JPH01142973A - Sentence preparing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To edit the flow of an argument point while a paper space arrangement is grasped by displaying the paper space arrangement of a text and displaying the constant number of characters of the start of the paragraph end in which a cursor exists. CONSTITUTION:A text is prepared by a text input part 11 with the instruction from an input terminal 10, stored into a text storing part 12 and the text is edited at an editing part 13 with the instruction of the terminal 10. By the instruction from the terminal 10, the layout of the text in the storing part 12 is displayed through a layout displaying part 14 to the display device of the terminal 10, and for the text in the storing part 12, the constant number of characters are displayed through the paragraph end start displaying part 15 onto the same display device going back from the position where a cursor exists, by the instruction from the terminal 10.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a text creation device that can refer to the layout of text on paper.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional text creation devices of this type include, for example, Japanese DOS.
Similar to word processors, text parts were represented by solid lines to indicate the layout of the text on the page.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention Therefore, with the layout display of conventional text creation devices, only the arrangement of text on the paper can be seen, but the flow of the argument cannot be grasped.

In other words, in order to understand the flow of the argument, it is necessary to use a screen that displays the text itself, and on a screen that displays the text itself, for example, text movement in paragraph units must be done using screen scrolling. Therefore, I was unable to edit the flow of the paper while understanding the overall layout of the paper.

In view of this, it is an object of the present invention to provide a text creation device that can edit the flow of the argument while grasping the layout of the text on paper.

Means for Solving the Problems A text storage means for storing input text, an editing means for editing the text, a layout display means for displaying the layout of the text on paper, and a constant position at the beginning of the paragraph where the cursor is located The present invention is a text creation device equipped with a paragraph start display means for displaying the number of characters.

Operation The present invention is configured as described above, and the layout display means is used to grasp the layout of the text on paper, while the paragraph start display means refers to a certain number of characters at the beginning of the paragraph, without using a screen that displays the text itself. You can edit the flow of the paper while writing.

Example The figure is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, 10 is an input/output terminal, which consists of a keyboard device for the operator to give instructions to the text creation device and a display device for displaying responses from the device, and is the basic interface between the text creation device and the operator. It has the function of being in charge of dialogue.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a text input section, which creates Japanese sentences using kana-kanji conversion means according to instructions from an operator. 12
is a text storage unit that stores input text. Reference numeral 13 denotes an editing section, which has character string editing functions such as inserting, replacing, deleting character strings, and prohibition processing for the text stored in the text storage section 12, and performs insertion and editing functions necessary when editing text. Keys for replacing, deleting, etc. are provided on the keyboard device that constitutes the input/output terminal 10.

14 is a layout display section that displays the layout of text on paper; when the operator presses the layout display key provided on the keyboard device constituting the input/output terminal 10,
The layout display unit 14 displays the layout of the text stored in the text storage unit 12 on the display device constituting the input/output terminal 10 by representing text portions with solid lines. The layout display key is an alternate switch, and when the layout display key is pressed while the text layout stored in the text storage unit 12 is being displayed on the display device, the layout display is canceled. , the text itself stored in the text storage section 12 is displayed on the display. Reference numeral 15 denotes a paragraph start display section, and when the operator presses a paragraph start display key provided on the keyboard device constituting the input/output terminal 10 in the layout display state, the paragraph start display section 15 is stored in the text storage section 12. If you trace the text back from the cursor position and find one or more spaces or a combination of a tab and a newline, the string after the one or more spaces or tabs that follows the newline will be ) minutes (start of paragraph) are displayed on the display device that constitutes the input/output terminal 10.
The paragraph start display key is an alternate switch, and when the paragraph start display key is pressed while a certain number of characters from the beginning of a paragraph are being displayed on the display device constituting the input/output terminal 10, the display disappears. , press it again and the above display will appear again.

Effects of the Invention Since the present invention is configured as described above, without using a screen that displays the text itself, the layout display section can grasp the layout of the text on paper, and the paragraph start display section can display the beginning of the paragraph where the cursor is located. You can easily and quickly edit the flow of your thesis by referring to a certain number of characters from the text.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figure is a block diagram showing a document creation device in an embodiment of the present invention. 10... Input/output terminal, 11... Text input section, 1
2...Text storage section, 13...Editing section, 14...
- Layout display section, 150. . Paragraph start display area.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A text storage means for storing input text, an editing means for editing the text, a layout display means for displaying the layout of the text on paper, and a paragraph start display for displaying a predetermined number of characters at the beginning of the paragraph where the cursor is located. A text creation device characterized by comprising: means.