JPS60168674A - Editing device for electronic typewriter - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate editing after printing, by a method wherein entrance in a hot zone is discriminated by a printing position discriminating means on the basis of an output from a detecting part for the position of a printing mechanism, and a cursor is displayed on a character-editing display device. CONSTITUTION:A hot zone discriminating means 7 discriminates whether or not a printing position detected by a detecting means 4 is in a hot zone range, and the entrance in the hot zone is stored in a memory means 8 for the entrance in the hot zone. When the printing position has previously entered the hot zone, a hot zone indicating cursor is set in the hot zone, is stored in a hot zone memory part RAM5, and is displayed on a display part 13. Further, where an auto-returning function is set, the hot zone indicating cursor is displayed at the time of auto-returning. In this composition-editing display device 13'', when characters A-E are inputted through keys after setting a right margin 31 and an input- accelerating cursor 33 enters the hot zone, a hot zone alarm cursor 34 is displayed, and it is blinkingly displayed in the auto-returning mode.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention provides an apparatus and method for facilitating text editing work at the end of a line.
lr tool (1ifi L) relates to an editing device for electronic typewriters.

6 to the next 414 configuration and its problems Conventionally, in fl, which has the function of notifying the end of a line, in child typewriters, when the printing mechanism print position is within the line unfinished area (hereinafter referred to as hot zone), , a buzzer sounded to warn typewriter users. However, with this type of device, it is difficult to tell whether the remaining small letters are exactly 11 appearing on the same line, and there are difficulties in editing operations such as correcting and inserting characters.

Purpose of the Invention The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, and has a simple configuration. Once the printing position of the printing mechanism is within the hot zone, the present invention always displays this fact and facilitates text creation and text editing work. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an easy-to-use electronic typewriter editing device.

Structure of the Invention The present invention includes a printing mechanism that detects all printing positions, a character position detection section, a hot zone storage section, and the output of the printing position detection section as input, and determines whether the printing position is within the hot zone. Equipped with a hot zone discrimination means, a display section for displaying characters manually input by the human power department, and a hora i zone display means for displaying all hot zone display symbols in addition to the characters on the 111 display section based on the output of the hot zone discrimination means. This makes hot zones easier to understand and makes editing easier.

DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENT FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the electronic typewriter of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an external view of an electronic typewriter to which the present invention can be applied.

FIG. 3 is a circuit block diagram showing a specific configuration example of the present invention. The real zone (line-final four notification range) storage means, hot zone determination means, hot zone entry storage means, hot zone entry determination means, O1. IJ turn discrimination means.

A part of the hot zone display means, a part of the auto-return display means, and a part of the printing position detection means are realized by a microcomputer. 1' is a keyboard switch which is a character input section, the output of the print position detection sensor 4' is taken into the microcomputer, and the R
It compares it with the hot zone position data stored in the AM, and if the printing position is in the hot zone, it gives an instruction money to the 16 liquid crystal display controller drivers to display the pot zone kernel in the hot zone. Then, the entire cursor pattern is actually displayed on the liquid crystal display 13'.

FIG. 4 shows the control procedure of microcomputer processing.

First, in order to know the printing position, the printing position is detected in step 21, and in step 22 it is determined whether the printing position is within the hot zone range.

In step 23, the amount of money that has entered the hot zone once is memorized by the money storage means, and thereafter, in step 20 of this program, it is determined whether or not the hot zone has been entered, and there is no evidence of entering the hot zone in the past. If so, control passes to a direct step 24. In step 24, set the hot zone display cursor to all ζ hot zones, and
[This is stored, and in step 26 the display is fully driven to display the hot zone display cursor on the display section. Furthermore, if the auto return function is set, step 26
Then, it is determined whether the auto return mode is selected, and a hot zone display cursor is displayed at step 27. This program is short enough that it can be inserted into the main program as a subroutine in a program that controls the entire torpedo typewriter.

Next, FIG. 6 shows a specific example of the operating state of the display. Reference numeral 13' denotes a display for text editing, on which characters manually written, an input promotion cursor, and a hot zone cursor are displayed. Now, the right margin 31 is set as shown in the figure, and the pot zone 32 is set so that six characters can be printed in the pot zone. As shown in the figure [A, B,
Press C, D, E keys and press cursor 33 to promote manual power.
When the hot zone enters the hot zone, a hot zone warning cursor 34 is displayed and the cursor continues to be displayed over the hot zone with a new line. In the auto-return mode, the hot zone cursor 34 is made to blink to alert the user to the need for key manual input. In this example, a cursor is used to indicate the hot zone range, but
This can also be done by blinking the characters in the hot zone.

Effects of the Invention The present invention includes a printing position determining means for determining whether the hot zone has entered based on the output of the printing mechanism position detecting section, and a display means for displaying the fact to display a cursor on a text editing display so that the pot zone can be visually checked. Unlike a device that simply uses a buzzer to notify that the printing position has entered the hot zone, this device provides an excellent electronic typewriter editing device that allows the user to easily edit after printing. be.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is an external view of an electronic typewriter, Fig. 3 is a circuit block diagram of the main part of this embodiment, and Fig. 4 is a microphone. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the control procedure by the computer, and is a front view showing the display state of the display unit. 1...Manpower section, 2...Auto return selection means, 3...Printing means, 4...Printing position detection means, 5...・Hot zone storage section,
6...Hot zone storage means, 7...Hot zone storage means, 8...Hot zone entry storage means, 9...Hot zone entry determination means, 1
0... Auto return discrimination means, 11...
... Hot zone display means, 12 ... Hot zone display means at auto return, 13 ... Display section, 1' ... Keyboard switch, 2' ...
...Auto return selection terminal, 13'...Display for text editing.

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) When creating text/diagrams, there is an input section for inputting the desired characters/figures, a printing means for printing the said characters/figures, a printing position detection means for detecting the printing position, and a line end in advance. a storage section for storing an end-of-line warning range set as a range of several characters from , a storage means for storing and retrieving the end-of-line warning range in the storage section, and an end-of-line warning range obtained from the storage means and printing. end-of-line warning range determination means for comparing the outputs from the end-of-line warning range by comparing the outputs from the end-of-line warning range; A display means for displaying characters and figures inputted from an input section on a display section, and a line end warning range position display symbol based on an output obtained from a line end warning range determination means in addition to the characters and an input prompting cursor on the display section. An editing device for an electronic typewriter, comprising an end-of-line warning range display means. (2) Once the print position enters the end-of-line warning range, the end-of-line warning range remembers that it has entered the end-of-line warning range even if the print position is removed from the end-of-line warning range due to editing or other operations. A patent comprising an entry storage means, and an end-of-line warning range entry determination means for directly instructing a line-unreported range display means without performing any processing in the end-of-line warning range determination means by the cutting edge of the end-of-line warning range entry storage means. An editing device for an electronic typewriter according to claim 1. (3) When the printing position is within the end-of-line warning range and a space is input from the human power department, the auto return function automatically returns the printing device to the left origin, and whether or not to use the auto return function is selected. an auto-return selection means, an auto-return determination means for determining the output of the auto-return selection means, and an end-of-line warning range position displayed on a display unit when the auto-return determination means determines that the auto-return function is set. 2. An editing device for an electronic typewriter according to claim 1, further comprising auto-return end-of-line warning range display means configured to blink a display symbol.