portion (indicated by a black arrow and an underline in the figure) by mouse click or the like, the non-display canceling is performed. The non-display of the original subtree corresponding to the [non-display node], which is the location, is released, and the subtree is displayed again on the display device 8.

As shown in FIG. 3, a non-display node may be represented by an appropriate symbol or the like instead of a character string of "[non-display node]". (C) Tabular Document Display Function A tabular document is a “document in which cells separated by ruled lines are arranged at the top, bottom, left and right”.

The tabular document display function is realized by the tabular document display processing means 6. Tabular document display processing means 6
Is defined as a cell that does not contain the selected part, and if there are multiple vertically hidden cells, they are combined into a single hidden cell, and then a plurality of adjacent cells [Hidden cells] are also displayed together in one [Hidden cell].

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of execution of the tabular document display function. When the user designates a plurality of cells "Saitama" and "Nikko" to be displayed in the tabular document as a display location (indicated by a white arrow in the figure) with a mouse click or the like, the tabular document display processing means 6 selects These display locations are obtained together with the document name from the means 1, and cells other than the display locations are converted into [non-display cells], and a plurality of [non-display cells] vertically and horizontally adjacent to one [non-display cell] With
It is displayed on the display device 8.

When the user designates a [non-display cell] having a selectively displayed tabular document as a non-display-released portion (indicated by a black arrow in the figure) with a mouse click or the like, the non-display-released portion is designated. The non-display of the original cells "Mito", "Hitachi", "Utsunomiya", and "Shimono" corresponding to the [non-display cell] is released, and the display is re-displayed on the display device 8.

(D) Graphic representation document display function A graphic representation document is a "document represented by connecting figures such as circles and rectangles with lines and arrows".

The graphic representation document display function is realized by the graphic representation document display processing means 7. Graphic representation document display processing means 7
Makes a figure that does not include the selected part a [hidden figure],
If there are lines / arrows connecting the [non-display figures], those [non-display figures] and the lines / arrows are collectively displayed in one [non-display figure].

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an execution example of the graphic expression document display function. When the user designates a plurality of graphics "E", "A", and "G" to be displayed in the graphic representation document as display locations (indicated by white arrows in the figure) with a mouse click or the like, the graphic representation document display processing means 7 obtains the information of these display locations together with the document name from the selection processing means 1, designates the graphics other than the display locations as [non-display graphics], and sets the [non-display graphics] mutually connected by an arrow to one Replace with [Hidden figure]
It is displayed on the display device 8.

When the user designates a [non-display graphic] having a graphic representation document which is selectively displayed as a non-display release position (indicated by a black arrow in the drawing) with a mouse click or the like, the non-display release position is displayed. The non-display of the original graphics "c", "b", "d" corresponding to [non-display graphics] and the arrows connecting these are released and displayed again on the display device 8.

(4) Document Management Function The document management function is realized by the document management means 30. The selection processing unit 1, the recognition processing unit 2, and the limited display processing unit 3 of the document processing apparatus 10 may need the contents of the document in order to obtain information such as the document name. Access to the contents of the document is performed by calling the document management means 30 existing outside the document processing apparatus 10. The document management means 30 manages various types of documents, and returns a document name or a certain location in the document in response to a call from the selection processing means 1. The content of the document is returned in response to a call from the limited display processing means 3.

Next, an outline of the processing flow of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 6 is an overall processing flowchart of the present invention. The apparatus is activated by a command with a selection from the user or a selection function of another processing means 20 with a selection (S1). The selection processing means 1 determines the document name and the selected location to be displayed (S2), and notifies the limited display processing means 3 of the document name and the selected location.
The recognition processing means 2 automatically recognizes the document type from the document name in response to a request from the limited display processing means 3 (S3). The limited display processing means 3 determines the document type from the recognition result (S
4) If the document type is a flat text document, flat text document display processing is performed by the flat text document display processing means 4 (S5). If the document type is a tree structure document, a tree structure document is displayed. The tree processing document limited display processing is performed by the display processing means 5 (S6). If the document type is a table document, the table document limited display processing is performed by the table document display processing means 6 (S7).
If the document type is a graphic representation document, the graphic representation document display processing means 7 performs a graphic representation document limited display process (S
8).

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of the flat text document limited display processing (FIG. 6: step S5). The flat text document display processing means 4 changes a line that does not include the selected part to a [non-display line] based on the selected part obtained from the selection processing part 1 (S11). A plurality of continuous [non-display rows] are made into one (S12), and the display device 8
(S13).

