JPS63141165A - On-line manual processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To omit a labor and time for command input and to reduce erroneous input, by providing a command generating part which generates and outputs a command corresponding to a designated command shown as an example. CONSTITUTION:The titled device is constituted of a terminal equipment 2, a memory device 3 which stores a manual 14, and a processor consisting of an input/output managing part 11 which controls the transfer of information between the terminal equipment 2, a manual processing part 12 which displays the designated part of the manual 14 on the terminal equipment 2, and the command generating part 13 which receives a prescribed instruction from the terminal equipment 2 and generates and outputs the command corresponding to the command shown as the example. A user reads out the required part of the manual 14 by the manual processing part 12 and displays it on the terminal equipment 2 by inputting the prescribed instruction from the terminal equipment 2. And the user performs the input of the command by means of the command shown as the example of the manual.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] This is a processing method for improving the usage of an online manual in which the manual is stored in a storage device of a computer system.

When a predetermined instruction specifying a desired command example is given on the manual displayed on a terminal device, the parameters etc. are modified according to the instructions if necessary, a command corresponding to the command example is generated, and the command is input from the terminal device. It is processed as a command.

This method eliminates the need to re-enter commands found by referring to a manual, and at the same time reduces input errors.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to an online manual processing method in a computer system.

A method of storing a manual in a computer's storage device and reading it out to a terminal device when necessary for use is known as an online manual.

[Conventional technology]

Users of many computer systems generally need to understand how to use them by reading the required manuals before using them, but when using them, it is necessary to understand the format of commands to be input, specifications (parameters), etc. Because I forget, I often have to refer to command examples written in the manual each time and enter the necessary information accordingly.

In recent years, computers are increasingly being used from terminal devices such as workstations installed near each user, and
So-called online manuals have come into use.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a computer system.

The processing device 1 is connected to the terminal device 2, and for example, the processing device 10
The input/output management unit 5 identifies commands input through input devices such as the keyboard and mouse of the terminal device 2, and calls a designated processing function, such as the utility unit 7 for file processing, to execute a utility. A path for exchanging information between the unit 7 and the terminal device 2 is set, and necessary processing can proceed.

In a system that provides an online manual, a manual 4 is stored in a storage device 3, such as a magnetic disk storage device.

When a user wants to read a manual, he inputs a predetermined command to call the manual from the terminal device 2, and when the input/output management section 5 identifies it, the manual processing section 6 is activated.

The manual processing section 6 first reads out, for example, the table of contents of the manual from the storage device 3, outputs it to the terminal device 2 via the input/output management section 5, and outputs it to the terminal device 2, such as a display device of the terminal device 2, such as a CRT.
Display on a display device, etc.

The user selects an item with a desired explanation from the displayed manual table of contents and inputs, for example, the item number assigned to that item.

When the manual processing unit 6 receives the item number via the input/output management unit 5, it reads the first page of the explanation item corresponding to the designated number in the manual 4 and displays it on the terminal device 2 in the same way as the table of contents. do.

Thereafter, the manual processing unit 6 can read the required page of the explanation from the storage device 3 and display it on the terminal device 2, or display the explanation of another item in the same manner as above, according to the instruction input from the terminal device 2. .

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

When the user refers to commands in a manual as described above, if the manual is an online manual, the user displays the manual on the terminal device 2 and reads the explanation as described above.

The user has to memorize the commands found, write them down if necessary, and use the keyboard of the terminal device 2 to enter the commands again, which may be more inconvenient than a hard copy manual. , there is a problem with the user's work efficiency.

[Means for solving problems]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the present invention.

In the figure, 2 is a terminal device, 3 is a storage device, IO is a processing device, 11 of the processing device 10 is an input/output management unit that controls the exchange of information with the terminal device 2, and 12 is a terminal for specifying the specified part of the manual 14. Manual processing unit displayed on device 2, 1
3 is a manual processing unit 1 that receives a predetermined instruction from the terminal device 2.
2 is a command generation unit that generates and outputs a command corresponding to a specified command example.

[For production]

By inputting a predetermined instruction from the terminal device 2, the user of the computer system causes the manual processing unit 12 to read out a required portion of the manual 14 and display it on the terminal device 2.

When inputting a command using a command example from a manual, the user operates the input device of the terminal device 2 to input the desired command example from the displayed manual, for example by placing the cursor at the first character position. and specify by inputting a predetermined key.

