JPH0322078A - Document preparing processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily input complicated mathematical symbols by providing a register part which updates registered macro names on condition that a new macro name does not coincide with already registered macro names at the time of inputting the new macro name in accordance with a management table display picture. CONSTITUTION:When a user requests display of correspondence relations be tween symbol operators and macro names in accordance with a macro name input picture displayed by a macro name input picture display control part 12, a management table display control part 15 displays a management table display picture for display of management data of a macro name management table 10 on a display screen. When detecting that a new macro name is inputted with keys by the user in accordance with this management table display picture, a macro name register part 16 executes the macro name update register processing on condition that this macro name does not coincide with already registered macro names. Thus, preliminarily registered macro names are only inputted with keys to input structure operators and mathematicall symbols.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] The purpose of this invention is to enable the easy input of complex mathematical symbols in a document production or processing device that processes mathematical symbols. A macro name management table that manages the correspondence with the macro name, a display control unit that displays a macro name input screen when a conversion key is activated, and a display control unit that displays a macro name input screen when a macro name is input according to the macro name input screen. A specifying section that identifies the corresponding symbolic operator by searching the macro name management table, a display control section that displays the specified symbolic operator on the display screen, and a symbolic operator and macro name according to the macro name input screen. A display control unit that displays the management data of the macro name management table by displaying the management table display screen when there is a request to display the correspondence with the macro name, and when a new macro name is input according to the management table display screen. In addition, the system should include a registration unit that updates the registration of macro names on the condition that they do not overlap with already registered macro names.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a document creation processing device that processes mathematical symbols, and particularly to a document creation processing device that allows complex mathematical symbols to be input easily. When writing science and engineering academic papers in Japanese or English, it is often necessary to write complex mathematical symbols. From now on, document creation processing devices that process the creation of such documents will need to take measures to enable the input of many complex mathematical symbols in the simplest possible way. In particular, there is a great need for structural operators, which are used in combination with other mathematical symbols, because they are frequently used. (Prior Art) In conventional document processing devices, when an "input bar" in a title bar (displaying process item names arranged in a line) displayed on a display screen is pointed to, the "input bar" is displayed on the display screen. ” to display a pull-down menu representing input content items, and then when a list of formulas is pointed to from the pull-down menu, a list of structural operators used as mathematical symbols is displayed to the user. By specifying the desired structural operator, the input processing of the structural operator was realized. For mathematical symbols to which no keys have been assigned, when Mathematical Symbol List Display is pointed to from the pull-down menu, a list of mathematical symbols is displayed and the user is prompted to specify the desired mathematical symbol. By doing so, processing was performed to realize the input processing of mathematical symbols. FIG. 6 illustrates the input processing procedure of the prior art, taking as an example the input processing of structural operators and their combined mathematical symbols. Here, Fig. 6(a) shows that when the formula list screen is displayed and the structural operator "Σ" is specified, Fig. 6(a)
In b), the lower limit value n=1'' was inputted using the keypad, in Fig. 6(C), the mathematical symbol list screen was displayed and ``■'' was specified, and in Fig. 6(d), , the upper limit value "■" has been set.In addition, for mathematical symbols that are combined with structural operators, it is configured so that when entering them by key, they are entered in a format that is compatible with the structural operator. [Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the input processing method of structural operators and mathematical symbols combined with them according to the prior art, the user has to open a pull-down menu one by one and use a mouse, etc. This means that the user will have to execute the operations one by one.Although this is useful when the user is not accustomed to operating the system, it has the problem that input processing for structural operators takes too much time. Moreover,
Since pull-down menus must be opened in the same way for mathematical symbols that are not combined with structural operators, there was a problem in that it took too much time to input the mathematical symbols themselves to which no keys were assigned. ．． The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a new document processing device that makes it possible to easily input complex mathematical symbols such as structural operators and mathematical symbols to which keys are not assigned. The purpose is to provide [Means for Solving the Problems] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the principle structure of the present invention.

