JPS5868136A - Character processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve operability by moving a cursor for indicating one of character strings in data to be inserted through one operation to a position indicated by an insertion position specifying means of indicating the position where insertion into said data is performed. CONSTITUTION:A CPU performs arithmetic, logical judgement, etc., to control an address bus AB, a control bus CB, and a data bus DB, thereby performing processing according to input data from a keyboard KB. The keyboard KB consists of a key group for character input and another key group of a registration key RK, a name key NK, a print key PK, a call key CLK, a storage key MK, a start key SK, a B tab setting key BTK, a B tab execution key BTEK, etc., and processed data are displayed on a display device DISP. An operator sets a B tab at a desired position in an input document with the key BTK. The cursor is moved with cursor keys, but the key BTEK is pressed to move the cursor to the B tab set position at a stroke.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a character processing device for realizing a merge printing function in a character processing device such as a word processor.

there were.

However, when attempting to perform the insertion process, the insertion data must be stored in a certain specific medium.

Furthermore, when the insertion data is created, it cannot be used for the insertion process unless it is once saved in a specific storage medium.

Furthermore, there was no means to easily instruct whether or not to add an underline to the inserted data. Furthermore, when the inserted data has a variable length, it is not easy to make the length of the attached underground line completely variable.

Furthermore, even if a symbol designating the insertion position was present in the inserted data, the symbol could not be used for any purpose other than designating the position.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a processing device that allows two types of methods for handling insertion data and has good operability.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a processing device in which insertion data can be registered in the processing device in advance before executing the insertion process, and the same data can be used any number of times.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a tab function that is effective during input and M collection to the symbol specifying the insertion position when attempting to print, and furthermore when inputting manual 2 no data. The object of the present invention is to provide a processing device that can be executed extremely easily.

The purpose of the present invention is to
It is an object of the present invention to provide a processing device that can easily instruct whether or not to add an angle line.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a processing device that can change the length of the unlined line to be added when inserting data even if the length of the insert data is variable.

One embodiment of the present invention will be fully explained below.

CPUH is a microprocessor that performs calculations, logical judgments, etc. AB, CB, and D via address bus AB, control path CB, and data bus DB, which will be described later.
Control devices connected to B.

AB transfers a signal indicating a controlled object through an address bus.

CB is a control bus that applies control signals to each controlled object.

Transfer various data using the DBi data bus.

The ROM is a control memory that stores control procedures and the like shown in FIGS.

The RAM is a random access memory, and the various data KB is a keyboard, which consists of a group of keys for the operator to give instructions to the device. The KB consists of a group of keys GK for inputting characters and a group of keys FK for commanding various functions. @2
The figure shows details of the keyboard.

The OK key group includes, for example, character keys and underline keys. Key group Ii' K is the registered key RK
, name key NK, print key PK, Yoda key CLK,
Save key MK, start key SK, B tab set key BTK
, the B tab execution key BTEK, and its Sendai ass key, such as a cursor transfer key, a tab key, etc.

DISP is a display device and refresh memory.

It includes a cursor register, CRT controller, CRT, etc. The CRT controller 5fJ plays the role of displaying character code information written in the refresh memory and cursor position information stored in the cursor register on the CRT. The contents of buffer BUF 1, which will be described later, are as follows:
Displayed on the CRT according to instructions from the CPU.

DISP also has an underground display function. That is, it is determined whether or not there is an angle line based on the upper 1 bit of the 8-bit character code, and the result is displayed on the CRT.

PRT is a printing device, and plays the role of printing information stored in a buffer BUF 3, which will be described later, according to instructions from the CPU.

The DISC is a storage device that stores documents and the like created by this device.

NAME REG is a register for temporarily storing the name that can be asked for each document, that is, the file name when saving the document to the DISC.

BUF 1 is a buffer for storing information such as characters input from the keyboard KB, and documents such as letters, lists, etc. are created here. The information stored here is 8
It is assumed that one character is represented by a bit, the lower 7 bits represent the character type, and the higher 1 bit represents whether or not the character is underlined.

The contents of buffer 7 BUF l are generally BUF 1 (N
). That is, BUFl(N) represents the Nth information in back γBUF'i.