The manual processing unit 12 that has received this information identifies the command specified by the character position on the display surface of the terminal device 2 from the part of the manual that is to be read, and the command generation unit 12
Notify 3.

The command generation unit 13 outputs the specified command example data □ to the terminal device 2 via the input/output management unit 11 so that it is displayed in a predetermined area on the display screen of the terminal device 2, and modifies the displayed command example data. enable.

When a predetermined key input indicating completion of modification is received, a command string is generated based on the command example data as a modification result, and the command string is passed to the input/output management section 11 as a command from the terminal device 2. , input/output management section 1
1 executes the control specified by the command.

As described above, command reference operations in the online manual become extremely convenient, and the user's work efficiency can be improved.

〔Example〕

In the processing device 10 of FIG. 1, the input/output management unit 11 and manual processing unit 12 have the same functions as the conventional input/output management unit 5 and manual processing unit 6, respectively, except as described below.

By inputting a predetermined instruction from the terminal device 2, a user of the computer system causes the manual processing unit 12 to read out a required portion of the manual 4 and display it on the terminal device 2 in the same manner as in the conventional method.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the manual display situation in the terminal device 2. In FIG. 2 (al), 20 indicates a display surface of a display device, etc. In this example, explanatory text of the manual and line drawings, if necessary, are displayed, and example commands are displayed in the display area 22.

Therefore, in the manual 14 to which the present invention is applied, in order to easily distinguish between the command example portion and other explanatory text, for example, an identification character is placed at the beginning of each line of data in the manual 14, and the command example portion is For example, the part is indicated by "00", and lines other than command examples start with a number other than "00".

When referring to a command example in the manual and attempting to input that command, the user operates the input device of the terminal device 2 to enter the desired command example on the displayed mar It is specified by placing it at the first character position (shown as a cursor 24 in the figure) and pressing a predetermined key.

At this time, the cursor position and key information are manually inputted from the terminal device 2 to the processing device IO as usual, and the manual processing section 12 that received this information reads out the line specified by the character position on the display surface of the terminal device 2. If the line is a command example line starting with "00" as described above, the command generation unit 13 is notified.

If the designated line is not a command example line, for example, a warning message is output to the terminal device 2.

When a command example is specified, the command generation unit 13
A copy of the designated command example data is output to the terminal device 2 via the input/output management unit 11, and is displayed in a predetermined command area 25 at the bottom of the display screen of the terminal device 2, for example, as shown in FIG. 2(b).
Display to.

In this state, the command generation unit 13 has a function of editing the command example displayed in the command area 25 on the display screen according to the input from the terminal bag W2, and adding commands if necessary. Make sure you have it.

When the user completes the necessary modifications to the command example, he/she inputs a predetermined key indicating the end of modification.

Therefore, the command generation unit 13 generates a command string by processing such as converting the corrected command and command example data into character codes for internal processing, and uses it as a command from the terminal device 2 to manage input/output management. Hand it over to Department 11.

Therefore, the input/output management unit 11 sends this command to the terminal device 2.
It processes in the same way as a command input from , and starts the process specified in the command.

In the above description, command examples are modified in the predetermined command area 25, but the command example being displayed in the manual (for example, in the display area 22) may be directly modified.

As a result of the above, the online manual command reference operation becomes extremely convenient, improving the user's work efficiency, and since it becomes easy to confirm the contents of the manual by executing it, it is expected that the quality of the manual will be improved.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, in a computer system having an online manual, it becomes easy to refer to command examples in the manual, the user's work efficiency is improved, and the command examples in the manual can be easily referenced. There is a significant industrial effect in that quality is improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the principle configuration of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a display surface, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an example of a conventional configuration. In the figure, 1.10 is a processing unit, 2 is a terminal device, 3 is a storage device, 4.14 is a manual, 5.11 is an input/output management section, 6.12 is a manual processing section, 13 is a command generation section, 20 is the display surface, 21.22.
23 is a display area, 24 is a cursor, and 25 is a command area. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the principle configuration of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the display surface. FIG.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) In a computer system having means for storing a manual in a storage device (3) and displaying the manual on a terminal device (2), a predetermined instruction specifying a command example on the display of the manual on the terminal device. means (12) for detecting a command, and means (12) for generating a predetermined command based on the displayed content of the example command.
13) An online manual processing method characterized by comprising means (11, 13) for processing the command as a command input from the terminal device. (2) The command generating means corrects the display content of the command example according to a predetermined correction instruction, and executes command generation for the corrected content.
Online manual processing method described in section.