JPS60167064A - Editor and controller of figure - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enhance operability of a figure editing function by indicating a positional relation between an original shifting/copying position of an object figure and the destination position of shifting/copying of the object concerned with a mark in the shifting and copying operational process of a figure. CONSTITUTION:By depressing a ten-key in corresponding to ''shift'' function, the operation is shifted to a control mode to execute a shifting function. Then a cursor key is depressed and shifted so that a cursor 1-9 will be overlapped with an arbitrary line of an object figure, and by depressing a ten-key in correspondence to ''object specification'', the figure concerned is retrieved based on figure information of a memory device. Then by depressing an execution key, the operation is shifted to a control mode of a shifting destination specification, and a reference mark 1-10 is displayed at a reference point of the shift object figure. By depressing a cursor key, the shifting direction is indicated, a reference point coordinate value is corrected by the moving quantity, which is displayed by a shifting position mark 1-11. An execution key is depressed, figure information is retrieved, and the coordinate position of the figure information is corrected to that of the shifting destination.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Application of the Invention] The present invention relates to a figure editing control device, and in particular, in the process of moving/copying a moving/copying figure, the moving/copying source figure and the moving/copying process are performed.
This paper relates to a technique for clarifying the continuous positional relationship with a destination figure.

[Background of the invention]

As a graphic moving/copying operation in conventional graphic editing, there is a method of specifying a target graphic and then specifying a destination for moving/copying the graphic with a cursor. However, since the reference point of the figure is not specified, it is difficult to know in what positional relationship the moved/copied figure will be moved/copied to the destination. In particular, it is nearly impossible to move or copy multiple figures in the same operation. Additionally, there is a method of specifying the area range in which figures to be moved/copied are located, but this method cannot be applied when figures not to be moved or copied are mixed in the same area. The method of moving and copying figures to be moved and copied each time according to the operation is implemented in the advanced figure collection function, but in this case, the display device itself does not support all high-speed drawing processing functions. There must be.

However, display devices such as word processors generally do not support the above-mentioned more continuous drawing processing functions, and when the above method is applied, it is difficult to deal with overlapping C shapes and move mantissa shapes. - There are problems such as the drawing processing time when shooting strawberries cannot keep up with the operation.

[Purpose of the invention]

An object of the present invention is to move and move figures in the figure editing function.
In the process of copying, the movement of the target figure and the position of the copy source,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a control device that solves the above-mentioned conventional problems and improves the operability of the graphic editing function by clearly indicating the positional relationship of the movement/copying destination of the target graphic with a mark.

[Summary of the invention]

In a figure editing operation, when a figure to be moved or copied is specified by moving the cursor over a figure and pressing a target specifying key, the present invention displays a reference point mark at the reference point defined at the time of setting the target figure. If the means and the direction of the destination of movement/copying are specified during the movement/copying process,
The above object is achieved by providing means for adding and subtracting the reference point coordinates and a predetermined amount of movement each time to determine relative coordinates and displaying a movement position mark at that position.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Hereinafter, an example in which the present invention is implemented as a graphic processing function on a keyboard-type Japanese word processor will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 schematically shows the hardware configuration of a keyboard-type Japanese word processor to which the present invention is applied. 1 is a display device for displaying graphics, characters, symbols, operating procedures, etc.; 2 is a storage device for storing information such as graphics, characters, symbols, and programs; 3 is a display device for manually displaying graphics, characters, symbols, operating procedures, etc. 4 is a document,
An output device 5 for printing graphics is a control device 01J that controls each of the devices 1 to 4 described above.

FIG. 2 shows the entire key arrangement on the keyboard surface of the human-powered device 3. Is 3-1 a number? Numeric keypad that allows direct input, 3-2 is a cursor key that directs cursor movement,
3-3 is an execution key for executing each function of the word processor.

3 to 6 show the display contents of the display device 1 during the movement operation of the graphic processing function, and FIG. 7 shows a processing flowchart of the processing device 5 in this embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram in which the processing device 5 displays the flowchart graphics input from the input device 3 on the display device 1 after storing them in the storage device 2. Reference numeral 1-1 is a frame indicating a graphic area, which clearly indicates the area set by the operator when operating the graphic processing function. The figure can be freely moved or copied manually within the area of the frame 1-1.

1-2 is a matrix display showing executable functions in the graphic processing function, and when executing the processing function displayed in this matrix 1-2, press ``1'' to 19 on the numeric keypad 3-1. ” to select the desired processing function (matrix display 1-2 corresponds in position to keys “1” to 19 on numeric keypad-1). When entering shapes, use the numeric keypad J
By pressing the 1.'' key in -1, the matrix displays 1-2 are combined into the graphic human power matrix display.

In the display state of FIG. 3, the processing device 5 is in the edit function waiting state aA of the processing flowchart of FIG. 7. Here, figure 1-3.1-4 and figure 1-5.1-6.1-
7. Since the distance i-s (character strings are also treated as figures) is far, a case will be described in which an operation is performed to reduce the distance by 1I11r using the movement function.

When the "8" key of the numeric keypad 3-1 corresponding to the "move" function in the matrix display 1-2 is manually pressed, the processing device 5 performs the control to execute the move function based on the move determination B in FIG.
Shift to mode.

FIG. 4 shows an operation for specifying a target figure to be moved using the move function on the display device 1. Matrix display 1-2
, "Target designation", "Target cancellation", and "All cancellation" are displayed in association with keys 1 to 9 of the numeric keypad 3-1.

The processing device 5 shifts to the control mode of the moving target designation manual power and moving target figure special display C shown in FIG.