In the figure, 1 is the main body of the document creation processing device equipped with the present invention, 2
10 is a man-machine interface equipped with a display screen, and 10 is a macro name management table that shows the correspondence between symbolic operators such as structural operators and symbols used as mathematical symbols and macro names given to the symbolic operators. 1l is the input/output control unit that manages the man-machine
Something that performs input/output control with interface 2,
12 is a macro name input screen display control unit that displays a macro name input screen on the display screen, and 13 is a symbolic operator identification unit that controls when a macro name is input according to the macro name input screen. , macro name management table 1
14 is a symbolic operator display control unit that displays the specified symbolic operator on the display screen; 15 is a management table display control unit , which displays the management data of the macro name management table 10 on the display screen; 16 is a macro name registration section which updates and registers the macro name of the macro name management table 10; ] In the present invention, when the user presses the conversion key of the man-machine interface 2, the macro name input screen display control unit 12 displays a macro name input screen on the display screen. When the symbolic operator identification unit 13 detects that a macro name has been inputted by the user according to the macro name input screen, the symbolic operator identification unit 13 searches the macro name management table 10 to determine the symbolic operator corresponding to the inputted macro name. Identify. Then, the symbolic operator display control unit 14 displays the specified symbolic operator on the display screen, thereby displaying the symbolic operator required by the user on the display screen.

On the other hand, when there is a request from the user to display the correspondence between symbolic operators and macro names in accordance with the macro name input screen displayed by the macro name input screen display control unit 12, the management table display control unit 15 displays the correspondence on the display screen. A management table display screen that displays the management data of the macro name management table 10 is displayed. When the macro name registration unit 16 detects that a new macro name has been inputted by the user according to this management table display screen, the macro name registration unit 16 executes a macro name update registration process on the condition that the macro name does not overlap with an already registered macro name. .

In this way, according to the present invention, the user can input structural operators and mathematical symbols simply by key-inputting a pre-registered macro name without operating a pull-down menu or the like.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail according to examples.

As explained in Fig. 1, in the present invention, we take care to give user-specific macro names to symbolic operators such as structural operators and mathematical symbols, and also provide symbols that correspond to key inputs of this macro name. By allocating operators, the structure is such that input processing of v1 coarse symbol operators to the document creation processing device can be realized with good operability. In Figure 2,
An example of the program structure of the present invention provided for realizing such a structure is shown below. As shown in this figure, in the present invention, the word creation or processing program 20 calls the macro name input processing program 21 when a predetermined specific conversion key is pressed, and the called macro name input processing program 2l However, "input operation processing", "conversion processing", "list operation processing", and r macro name check processing J
By executing and returning the execution results to the document creation processing program 20, processing is performed to execute input processing of symbolic operators. When the conversion key is pressed, the macro name input processing program 21 first displays a screen for macro name input processing (referred to as a macro name input screen) on the display screen as an "input operation processing" process. indicate. This macro name input screen can be the same for structural operators and mathematical symbols, but as shown in Figure 3, when only the conversion key is pressed, the screen shown in Figure 3 (a) A macro name input screen for structural operators as shown in FIG. 3(b) is displayed, and when the conversion key and expansion key are pressed, a macro name input screen for mathematical symbols as shown in FIG. If you take care to do so, it will be easier for users to use. When the macro name input screen is displayed in this way, the user either keys in the macro name, clicks the "Cancel" field on the macro name input screen with the mouse, or clicks "Cancel" on the macro name input screen. Since the user clicks on the "List" field with the mouse, the macro name input processing program 2L then selects "These three
Determine which of the input operations was executed. Based on this judgment, when it is determined that the "List" column has been clicked with the mouse, the processing is continued to enter "List table operation processing", and when it is determined that the macro name has been entered by key,
Next, proceed to the "conversion process". On the other hand, when it is determined that the "cancel" column has been clicked with the mouse, the display of the Mac name input screen is canceled and the display screen is returned to the previous one.

The macro name input processing program 21 starts with ``When entering the list operation process j, first, a screen (
(referred to as a management table display screen) is displayed on the display screen. Figures 4 and 5 show an example of this management table display screen. Here, the management table display screen shown in Figure 4 is displayed when "List゜゜" on the macro name input screen for the structural operator in Figure 3 (a) is clicked, and the management table display screen shown in Figure 5 is The management table display screen shown in FIG. 3B is displayed when "List" on the macro name input screen for mathematical symbols shown in FIG. 3(b) is clicked.

