JPH0282347A - Document processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the processing efficiency by performing the processing of insertion, deletion, or the like simultaneously at the time of arranging a character string between format marks by the processing of centering or the like. CONSTITUTION:When a centering insertion key K1 is operated, a character string generating means 14 inserts space corresponding to one character between characters; and when a centering deletion key K2 is operated, the character string generating means 14 deletes a space corresponding to one character between characters. A character arranging means 15 calculates the character position in accordance with information of the generated character string and information stored in a format mark position storage means 11 and displays it on a display means 16, and it is given to a text buffer control part 6 also and is stored in a text buffer 7. Since the processing of centering or the like of the character string and the editing processing of insertion and deletion of spaces are simultaneously performed in this manner, the processing efficiency is improved to facilitate the operation.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to a document processing device such as a word processor.

[Conventional technology]

In a document processing device such as a word processor, it is possible to perform an editing process in which a new character is inserted at a desired position in a character string that has already been input, or a desired character is deleted. Processing to place a character string in one line at a desired position between formatting marks that define both sides of the usage range of that line, for example, centering 2 to position it in the center between formatting marks, or placing one end of a character string on the same side. Processing such as right-justification (left-justification) to match format marks can also be performed by key operation.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, in conventional document processing devices, if a character string is inserted or deleted after centering or right alignment, the position of the character string shifts.
It becomes necessary to perform centering or right alignment again.

The present invention was made in view of these circumstances, and
The object of the present invention is to provide a document processing device that can simultaneously perform processing such as centering or right alignment, and editing processing such as insertion and deletion.

[Means to solve the problem]

The present invention provides an editing instruction storage means for storing editing instruction information for inserting or deleting spaces between each character of a character string in a line and positioning a character string at a desired position in a line, and document information. A single-class text Hanofa that reads and stores the information of the line to be processed from the text buffer in which it is stored, and a format mark that detects the positions of format marks that define both sides of the range in which characters can be entered in the line to be processed. a position detection means, a format mark position storage means for storing the detection result of the format mark position detection means, and a format mark stored in the format mark position storage means based on character information stored in the one-line text path sofa. a character string extracting means for extracting a character string included between format marks according to information regarding the position of the character string, a character spacing determining means for determining character spacing of the character string extracted by the character string extracting means, and a character spacing determining means for determining the character spacing of the character string extracted by the character string extracting means; a character string generating means for generating a new character string by inserting or deleting spaces in the character string to be processed according to the character spacing information obtained by the above and the editing instruction information stored in the editing instruction storage means; , the character string generated by the character string generation means is arranged at a predetermined position between both format marks according to the information regarding the position of the format mark stored in the format mark position storage means, and the character string is stored in the text buffer. It is characterized by comprising a placement means.

[Effect]

In the document processing apparatus of the present invention, when a character string is placed between format marks by centering or right-aligning, processes such as insertion and deletion are also executed at the same time.

[Embodiments of the invention]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below based on drawings showing embodiments thereof.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the configuration of a document processing apparatus according to the present invention.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a keyboard, which includes keys for inputting characters, numeric keys, and command keys for giving various instructions to the device of the present invention. In addition to the normal keys in conventional document processing devices, these command keys include a centering insertion key Kl,
2 is attached to the centering deletion key.

The centering insertion key Kl is a key for centering the character string in the line to be processed and further inserting a space of one character between each character. This key is used to center the character string in the target line and to delete the space between each character.

Reference numeral 2 denotes a control section, which serves as the control center of the apparatus of the present invention and controls the following sections.

3 is a key determination means, which determines when either 1 is operated on the centering insertion key or 2 is operated on the centering deletion key of the keyboard L, and when 1 is operated on the centering insertion key, a signal " If Om or 2 is operated on the centering deletion key, the signal “1” will be output.
are given to the editing instruction storage means 4, respectively.

Editing instruction storage means 4 stores the signal given from key determination means 3, and outputs it to character string generation means 14, which will be described later.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a line indicating means, which detects in which line of the document displayed on the display screen of the display means 16 the cursor is positioned, and provides the result to the text buffer control section 6.

The text processor controller 6 controls the text buffer 7 in which information about the document to be processed is stored, and executes processes such as displaying the document information as characters on the display screen of the display means 16.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a one-line text buffer, which stores information on a character string for one line specified by the line specifying means 5 and information on the position of a format mark on that line. The information stored in the one-line text panther 8 is then given to the format mark position detection means 10 and the character string extraction means 12.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a cursor position indicating means, which detects and stores the cursor position at that time. The detection result of the cursor position by the cursor position indicating means 9 is given to the format mark position detecting means 10.

The format mark position detecting means 10 is the cursor position indicating means 9.
The position of the format mark on the line where the cursor is located is detected according to the information on the cursor position given from the cursor position information and the information given from the one-line text panther 8. The position of the format mark detected by the format mark position detection means 10 is given to the format mark position storage means 11 and stored.

The format mark position storage means II is a format mark position detector'
Memorize the position of the format mark given from fIt10,
This is given to the character string extraction means 12 and the character arrangement means 15.

The character string extraction means 12 extracts the character strings included between the format marks from the information on the character strings for one class given from the one class text sofa 8 and the information on the format marks given from the format mark position storage means 11. The information is extracted and given to the character spacing determining means 13.

The character spacing determining means 13 detects the spacing between each character from the character string information given from the character string extracting means 12,
This is given to the character string generation means 14.