Here, by pressing the cursor key 3-2, move the cursor 1-9 so that it is placed on an arbitrary position on the target figure, and press the numeric key 3 corresponding to "specify target" on the matrix display 1-2. -1's 17'','''8. When one of the keys ``9'' is pressed, the processing device 5 searches for the corresponding figure based on the figure information in the storage device 2.Next, the above-mentioned The corresponding figure is overwritten with a line width equal to the line width of the corresponding figure plus the line width of 2 dots in black and white inversion, so that it can be distinguished from other figures.

The above operation is repeated to sequentially designate figures 1-5.1-6.1-7 and character strings 1-8. In this embodiment, the target designation display of the character string is such that the entire character string is displayed in black and white inverted.

When you have finished specifying the figure to be moved, press the execution key 1-
Press 3. The processing device 5 detects this in the process of determining the end of target designation shown in FIG. 7, and shifts to a control mode for moving light weights. .

FIG. 5 is an example of the display on the display device 1 when the present invention is applied to an embodiment of the movement operation, in which (a) is an overall view, and (b) is an overall view.
) is a partially enlarged view. The processing device 5 extracts the reference point coordinates of the reference point mark display process 1-6.1-7 and the character string 1-8 at the reference point of the target figure in FIG. 7 from the figure information in the storage device 2, and Reference point mark L-io at reference point
tl - Inverted value crushed rectangle (19 dots) XI 9 dots).

As for the direction of movement, by pressing the cursor key 3-2, it is possible to freely specify the destination number to move in the up, down, left and right directions. Also, the amount of movement for each key is determined by the input device! i
By pressing F'l key 3-4 of 3, 7
Switches between dot units (equivalent to 1rIr!R) and father.

Place 8! Each time the cursor key 3-2 is pressed in the processing F, the mounting device 5 reads the cursor key 3-2, moves to processing G, and selects the figure to be moved (in this example, the figure 1-2) stored in the memory device 2. 5.1-6.1-7 and string 1-8)
Move the coordinate value of the reference point in the specified direction, correct it by m*, and change the movement position mark to an inverted filled rectangle (11 dots 1-XI
1 dot) (see enlarged view of reference point mark 1-10).

At this time, since the cursor key 3-2 is used to specify the destination, the cursor 1-9 is erased in consideration of cleanliness. Father, reference point mark 1-10° movement position mark 1-1
1 is an inverted filled display, so even if it interferes with other figures, it can be easily distinguished. Also, moving position mark 1-11
After passing, the figure returns to the original display. In addition, the cursor key 3-2 supports the repeat function, so if you keep pressing it, you can issue continuous movement instructions.

When it is confirmed by the movement position mark 1-11 that the object figure has been moved to the target position by the movement operation,
Press the execution key 3-3. The processing device t5 determines this key manual force in process H, completes the movement operation, and shifts the control mode to the processing operator shown in FIG. In the process ■, the processing device 5
Graphics nnu-et al. #IJ vs. Jt graphics 1-5 in storage device 2.
1-6. The graphic information of 1-7 and the movement target character string 1-8 is searched, and the coordinate position in the corresponding graphic information is corrected to the movement destination coordinate position.

Next, proceeding to process J, as shown in FIG.
Erase the source figure 1 and display the new destination figure.

Father, matrix display 1-2 has a graphic function operation display,
The cursors 1-9 are displayed again in the graphic area and the mode is set to wait for graphic editing function input.

Although this embodiment is an example of the movement processing function, the copying function is also the same except that the graphic information of the copy destination graphic is generated based on the graphic information of the copy source graphic. Easily estimated.

Although not described in this embodiment, if an instruction is given that causes the figure to be moved or copied to protrude outside the figure area, a process is performed to display an error message. Furthermore, if a key for instructing diagonal movement is defined, operability can be further improved.

According to this embodiment: 1) The graphic editing function can be operated in an interactive manner, resulting in good operability.

2) In the figure editing function, figures to be moved, copied, etc. are displayed so that their outlines are double lines, so that they can be clearly distinguished from non-target figures even on a monochrome screen.

3) As shown in Fig. 5, the reference point mark and movement position mark are displayed with inverted fill, so even if they interfere with a preset figure, the shape of the figure does not change, and it is easy to distinguish if there is a problem. can.

4) Since the size of the reference point mark indicating the reference point of the figure to be moved/copied and the movement position mark indicating the destination to be moved/copied are different, it is easy to determine the positional relationship between the source position and the destination to be moved/copied. Can be distinguished.

There are other effects.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, 1) the figure to be moved/copied is moved/copied during the operation process;
You can visually check the relationship between the copy source location and the destination location.

2) In the graphic editing function, it is ideal for moving and copying operations such as determining the desired position through trial and error.

3) Even if shapes are mixed, extract the target shape,
It is possible to move or copy the same amount of movement in the same direction.

4) Responsiveness is good even when the position indication is continuously changed (up, down, left, right) during the movement/copying process because only the movement position mark is displayed.

There are other effects.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a hardware configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a key layout diagram of the keyboard of the input device, Figs. 3 to 6 are display content diagrams of the display device, and Fig. 7 is a control diagram. It is a flowchart figure. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Display device, 2...Storage device, 3...Input device, 5...Processing device, 3-1...Numeric keypad, 3-2
...Cursor key, 3-3...Execution key, 1-1~
1-9...Figure 1I12J End figure 5 whistle 711D

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A device comprising means for manually inputting figures and characters, a memory for storing the figures manually input from the input means, and a display means for displaying the figures based on the figure information stored in the memory. In the figure editing control device, a reference point position of the figure is determined, and when a move/copy operation is started, a means for displaying a single reference point mark at the reference point position of the figure to be moved/copied; A figure editing control device characterized by comprising means for displaying a movement position mark at a position corresponding to the reference point position of the figure to be moved or copied, which changes from moment to moment, during execution of a movement or copying operation.