JPH077257B2 - Character processor - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a character processing apparatus, and particularly to an improvement in layout display of a document memory. Here, the layout display of the document memory means that all the character arrangement configurations in one page of the document memory are displayed on the display.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, a character processing device such as a word processor generally has a display device capable of displaying all characters of one page of a document. There is known an improved layout display.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] However, due to the physical limitation of the display device, the layout displays one character in a font of several dots × several dots, and the expression of the character at the cursor is I used the technique of blinking the font.
Therefore, the operator is forced to determine which character is currently being calibrated and converted by looking at the layout display from the blink display of small dots, and the layout display function is not effectively utilized.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to eliminate the drawbacks of the conventional example and to provide a character processing device in which the character display and the layout display content are further associated with each other.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve such an object, the present invention provides an input means for inputting characters, a document memory for storing the characters input by the input means, a display, and a document memory. The character display means for reading the characters stored in the display unit and displaying them on the display unit, the layout display unit for reading out the character arrangement configuration of the document memory and displaying it on the display unit together with the frame information, and displaying on the display unit by the layout display unit. In the displayed contents,
The display is controlled so that the portion corresponding to the display content displayed on the display by the character display means is displayed in a mode different from other layout displays and the frame information corresponding to the cursor position is displayed in a mode different from the other. And a control means for performing the operation.

[Operation] That is, according to the present invention, the display content displayed on the display unit by the character display unit and the display content displayed on the display unit by the layout display unit have a correspondence relationship. Is.

[Examples] Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a character processing device of the present invention.

That is, the present invention, the input means 100 for inputting characters,
A document memory 101 for storing characters input by the input means 100, and cursor instruction means 1 for moving a cursor
02, a cursor instruction storage means 103 for storing the current position of the cursor, a character display means 105 for reading out the characters stored in the document memory 101 and displaying them on the display 104, and a character arrangement configuration in the document memory 101. Corresponding to the display content displayed on the display unit 104 by the character display unit 105 among the layout display unit 106 displayed on the display unit 104 and the display content displayed on the display unit 104 by the layout display unit 106. And a control means 107 for controlling the display unit 104 so that the portion to be displayed is displayed in a manner such as blinking, which is different from the other layout display.

FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of the character processing device of the present invention.

Here, 5 is a keyboard as an input means, which has various keys for instructing processing necessary for character processing. A central processing unit (CPU) 1 in the form of a microprocessor performs control necessary for character processing according to a procedure stored in a ROM (read only memory) 3. ROM3 is third, for example
The illustrated processing procedure is stored. 4 is writable RAM
(Random access memory), for example, a document memory 4-1, a display buffer 4-2, a layout display buffer 4-3, and other areas 4-4 necessary for character processing.
including. Reference numeral 6 is a printer for printing, and 7 is a display device capable of layout display in addition to display of characters and the like. Two
Is a bus line for transferring address signals, data signals, and control signals necessary for controlling each part.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing an example of the processing procedure of the embodiment of the present invention which is stored in the ROM 3 and executed by the CPU 1.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

First, when the power is turned on, a key input waiting state in step S-1 is entered. If any key is pressed here, in the next step S-2, the processing necessary for character processing is performed according to each key, and then in step S-3, the display buffer 4-
Update the contents of 2. Here, the character code and other attributes necessary for character display, the cursor position, and the like are also updated.

Then, in step S-4, the layout buffer 4-3
With respect to, the attributes of one page currently being edited which are necessary for the layout display are updated. Here, all the character strings displayed in the display buffer 4-2 are set to the blink display attribute so that they are blinked (blinking).

Therefore, in the next step S-5, the updated contents of the display buffer 4-2 and the layout buffer 4-3 (characters,
The information is displayed on the display 7 according to the attributes, etc.).

Then, a display example of the display at this time is as shown in, for example, (B) and (C) of FIG. That is, the fourth
As shown in (C) of the figure, in the layout display displayed on the display, a region 41 indicated by a dotted line blinks.

The contents of this blinking area 41 correspond to the area 42 shown by the dotted line in the document memory shown in FIG. 4A, and the current cursor is displayed on the display as shown in FIG. 4B. Corresponds to the character display example that is displayed including.

In the layout display example, as shown in FIGS. 4 (D) and 4 (E), the blinking cycle of only the character with the cursor is changed, the brightness is changed, or the cursor itself is displayed to show the current cursor position. (FIG. 4 (D)), the frame portions 4a to 4d corresponding to the rows and columns of the cursor portion may be outlined (FIG. 4 (E)).

Then, the process again returns to the key waiting in step S-1.

FIG. 5A is an example of the layout display in which the area 51 indicated by the dotted line is blinked as described above, and FIG. 5B is a display example of the display at that time.

However, when the display content of the display device has a large amount of blank space as shown in FIG. 5D, the layout display does not become clear even if the layout display corresponding to this portion is blinked. Therefore, if the blinking is reversely displayed as shown in (C) in correspondence with (D) in FIG. 5, the portion corresponding to the character becomes white and the layout display becomes clear.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, the characters displayed on the display and the layout display are associated with each other, so that the operability is improved. In addition, there is an advantage that the current cursor position can be designated in the layout display.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a character processing device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure thereof, and FIG. 4 is an example of a layout display of the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the layout display. 1 ... CPU, 2 ... bus, 3 ... ROM, 4 ... RAM, 5 ... keyboard, 6 ... printer, 7 ... display.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An input unit for inputting characters, a document memory for storing the characters input by the input unit, a display unit, and a character for reading out the characters stored in the document memory for display on the display unit. Display means, a layout display means for reading out the character arrangement configuration of the document memory and displaying it together with frame information on the display device, and a display content displayed on the display device by the layout display means for displaying the character The display unit displays the portion corresponding to the display content displayed on the display unit by the display unit in a mode different from other layout displays, and displays the frame information corresponding to the cursor position in a mode different from other units. A character processing device comprising: a control unit for controlling.