JPS6310218A - Input system for kanji item - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain the compiling operation in a range over the item length by providing a general-purpose KANJI (Chinese character) compiling area on a CRT screen in addition to an input item area designated by an application program. CONSTITUTION:When an application program 2 gives an instruction to a system control part CMS3 for input of the KANJI item, a KANJI input screen is displayed on the screen 4a of a CRT4. Then the CMS3 displays inversely an input item display area (a) by the indication given from the program 2. Here the length of the inverting part is equal to the item length (d). While a general-purpose KANJI compiling area (b) is secured on the lowest line of the screen. Then the compiling operation is carried out through the area (b) to the area (a) designated by the program 2. The KANJI is produced at a time up to 36 characters in the area (b). Thus the compiling operation is possible in a range over the item length.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to manual processing of kanji items in computers.

(Problems to be Solved by the Prior Art and the Invention) Traditionally, when manually specifying kanji items on a small computer, items have been designated from an application program.

When inputting kanji items, when entering kanji in the input item display area, the editing area and item length match, and if the input characters temporarily exceed digits during input, the excess digits will be displayed. It wasn't done.

Furthermore, when using another general-purpose kanji editing area on the screen, editing operations that exceed the item length may be possible. However, even in this case, it was not easy to confirm the item length because the effective item length within the editing area was not specified.

An object of the present invention is to provide a monitoring method for inputting kanji items that allows kanji input without being restricted by the item length.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The kanji item manual method according to the present invention includes a CRT display device equipped with a CRT screen, and a system control for managing manual processing on the screen of the CRT display device from an application program. In a computer equipped with a 011 screen, the system control section provides a general-purpose kanji editing area on the 011 screen in addition to the input item area on the 011 screen designated by the application program for kanji items manually. , and this kanji editing area is characterized by displaying marks that clearly indicate the starting point and the longest ending point of the manual item table, thereby clearly indicating the effective range of input characters.

(Function) When inputting kanji items on a computer, a general-purpose kanji editing area is prepared on the 011 screen separately from the input item display area on the 011 screen specified by the application program, and the item table is clearly displayed in the editing area. At the same time, it is possible to edit the number of characters exceeding that number, and to perform character manual operations that are not restricted by the item list of kanji items.

(Example) Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a CRT screen output system for a small computer. Under the operating system 1 of this computer, a system control unit (
(hereinafter abbreviated as CMS) 3 is provided. This 0MS
3 is a processing program section corresponding to a subroutine for performing CRT screen processing. The CRT 4 is connected to the operating system 1 via a CRT driver 5. This CRT driver 5 includes a refresh memory that stores display data. The data memory 6 is
It temporarily stores character data entered manually from the keyboard 8, and also stores character data etc. converted from this character data by the kana-kanji conversion module 7. Note that the keyboard 8 is connected to the operation system l via a key manual program 9.

In such a system, when an application program instructs the CMS to input a kanji item, for example, the kanji input screen shown in Figure 1 will appear in the CR
It is displayed on the screen 4a of T4. This screen is a idiom file maintenance screen and shows the state in which idiom data (kanji items) are input. Here, with support from the application program 2, the 0MS3 displays the human power item display area a in reverse video. The length of this inverted part is shown in item table d.
be equivalent to. Further, a general-purpose kanji editing area is provided at the bottom line of the screen, and editing operations for the display area a of manual items (compound data) specified by the application program 2 are performed in this general-purpose kanji editing area. In the general-purpose Kanji editing area, up to 36 Kanji characters can be displayed at once. Therefore, editing operations beyond the item list are normally possible.

Further, at this time, the item table is clearly indicated with vertical ruled lines C, C, to clearly indicate to the operator the valid range of input characters. The width of the general-purpose kanji editing area is 36 characters, which is considered to be sufficient for normal items manually. However, in 0MS3, up to 40 characters (80 rams worth of kanji) are allowed, and in that case, when the cursor reaches the right end, the contents of the general-purpose kanji editing area, including the vertical ruled line C1C, are shifted to the left, It is possible to edit up to 60 characters. Therefore, the operator can perform complete kana-to-kanji conversion manually regardless of the display position and length of the manual item, and can efficiently input data for the kanji item by understanding the item table.

FIG. 3 shows the flow of kanji input processing by 0MS3. The application program 2 generates a command, row and column data representing the position on the screen, and size (capacity) when instructing the human power to perform Kana-to-Kanji conversion. Based on this occurrence, 0MS3 is activated (step Pl).

Next, it is determined whether this kanji manual mode is for new input or correction input (step P2). If it is a new manual command, it is supplied to the CRT driver 5 via the operating system 1 to display it in reverse video in the display area a based on the above row, column data and size data (step P3 ). The CRT driver 5 stores, for example, dot pattern data in the refresh memory (in this case, no data is stored).

) is inverted and a luminance signal is supplied to the CRT 4. next,
The general-purpose kanji input area of the refresh memory is erased and displayed on the CRT screen 4a (step P4).

In step P2, if it is a manual correction command, the corresponding data (initial data) is taken out from the data memory 6, supplied to the refresh memory, and the above-mentioned inverted display is performed (step P5), and then this data is It is transferred to the general-purpose kanji manual area of the refresh memory and displayed on the CRT screen 4a (step P6).

Next, based on the above row, column data, and size data, ruled line data c and c are generated according to the size of the item to be entered manually, that is, the number of characters, and are stored in the refresh memory in the CRT driver 5. It is combined with display data and supplied to the CRT 4, and displayed as shown in FIG. 1 (step P7). This display allows the operator to confirm the inputtable character range.

Subsequently, characters are entered using the keyboard 8. This human power data is temporarily stored in the data memory 6, and is also stored in a storage position corresponding to the display area b of the refresh memory. After that, by OMS processing, the above characters (kana) in the data memory 6 are supplied to the kana-kanji conversion module to convert them into kanji data, and the data is stored in the data memory and also stored in the refresh memory and displayed ( Step P8). The operator can judge whether or not the specified size is exceeded by repeating the above operation.

When the input is completed with this operation, a completion instruction is given and the process moves to the next step to transfer the effective number of characters to the user buffer (Step P9), and calculates the total number of effective characters of the converted character string in the data memory in the above line, The data is transferred to area a designated by the column and displayed (step PIO). Next, clear area b (step pH). Then, the process returns to the application program 2.

(Effects of the Invention) According to the present invention, it is possible to perform editing operations that exceed the item length, and furthermore, the item length is clearly indicated by ruled lines to clarify the valid portion of the input data.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram of a kanji input screen. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the CRT screen input/output system. FIG. 3 is a flowchart of kanji manual processing. Patent Applicant: Sharp Co., Ltd. Representative: Patent Attorney: Mr. Maeda and 2 others 1st letter

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) In a computer equipped with a CRT display device equipped with a CRT screen and a system control unit that manages input processing on the screen of the CRT display device from an application program, the system control unit In addition to the input item area on the CRT screen specified by the application program, a general-purpose kanji editing area is provided on the CRT screen, and this kanji editing area has the starting point and longest end point of the input item length. A kanji item input method characterized by displaying a mark to clearly indicate each character to clearly indicate the valid range of input characters.