JPS6245580B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to layout processing that focuses on typesetting and other layouts in the printing and publishing industry, and in particular does not limit the layout unit to characters, etc., but abstracts and hierarchizes the layout form. It relates to a layout processing method that processes data represented by a structure.

The layout process in conventional typesetting and layout is
Because each layout format has a layout function or has been created, it may not be applicable if the layout format is even slightly different, or when creating a new layout, it will result in mutually contradictory results unless the relationship with the existing layout function is fully considered. This has the drawback of having to recreate everything for each layout with a different layout.

The purpose of the present invention is to find common layout principles by layering and abstracting layout forms in typesetting and layout, and even if a new layout form appears, it can be solved by combining common layout principles. By solving this problem, it is possible to eliminate the need to create a new layout function.In typesetting production that allocates characters, lines, columns, pages, etc. on paper, a unit allocation means and an area securing means are provided, and the unit allocation means described above is provided. takes out the characters to be allocated in order and embeds them in the prescribed row areas sequentially secured by the area securing means, and then the unit allocation means takes out the rows to be allocated in sequence and embeds them in the prescribed row areas secured sequentially by the area securing means. The above object can be achieved by embedding the columns in the area, and then the unit allocation means sequentially taking out the columns to be allocated and embedding them in the prescribed page areas sequentially secured by the area securing means.

This invention will be explained in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a forme layout method according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of forme composition. In FIG. 1, EDB is a unit allocation means, GDM is an area securing means, BUF1 and BUF2 are data buffers, and BEX is a processing switching means. In FIG. 2, CH represents each character, BK represents each column, and PG represents a page. In FIG. 1, character data is first put into buffer BUF1 and allocation is started. The area securing means GDM secures a line of the specified size in the buffer BUF2, and notifies the allocation means EDB of the secured area.
The allocation means EDB sequentially extracts characters from the buffer BUF1 and embeds them in the notified reserved area. When the content of one line is embedded, the area is secured again.
GDM secures an area for one row, creates a chain between it and the area for the previous row, and allocates the secured area.
Notify EDB.

When the characters in the buffer BUF1 are assigned to each line by repeating the above steps, the buffer switching means
BEX switches buffer BUF1 and buffer BUF2 and notifies switching means BEX and area securing means GDM. Next, the area securing means GDM is BUF1
A stage of the specified size is secured within the area, and the allocated area is notified to the allocation means EDB. The allocation means EDB takes out the steps from the buffer BUF2 and embeds them in the notified secured area while tracing the chain in order. When the content of one level is embedded, the area securing means GDM secures another area again, creates a chain with the previous one level area, and notifies the allocation means EDB of the secured area. By repeating the above steps, each row in the buffer BUF2 is assigned to each column, and buffer switching, page reservation, and page embedding are performed again.

Figure 2 is a diagram when one page is divided into two columns on the left and right. In the first layer, the character CH is the layout unit and the line LN is the layout area, and in the second layer, the line LN is the layout unit and the column is the layout area. BK is the allocation area, and in the third layer, the column BK is the allocation unit and the page PG is the allocation area.

According to the present invention, by creating a layered structure for various layout forms, a common layout principle can be used in each layer, so it is possible to obtain the effect that there is no need to create a new layout function. . In addition, by using the area securing means, an indefinite amount of allocation units (manuscript character data
etc), you only need to prepare one allocation area (page, column, line, etc.) each, and as much as necessary is dynamically allocated, so you can anticipate the allocation area and prepare the maximum amount of area. It also has the effect that there is no need to do so.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a forme layout method according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of forme composition. In FIG. 1, EDB is a unit allocation means, GDM is an area securing means, BUF1 and BUF2 are data buffers, and BEX is a processing switching means. In Figure 2, CH represents each character, BK represents each column, and PG represents a page.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In typesetting production that allocates characters, lines, columns, pages, etc. on paper, a unit allocation means and an area securing means are provided, the unit allocation means sequentially extracts the characters to be allocated, and the area securing means sequentially secures the characters. The unit allocation means sequentially takes out the rows to be allocated and embeds them in the specified column areas sequentially secured by the area securing means, and then the unit allocation means sequentially extracts the rows to be allocated. A typesetting layout method characterized by extracting data and embedding it in specified page areas sequentially secured by the above-mentioned area securing means.