BUF2 is a buffer that stores information that should be inserted. The information to be inserted as described later is in the buffer BU.
It is first created using F1 and moved to buffer BUIi'2 by one of the two paths described below. One is a path in which the buffer BU1i'1 is transferred directly to the buffer BUF2, and the other is a path in which it is transferred to the buffer BUF2 via another storage medium, for example a storage device D'ISO. Also, the information stored in buffer BUF2 is
A certain CI consists of a plurality of records separated by delimiter information. Or it may be a plurality of fixed length records. The contents of buffer BUF2 are generally expressed as buffer BUF'2(N). That is, the buffer 13UF2 (N) represents the information of the N-th one in the U buffer BUF2. Another expression method is BLJF2 (P, Q). Immediate+
) BUI'2(P,Q) is the Pth in buffer BUF2
Let it represent the information of the Qth "Rt-1" of the record. Once the information in the buffer BUF2 is determined, it is easy to
This allows F2(N) to correspond to BUF2(P, Q). Especially when the buffer l''30F2 is composed of fixed-length records, the correspondence is obvious.

BUF3 is a buffer for temporarily storing information to be printed, and the information to be inserted such as a list stored in buffer BUF2 is inserted into the information to be inserted such as a letter stored in buffer BUF1. The result is 1'#
It stores information.

FC, is one of the two paths mentioned above, that is, buffer B
This flag indicates that information has been transferred directly from UF1 to buffer BUF2.

CPTER is a register for storing the position of the cursor to be displayed on the CRT, and its value is associated with the address of the RK buffer BUF1. That is, as mentioned above, when the contents of buffer γBUF1 are displayed on RT, buffer BUF
The register CPTER takes the correspondence between the position in 1 and the position on the CRT, and the operator can input the correspondence as a cursor on the CRT.

The operation of the present IJ having the above configuration will be explained.

The operator starts the operation by pressing the power-on edge, start, 1-1. Furthermore, pressing the start key is always performed when starting a task.

By pressing the start key, the screen on the CRT is cleared and preparations for creating a new publication are completed. By operating the keyboard KB, the operator creates a new document or modifies a previously created document stored in the storage device DISC.

First, I will briefly explain the B tab function.

The operator can freely set the B tab at any position in the input sentence. The setting method is to press the B tab set key B T K. This is exactly the same as the character input method 4', II).

The operator can move the cursor by pressing a cursor key (not shown), but the B tab execution key B
By pressing TEK, the cursor can be moved all at once to the point where the B tab is set. This function greatly assists in inputting documents, etc. Thus, by using the character keys or many other editing keys, you can insert data such as text data 2 list etc.

It is used to create data to be inserted such as letters, etc. 0 Next, we will explain the operation method when attempting to perform mail merge printing.

The operator first creates the information to be inserted. Figure 6 (
An example is shown in 2). The book marks here are delimiter marks for each record, and each record has a name written on it. Once you have created the list, DISC it.
You can save it in , and take it out when needed, or you can directly register the list you just created as information to be inserted.

Saving to the storage device DI8C is performed as follows.

First, enter the file name when saving. To enter, press the name key NK and then enter the file name from the keyboard KB. After that, the data is saved by pressing the save key MK. The saved list can be used later as an insert file. On the other hand, it is also possible to use the list just created as data for insertion without storing it in a storage device such as DISC. At that time, the operator only has to press the registration key RK. Easily insert the data next. Of course, it may be created anew, or it may be called from the storage device DISC.

To recall from the storage device DISC, press the name key NK, then input the file name from the keyboard KB, and press the recall key. The data to be inserted, such as a letter, is created and completed using a known method. Figure 6 (1
) shows an example. Here, the mark ■ can be input by pressing the B tab set key 13TK. When insert printing is executed, if insert data is registered one after another at this position using the insert edge key RK, insert printing will be executed simply by pressing the print key.

If registration has not been made in advance and insert data such as a list is stored on the storage device DISC, first press the name key NK, then enter the file name from the keyboard KB. .

Next, press the print key PK to display the storage device DIS.
Insertion printing is performed using insertion data such as lists stored on C.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained in detail using the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 6 to 5.

FIG. 3 is a main flowchart of this embodiment.

By turning on the power, this flow is executed and the above-described operations are executed. Each step will be explained below.

1. Wait for data input from KB. If it has been entered, proceed to step 2.

2. Read the input data from KB.

3. If the input data is from a character key, tab set key, etc., proceed to step 4. If not, proceed to step 5.

4. Write the input data to the position corresponding to the cursor pointer in BUF I, and increment the value of the cursor pointer. As a result, the input data is displayed at the position of the cursor on the CRT screen,
Furthermore, the cursor will advance by one.