FIG. 8 shows a tree structure document limited display process (FIG. 6:
It is a process flowchart of step S6). The tree-structured document display processing means 5 changes the subtree that does not include the selected part to a [non-display node] based on the selected part obtained from the selection processing means 1 (S21), and sets a plurality of [non-display nodes] having a sibling relationship. Display node] (S22) and display it on the display device 8 (S23).

FIG. 9 shows a tabular document limited display process (FIG. 6:
It is a process flowchart of step S7). The tabular document display processing means 6 changes an unselected cell to a "non-display cell" based on the selected location obtained from the selection processing means 1 (S31). The [non-display cells] adjacent vertically or horizontally are made one (S32) and displayed on the display device 8 (S33).

FIG. 10 is a processing flowchart of the graphic expression document limited display processing (FIG. 6: step S8). The graphic expression document display processing means 7 converts a non-selected figure into a [non-display figure] based on the selected portion obtained from the selection processing means 1.
(S41). [Hidden figures] connected to each other by arrows (or lines) are grouped together, and arrows (or lines)
Is re-attached (S42) and displayed on the display device 8 (S4).
3).

[0054]

As described above, according to the present invention,
By making the editing / searching / referencing functions of an editor, a browser, or the like a selection function, which is a partial function of this function, it is possible to realize a display function with high browsability for “multiple locations of a plurality of documents”. As a result, in a system that requires a document display such as an editor or a browser, it is possible to improve the listability of the display of a plurality of places of a plurality of documents selected as a processing result.

Further, by introducing the present invention to a CASE tool, a plurality of locations scattered in a plurality of documents are selectively displayed in cooperation with a command for tracing a history (traceability) and a search command, thereby improving simultaneous visibility. be able to.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an execution example of a flat text document display function.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an execution example of a tree structure document display function.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an execution example of a tabular document display function.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an execution example of a diagram expression document display function.

FIG. 6 is an overall processing flowchart of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a processing flowchart of flat text document limited display processing.

FIG. 8 is a processing flowchart of tree-structured document limited display processing.

FIG. 9 is a processing flowchart of tabular document limited display processing.

FIG. 10 is a processing flowchart of a diagram expression document limitation display process.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Selection processing means 2 Recognition processing means 3 Limited display processing means 4 Flat text document display processing means 5 Tree structure document display processing means 6 Tabular document display processing means 7 Graphic representation document display processing means 8 Display device 10 Document processing device 20 Selection Other processing means with document 30 Document management means

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing from the front page (72) Inventor Isamu Watanabe 4-1-1, Kamidadanaka, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside Fujitsu Limited (72) Inventor Koichi Doi 4-1-1, Kamiodanaka, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture No. 1 Inside Fujitsu Limited (72) Inventor Masayuki Sonobe 4-1-1 Kamikadanaka, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside Fujitsu Limited

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A document processing apparatus for displaying the contents of a document, comprising: a document name of a document to be displayed; and selection processing means for selecting one or a plurality of parts to be displayed in the document; Recognition processing means for recognizing the type of the document based on the content of the document by omitting display of parts other than one or a plurality of parts to be displayed in the document according to the type of the recognized document. A document processing apparatus comprising: a limited display processing means for displaying. 2. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
The recognition processing means includes a specific character string included in the document name,
A document processing apparatus, which is means for automatically recognizing a document type based on type information described in a specific portion of the document or correspondence information between a document name and a document type registered in advance. 3. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the type of the document is a flat text document, a tree structure document, a table format document, or a diagram expression document.
The limited display processing means performs display / non-display processing in units of lines, sentences or paragraphs when the document is a flat text document, and displays in units of tree-structured nodes when the document is a tree-structured document If the document is a tabular document, it performs display / non-display processing in cell units of the table. If the document is a graphic representation document, it performs display / non-display processing in graphic element units. A document processing device for performing processing. 4. The document processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the limited display processing means receives a display instruction for a portion where display of the contents of the document is omitted, and A document processing device having means for additionally displaying a document. 5. A storage medium storing a program for realizing a document processing device for displaying the contents of a document,
Selection processing for selecting a document name of a document to be displayed and one or more parts to be displayed in the document; recognition processing for recognizing the type of the document based on the selected document name; 1 to be displayed in the document according to the type of
Alternatively, a program storage medium for a document processing apparatus, wherein a program for causing a computer to execute a limited display process for displaying the contents of the document by omitting display of a portion other than a plurality of portions is stored.