The character string generation means 14 sets the character spacing information given from the character spacing determining means 13 and the editing instruction information given from the editing instruction storage means 4, that is, the signal "0" for centering insertion processing, and the signal "0" for centering deletion processing. In the case of processing, a new character string is generated according to the signal.The character string generated by this character string generation means 14 is placed in the character arrangement means 1.
given to 5.

The character placement means 15 calculates the character position to center the character string given from the character string generation means 14 according to the format mark position information given from the format mark position storage means 11, and According to the result, each character is displayed on the display means 16, and the information is provided to the text buffer control section 6. As a result, the text processor controller 6 rewrites the stored contents of the text buffer 8 for one line, and also rewrites the information on that line of the text buffer 7.

The operation of the document processing apparatus of the present invention having such a configuration will be described in detail with reference to the schematic diagram of the display screen in FIG. 1 and the flowchart 1 showing the processing procedure in FIG. 3.

Step Sl
), the key signal is given to the key determining means 3 via the control section 2 and is determined. The key determination means 3 outputs a signal "0" when the centering insertion key is operated with 1 (step 32), and outputs a signal "1" when the centering deletion key is operated with 2 (step 33). and is stored in the editing instruction storage means 4.

At this time, a predetermined signal is given from the key determination means 3 to the control section 2, and the control section 2 receives information specifying the line where the cursor is located at that time, that is, the line indicated by the line instruction means 5. According to the line position information, the text pants 1 control unit 6 reads out the character string information of the corresponding line from the text buffer 7, and stores this in the text buffer 8 for one line (step 34).

Next, the format mark position detecting means 10 detects the position of the format mark on that line from the stored contents of the text buffer 8 for one line and the cursor position detected by the cursor position indicating means 9, and stores the format mark position. The information is stored in the means 11 (step S5). Further, the character string extraction means 12 extracts the character strings included between the format marks according to the information stored in the one-line text path sofa 8 and the format mark position storage means 11, and sends the result to the character spacing determination means 13. and detects character spacing information (step S6).

The character spacing information detected by the character spacing determining means 13 is given to the character string generating means 14, and the character string generating means 14 generates new information according to this and the editing instruction information given from the editing instruction storage means 4. A character string is generated (step S7).

For example, when the centering insert key is pressed to 1, the character string generation means 14 inserts a space of one character between characters, and when the centering deletion key is pressed to 2, the string generation means 14 generates a character string. Means 14 deletes one character's worth of spaces between characters. Then, the character arrangement means 15 calculates the character position according to the information of the generated character string and the information stored in the format mark position storage means 11, displays it on the display means 16, and also provides it to the text buffer control section 6. is,
Furthermore, it is stored in the text buffer 7 (step S8)
.

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram showing the state of document editing according to the above-mentioned procedure, where "shi" indicates a formatting mark on the left, "ri" indicates a formatting mark on the right, and "-" indicates a blank space of - characters. It shows. In the example shown here, if the character string rABcJ as shown in FIG. 1+a+ is simply centered, it will be displayed as shown in FIG. 1(b). However, when centering insertion is instructed by operating the centering insertion key in step 1, as shown in Figure 1 tc+, a space for one character is automatically inserted between each character before centering is performed. be exposed. Furthermore, if a centering insertion instruction is given again, as shown in FIG.

On the other hand, if centering deletion is instructed in the state shown in FIG. 1(e), the spaces between each character are deleted one by one and the characters are centered, as shown in FIG. 1(e).

If centering deletion is instructed again from this state, as shown in FIG. 1(b), the spaces between each character are further deleted one by one and the centering is performed.

In the above embodiment, the processing associated with centering has been described, but it goes without saying that the present invention is also applicable to processing associated with other character string arrangements, such as right alignment.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, processing such as centering a character string and editing processing such as inserting and deleting blank spaces can be performed simultaneously, thereby improving processing efficiency and facilitating operations.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of document display during document editing processing by the document processing device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the document processing device of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing its operating procedure. It is. 1...Keyboard 2...Control unit 4...Editing instruction storage means 7...Text buffer 8.
...One line text path sofa 9...Cursor position indicating means IO...Format mark position detecting means 1
1...Format mark position storage means 12...Character string extraction means 13...Character spacing determination means 14...Character string generation means 15...Character arrangement means Patent Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. Agent Patent Attorney Noboru Kono

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Editing instruction storage means for storing editing instruction information for inserting or deleting spaces between each character of a character string in one line and positioning the character string at a desired position on the line; , Detects the one-line text buffer that reads and stores the information of the line to be processed from the text buffer that stores document information, and the position of the format mark that defines the range on both sides of the character input range of the line to be processed. a format mark position detecting means for detecting a format mark position; a format mark position storing means for storing a detection result of the format mark position detecting means; a character string extraction means for extracting a character string included between the format marks according to information regarding the position of the format marks; a character spacing determination means for determining the character spacing of the character string extracted by the character string extraction means; A character that generates a new character string by inserting or deleting a blank space in a character string to be processed according to the character spacing information obtained by the character spacing determining means and the editing instruction information stored in the editing instruction storage means. a string generating means; arranging the character string generated by the character string generating means at a predetermined position between both format marks according to information regarding the position of the format mark stored in the format mark position storage means;
A document processing apparatus further comprising character arrangement means for storing characters in the text buffer.