JPS623288A - Extra character managing system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention provides external characters that are suitable for use in a Japanese language processing device that is equipped with Document Fitsbee or something similar thereto and that allows the existence of character patterns unique to UDE. Regarding management methods.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems]

Japanese processing equipment, etc., prints character patterns or CRT
In a display device, standardly used characters/f-turns and non-standardly used character patterns are managed separately. In other words, the character gloss patterns (hereinafter referred to as external characters) 5, peculiar to U-DE, are usually stored in the dictionary floppy disk in a floppy disk-based system, but in a hard disk-based system. It is stored in a private character area allocated within the hard disk.

A system based on 70 disks and a hard disk? - Stoslussis 'When considering the handling of external characters in Mitem, if it is the former Linstem, it is sufficient to have a dictionary floppy for each individual (on the document side) (
Therefore, in this case, there are as many external character areas as there are dictionary floppies), and the dictionary floppies must be changed each time. Furthermore, the latter system can only use one external character area on the hard disk. Therefore, when considering that multiple people (documents) share the document, there is the inconvenience of having to specify ku/ten codes that will not be duplicated when creating and registering external characters.

Also, if you are limited to one hard disk, you can manage it well even though it is inconvenient. However, when using the document on another hard disk, etc., there is no guarantee that the desired external character will exist in the corresponding period/point code. In order to avoid this, it is possible to port external characters between nodes and disks, but it is time consuming, such as not saving the existing external characters before porting, and restoring the character area. This inconvenience has not yet been resolved.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances.The present invention is made by storing in the document file itself, as a part of the document, the character tuta-turn peculiar to Ude used in the document, and when proofreading and printing, the pattern is used as a character/four-turn. The purpose of this invention is to provide a system for managing external characters that improves operability through memory loading.

[Summary of the invention]

As mentioned above, in all systems where a document floppy diskette or something similar exists and which allows the existence of UDE-specific character patterns, the document file itself contains UDE-specific characters/4 turns used by that document. This method employs a method in which the text is stored as part of the document, and during proofreading and printing processes, the text is loaded into the character memory. For this reason, conventionally, this type of system has a built-in connection that also has a non-standard character code detection unit that detects the presence of non-standard character codes in the relevant document, and a non-standard code detection unit that detects the presence of non-standard character codes in the relevant document. Then, obtain the character code to be processed, read the corresponding character/mother turn from the system disk or character 4 turn memory,
The newly added external character 4-turn stack puffer has a temporary external character/main turn control section, and external character J? A document storage section that saves the turn information on the turn stack buffer on a document floppy as part of the document, and a document storage section that saves the turn information on the turn stack buffer as part of the document on a document floppy. From the document information created before the act, the system disk or! Added a custom character pattern control section that writes to the turn memory.

This eliminates the need to use different dictionary floppies depending on documents or individuals, and also eliminates the need to worry about wards and dots when creating and registering external characters. Furthermore, even when the document is used on another machine, the correct external characters are always output regardless of the context of the user.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail using screen images. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, 1 is a keyboard, and 2 is a key gate control device which transmits a key input through the key gate 1 to a device to be described hereinafter. 3 is a character editing device that performs character overrides, insertion and deletion, etc., as well as displaying the editing results on a CRT screen.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a private character code detection device which is activated by the document storage device 14 or the document reading device 15, which will be described later, and determines whether or not a private character code exists in the character codes on the editing buffer 6 via the one-character puffer S. Reference numeral 5 denotes a one-character packer that etches seven characters of one character in the editing buffer 6 and temporarily stores them. Reference numeral 6 denotes an editing buffer for storing character codes, the contents of which are updated by the character editing device 3 mentioned above. Alternatively, when adding proofreading, use the document reading device jjt1 whose initialization image will be described later.
5 is also set. It may also be used by a document storage device 14, which will be described later.

7 is a system disk. System diff 7 is the system glogram 1 work file.

It consists of system information, external characters/base turns, document files, etc. System disk 7 inside.

The block indicated by 71 is a temporary proofreading/addition work file (CF) called the current file.The block indicated by 72 is a custom character pattern file that stores the custom character pattern itself. ,the·
8 is an AND circuit. The AND circuit 8 is turned on by the r-) signal (Gate) obtained from the external character code detection device 4, and activates the external character pattern control device 9, which will be described later. Reference numeral 9 is activated when the AND circuit 8 is turned ON, and obtains the external character number turn for the requested external character code from the external character nog turn file 22 in the system disk 7 or the external character/master 7 memory J2, and generates external characters as described later. This is an external character/lean control device that stacks the 4-turn information in the stack buffer 13 or performs the reverse of 7.