Step 4 will be explained in further detail.

(1) Insert the input data into BUF 1.

If the input data is underlined data,
Turn ON the upper 1 bit of the memory contents corresponding to the cursor position in BUF i.

If the input data is character data or output data from the tab set key, the data is
Move to the position corresponding to the cursor position within.

(Increments the cursor pointer by 21.

(3) The contents of BUF1 and the contents of the cursor pointer are written and displayed in the refresh memory and the cursor pointer.

5. If the input data is from the start key, proceed to step 6. If not, proceed to step 7.

6. Initialize the pa7a, flag, etc.

■Clear the refresh memory (fill it with Svene code) ■Clear NREG ■Clear BUF1 ■Clear BUF 2 ■BUF ! Clear l ■ Reset FC ■ Initialize cursor pointer ■ Initialize cursor register 7. If the input data is input from the tab execution key, proceed to step 8. If not, proceed to step 9.

8. Move the cursor to the position where the B tab is set. In order to do this, the contents of BUF 1 from the position where the cursor exists are sequentially read to find the position where the B tab code exists, and the address corresponding to that position is written to the cursor pointer. Finally, take the value of the cursor pointer into the cursor register, and
Display to RT.

9. If the input data is input from a registration key, proceed to step IOK. If not, proceed to step 11.

10. Move all the contents of BUFl to BUF2, and
Set C.

11. If the input data is input from the name key, proceed to step 12. If not, proceed to step 16.

12. Register NRE which is the data to be written next from KB
Input to G.

13. If the input data is input from the print key PK, proceed to step 14. If it is, proceed to step 15.

14. Perform merge print processing. The details will be explained later.

15. If the input data was input using the save key MK, proceed to step 16. If not, proceed to step 17.

16. Data stored in 8UF1 is saved in DISG. As the keyword (file name) at that time, the name stored in the register NREG shall be used.

17. If the input data is a call key input, proceed to step 18. If not, proceed to step 19.

18. Recall document data etc. from DISC and
Put it in. The keyword (file name) at that time uses the name stored in the register NREG.

19. If the input data is any other editing key, proceed to step 20. If not, proceed to step 21.

(Figure 4).

141 If FG=1, proceed to step 14.6.

If FG=0, go to step 14.2 for 3fe.

14.2 Recall a document from DISC using the data stored in register NREG as a keyword (file name) and store it in BUF2.

14.3 Reset the FC.

14.6 Execute print processing. (Outputs the contents of BUF3 to the printer.) 14.7 Increment the current parameter P. If it is 14, BP2PM^× (that is, if the insertion is completed), return.

If not, proceed to step 14.3.

Here, P = PH^X indicates that the insertion has been completed for all records of insertion data.

Next, we will discuss step 14.5 (Figure 5).
14.5. I BtJl all the contents of BUFl? 5
Move to.

BUF3(N);BUFl(N) N=1.2.3... 14.5.2 Set N to 1.

14.5.3 BUF3 If (N) is a B tab set code, proceed to step 14, 5.4. If not, proceed to step 14.5.7.

14.5.4 BUF If 3(N) is an underlined code, proceed to Stella ÷ 14.5.5. If no, 14.5.
Proceed to step 6.

14.5.5 Perform insert editing processing with underlining.

BUF (N+Q-1) Snow BUF2 (P, Q)+>80
Q=1, 2, 3 ・a・QMAX where > indicates a hexadecimal code.

14.5.6 Perform insert editing without underlining.

BUF (N+Q-1) Strike BUF2 (P, Q) Q21.
2.3...QMAX 14.5.7 N'-N +1 14.5.8 If N = NNAX, return. If not, proceed to step 14.5.3.

That is, the insertion process is completed for all data stored in BUF 3.

Other Application Example 1 In this embodiment, an internal FG is used to distinguish whether mail merge printing is based on registration or mail merge printing that is not based on registration. Therefore, the user may be able to make a clear judgment.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. NREG Fist...War Register BUFi~6...@II@Puffa

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Automatically insert and output the insertion data into the data to be inserted. 5. In the insertion process Es1V, an insertion position specifying means for indicating the position to be inserted in the data to be inserted; It has a character designating means (cursor) for designating one of the character strings, and a means for moving the character designating means to the position designated by the insertion position designation means in a single motion.