As shown in these figures, these two types of management table display screens are configured from multiple screens depending on the number of macro names to be managed. It is possible to select the screen containing the macro name to be processed. In the example shown in FIG. 4, the macro names of the structural operators are displayed in three screens with their corresponding relationships. In addition, the embodiment shown in FIG. 5 illustrates a management table display screen showing the correspondence between Greek letters and macro names, the correspondence between relational expressions and macro names, and the correspondence between negative relational expressions and macro names. However, there are also operator symbols used in logic and physics, symbols used in geometry and figures, arrows, vertical lines, diagonal lines, brackets, Roman letters, units, and general symbols. A management table display screen showing the correspondence between symbols and macro names will be prepared.

In this way, when the management table display screen is displayed according to the "list operation process", the user can check the macro name of the symbolic operator that he or she has registered by looking at this management table display screen. This means that you can do this. While this management table display screen is displayed, the user must use the mouse to specify the symbolic operator to be updated in order to update the registered macro name, and enter a new macro name using the keys. Therefore, the macro name input processing program 21 then executes the process of "list operation process j.
Executes the process to accept the macro name entered by key, and also executes the "macro name check process" to determine whether the newly entered macro name is the same as an already registered macro name. do. If this "macro name checking process" determines that the macro name is a duplicate of an already registered macro name, the macro name that is being displayed and entered via the key is returned to the original macro name. On the other hand, when it is determined that the macro name does not overlap with an already registered macro name, the user who has confirmed that the macro name does not overlap with the already registered macro name will execute the "confirm" operation by operating the mouse or key. , executes the macro name update process by registering the newly input macro name in response to this "confirm" operation. On the other hand, the macro name input processing program 21 enters a "conversion process" when the user inputs a macro name using the keys while the macro name input screen shown in FIG. 3 is displayed. This "conversion process" searches the table that manages the correspondence between symbolic operators and macro names, identifies the symbolic operator specified by the keyed-in macro name, and The code of the symbolic operator is notified to the document creation or processing program 20. According to this "conversion processing" executed by the macro name input processing program 21, the user can input processing of complex mathematical symbols such as structural operators etc. by simply inputting the macro name into the document production or processing device. This makes it easier to execute. Although the illustrated embodiment has been described above, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, in the example, only macro names written in English are disclosed, but macro names may be written in Japanese. [Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, users can input structural operators and mathematical symbols simply by key-inputting the macro name they have registered without operating a pull-down menu or the like. It becomes like this. From now on, to a document creation processing device? ! [This greatly simplifies the process of inputting complicated mathematical symbols.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a diagram of the principle structure of the present invention, Figure 2 is an example of the program structure of the present invention, Figure 3 is an example of a macro name input screen, and Figures 4 and 5 are management table displays. One example of the screen, FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of the prior art. In the figure, 1 is the main body of the document creation processing device, 2 is a man-machine interface, 10 is a macro name management table, 1l is an input/output control section, 12 is a macro name input screen display control section, 13
1 is a symbolic operator specifying unit; 14 is a symbolic operator display control unit; 1
5 is a management table display control section, l6 is a macro name registration section,
20 is a document authoring processing program, and 21 is a macro name input processing program.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a document creation processing device that processes mathematical symbols, there is provided a macro name management table that manages the correspondence between symbolic operators used as mathematical symbols and registered macro names of the symbolic operators. (10); a macro name input screen display control unit (12) that displays a macro name input screen on the display screen when the conversion key is activated; and when a macro name is input according to the macro name input screen. , a symbolic operator identifying unit (1) identifies a corresponding symbolic operator by searching the macro name management table (10).
3), a symbolic operator display control unit (14) that displays the specified symbolic operator on the display screen, and a request to display the correspondence between the symbolic operator and the macro name according to the macro name input screen. Sometimes, by displaying the management table display screen on the display screen, the above macro name management table (
10) A management table display control unit (15) that displays the management data, and when a new macro name is input according to the management table display screen, the macro name is inputted on the condition that it does not overlap with an already registered macro name. A document creation processing device comprising: a macro name registration unit (16) that updates registration.