10 is a 9-turn memory management device.
Manage that address. Reference numeral 11 denotes a buffer for temporarily holding character patterns. 12 is a foreign character.
It has a 9-turn memory and holds a user-specific pattern or a part of the JIS 2nd level pattern. 13 is
The data structure of the external character pattern information stack buffer is shown in FIG. 14 is a document storage device and is a camouflage
It is a device that is activated by the ``.'' setting and stores character codes, external character tu- ton information, etc. in a given document file area on a floppy or disk.

15 is a document reading control device, which controls other devices.
“ is started and reads the character code of the corresponding document file on the document floppy or disk.

and write it to the edit buffer 6 or the caret file area (CF7) of the system disk; 1.
1.7゜If there is a custom character pattern, extract the custom character from the document file.
! □Read turn and external character pattern memory 12
, or external character /4 in system disk 7
It is written in a predetermined position on the turnfile 71.

Reference numeral 16 is a document file on a disk or a disk. Reference numeral 11 is a mask ROM in which internal characters (usually only JIS first level) characters and base turns are stored. Reference numeral 18 denotes a device that converts a given character code into a corresponding character pattern and passes the nof turn to the output device, and the nof turn is obtained from the external character pattern memory 11 or the mask ROMJ7.

In addition, 19 is a glitter control device, 20 is a CRT control device,
No. 2 is a printer, which may be of any type, such as a serial printer, laser beam printer (LBP), or thermal transfer printer. 22 is a CRT display monitor.

Figure 2 shows the structure of a document file, and only the parts related to the present invention are extracted and shown. The figure shows the document format, the presence or absence of each data, the document header section containing pointer control information, and the character code. It consists of the Department, External/Material Information Department, and Other Information Department. Figure 3 shows the private character pattern information section shown in Figure 2 in more detail.
JIS kanji code indicated by one point) and its nyc
``It is composed of the corresponding external character pattern itself.
'The operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be explained in detail below.
Do it. First, we will explain how to save external character pattern information as part of a document file, but before that, we will briefly explain the process leading up to document storage. Assume that you have now started editing a certain document.

This document is assumed to use custom characters, and the pattern may be designed by the operator using a custom character pattern creation device, or the document will be created later by the reading device 15, or It is assumed that both have already been registered in the external character pattern file 72. Also, the document body is copied from the manager file to the work file CF71, and further,
It is assumed that part or all of it is also copied to the editing buffer 6.

Here, in order to display a part of the document on the CRT display monitor 22 as an initial screen, according to instructions from the editing device-3,
The codes in the editing buffer 6 are sequentially sent to the pattern conversion device 18, and the converted mother turn is sent to the CRT control device 20 and written in a video memo v (VRAM) not shown, and its contents are displayed on the CRT display monitor 22. will be displayed. The pattern conversion device 18 performs the task of obtaining the corresponding character number four turns from the given character code.
It is determined whether the i4 turn is obtained from the mask ROM 17 or from the external character/main turn memory 12. When obtaining the data from the mask ROM 17, it is sufficient to calculate the address contained therein and read a predetermined amount of that address, but in the case of external characters, it is somewhat troublesome. Normal external character pattern memory 1
2 has a slightly smaller capacity than the external character pattern file 72. Therefore, a main turn memory management device 10 is required that manages the character codes of the currently included external characters/9 turns and reads them from the external character pattern file 72 and writes them into the external character pattern memory 12 as necessary. This type of device moves through keystrokes, editing, and display, and finally an instruction to save the document is issued by the operator. Although not shown, a document storage request is issued to the document storage device 14 in response to the document name, document media, etc.

Now, let's get to the point. The document storage device 14 first activates the external character code detection device 4.

This external character code detection device 4 fetches a code from the beginning of the editing buffer 6 and transfers it to the character buffer 5 for each character. Then, it is determined whether or not it is a custom character code. The external characters referred to here are external characters and turn codes unique to the user, and are codes other than the JIS level 1 and 2 level codes that always exist on the mask ROM 17 or the system disk 7. Usually, this applies to 1 point in 84 wards.

Now, if this external character code detection device 4 determines that it is a external character code, it turns on the gate signal which is the AND circuit 80 input.
Make it. As a result, the cyand circuit 8 becomes true, the external character/four-turn control device 9 is activated, and the data of the one-character puffer 5 is also passed.

The activated external character pattern control device 9 activates the pattern memory management device 10 in order to obtain a character pattern corresponding to the given character code. If the character code given to the table it manages is in the external character pattern memory 12, the memory management device 10 reads it from there, or if it is not stored in the external character pattern memory 12, the external character pattern file on the system disk 7. The roaring pattern is obtained from 72. In any case, the pattern is read into buffer 11. Control is then returned to the external character pattern control device 9, and the pattern 7 in the buffer 11 is written into the external character/9 turn information stack buffer 13. As shown in Figure 3, the format is a pair of external character code and 70 patterns. As described above, all character codes on the editing buffer 6 are checked, and each time a new external character is detected, its pattern information is sequentially stacked. Naturally, there are no identical external character codes. When the external character code check and stacking are completed in this way, the document storage device 14 writes the edit buffer 60 character codes to the document file 16. When this is completed, the external character/flat turn information stack buffer 13 is checked and if it is stacked, its contents are also written to the document file. Then, write the document header by secting the external character/base turn information pointer onto the document header (of course, setting other necessary information as well).

Now that we have created a document file with text and data, we will now discuss the operations when adding proofs to the document file. Similar to the above, first, a request is made to the document reading device 15 from another device. As a result, the document reading device 15 reads character code data from the corresponding document file 16 and stores it in the editing buffer 6. If the presence of a non-standard character pattern is set as information on the document header, the non-standard character/main turn information section is read from the same document file and stored in the non-standard character/main turn information stack buffer 13.

Then, the external character pattern control device 9 is activated. The private character pattern control device 9 searches the private character pattern information stack buffer 13. The procedure is as follows. First, the external character code is checked, the arm turn address of the corresponding character is calculated, and the code and address are passed to the z4 turn memory management device 10, and the mother turn memory management device 10 is activated. This activated device manages the external character patterns, and the contents are written into the external character pattern memory 12 or the external character arm turn file 72. The details of the management method will be omitted as they are not directly related to the present invention, but in general, if the external character pattern memory 12 is empty, the main turn is loaded there, and the character code is stored in the corresponding management table set. do. if,
If there is no space, it is written to the external character pattern file 72. The functions described here are for reference only.1)
, - It does not matter if it is written in the non-regular character/4' turn file 72. Alternatively, in the future when RAM becomes cheaper, it is possible that all patterns can be stored in the external character/four-turn memory 12. As described above, before the editing operation of the document to which proofreading is to be added begins, the document is changed to ゛,=[:
All custom character patterns to be used are set in the system.

In addition, it goes without saying that the explanation will be made regarding the addition of proofreading and that the same procedure will be followed for printing.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, the following are listed below □
“You can get the same effect.

(1) Depending on the document or individual, the dictionary floppy
``There is no need to use different ones.

(2) When creating and registering external characters, there is no need to worry about the ku/ten code.

(3) Porting external character areas between hard disks
There is no need to do this, and you can easily print or display the image on a CRT using other models.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the structure of a document file, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the character pattern information section shown in FIG. 2 in more detail. 4... External character code detection device, 5...-Character buffer, 2... System disk, 8... AND circuit, 9
. . . External character/mother turn control device, 12 . . . External character pattern memory, 13 . . . External character pattern information stack buffer, 14 . Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 1

Claims (1)

[Claims] When saving a document, there is a private character code detection unit that detects the existence of a private character code in the document, and when this private character code detection unit confirms the existence of a private character code, it obtains the character code to be processed and generates the character pattern corresponding to it. a character pattern control unit that reads from the system disk or character pattern memory and temporarily stores it in a custom character pattern stack buffer; a document storage unit that stores the pattern information on the custom character pattern stack buffer as part of the document in an external storage medium; and a proofreading unit. Alternatively, it is provided with a custom character pattern control unit that writes a custom character pattern corresponding to the custom character code used by the target document at the time of printing into the system disk or pattern memory in advance from document information created before the printing operation. This is a private character management method that is characterized by the following.