JPH0616237B2 - Block making device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a block creation device that generates a block from a serial character string arranged in one line.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, for example, in an apparatus for creating a document using a 1-line display, the following method is used when the document is divided into paragraphs into a block format or a document with ruled lines. there were.
That is, (A) The number of characters in one line is determined in advance, the left and right blocks are formed within the line, and the character string (B) is input in consideration of the upper and lower blocks in line units. When dividing between blocks with ruled lines,
Enter straight line marks between characters or use underlines.

For serial character string documents arranged in a row, a block framework is created thermally and each is managed separately.

In the case of the above-mentioned method (A), editing processing (insertion, insertion,
However, there is a drawback in that the block form will be destroyed when the data is deleted), and the block form must be edited again. On the other hand, in the case of the method of (B), when the document is edited (inserted, deleted, etc.), the size of the document does not match the size of the block. In some cases, the block may be pushed out. There was a drawback that the block had to be set again.

[Objective] The present invention compensates for the above-mentioned drawbacks, and uses two types of marks to divide a block into upper and lower parts and a left and right part. Even if you draw a ruled line, the ruled line will not shift,
An object is to provide a block creation device capable of uniformly handling the form of a document and a block.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

First, the concept of the present invention is shown in FIG. Characters are serially stored in the memory, and the left and right division marks of the top and bottom division marks are input therein, and the character string in the memory is assembled and converted into a block format document by using the block forming means. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 5 (a), first, a character string is serially input into one column, and as shown in FIG. 5 (b), the characters ● and ◎ are inserted between the characters when it is desired to divide the character into blocks. insert. ● means to divide the character string into upper and lower blocks, and ◎ means to divide the character string into right and left in the block. In addition, if the tabs are set at four positions and the ruled line block key is pressed in order to indicate the partition digit position of the vertical block, the ruled line block is created as shown in FIG. 5 (c). Below, the character string separated by ● is defined as a large block, and the character string separated by a ◎ mark is defined as a small block. That is, when printing, the blocks are first divided into upper and lower parts by the mark ●, and further divided into left and right parts in the large block by the double marks.

The black circles are set at three places, but the first black circle means the beginning of a block and the horizontal ruled line at the top.
The second ● mark also has the meaning of a horizontal ruled line when dividing a block into two upper and lower stages. Furthermore, the last ● mark means the end of the block and has the meaning of drawing a ruled line at the bottom. Also, each ●
The mark means a vertical ruled line corresponding to the set outermost tab digit position.

The ◎ mark has the meaning of further dividing the block into left and right among the large blocks that are divided vertically by the ● mark. Moreover, when the ruled line block is created, the horizontal ruled lines are set in order corresponding to the remaining tab digit positions excluding the outermost tab digits.

In Fig. 5 (b), two double circles are placed between "ki" and "A", but the second block is omitted and the third block is absorbed and merged. Mean a thing. That is, as shown in FIG. 5C, the vertical ruled line is not included in the third tab digit, and the small block character string "ABCDE" is printed as if it overlaps with the vertical ruled line of the second tab digit to the immediate left. It is a translation.

The horizontal ruled lines are printed at the positions other than the beginning, and the second and third line positions are left at the position of the longest line in each of the small blocks included in the large block separated by the ● mark. It is supposed to be printed. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5 (d), if the second tab digit position is set by shifting it to the left by one digit, the first large block is expanded from two lines to three lines, and the second horizontal ruled line position is automatically set. Shift to the bottom. On the other hand, since the second large block fits in two lines, the last horizontal ruled line goes up to the line immediately following it.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a character processing device according to one embodiment of the present invention. A CPU (Central Processing Unit) controls each device connected via a bus line by executing the contents of a program memory included in a ROM (Read Only Memory). The ROM is a program memory, which stores a program having procedures as shown in the accompanying drawings.

BL is a bus line and connects each device. For example, a keyboard is connected to the bus line, and character information input from the keyboard is stored in the RAM via the bus line.
Document memory B that is part of (random access memory)
It is supplied and stored in the SM. KB is a keyboard having a character key CRK, a block identification key and a control key as shown in FIG. The RAM is a memory that displays stored character information on a display LCD (liquid crystal display), for example. LC on the display LCD
A font corresponding to a character code is generated from the character generator CG controlled by the D controller LCONT according to an instruction from the CPU via the bus line BL.

In the memory RAM, in addition to the above-mentioned document memory BSM, a block memory BRM for forming blocks, a tab memory TBM for storing information on tab positions, and a vertical ruled line table indicating vertical ruled line positions of each divided block when the block is divided. T
KT, a small block range table SHT indicating the leading and ending digits of a small block described later, a horizontal ruled line row NoLNO storing the row number of a horizontal ruled line, a large block number DS storing the number of large blocks described below, and a small block number Number of small blocks to store data, RZ required to execute other programs
There are areas for temporary storage such as flags such as F and MJF, CRGM and CRLM that indicate the carriage position of the printer and the memory cursor position. The printer is a device for printing the contents of the above-mentioned block memory according to an instruction from the CPU.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged detailed view of the keyboard KB of FIG.
The inner character key CRK is a key for inputting a normal character, and the character code corresponding to the key input here is stored in the aforementioned document memory and displayed on the LCD.
The keys also include keys BDK1 and BDK2 for inputting marks ● and ⊚ for block decomposition (identification) described later. The cursor left movement key CRLK and the cursor right movement key CRRK are keys for moving the cursor indicating the character position on the display left and right. The carriage left movement CRGLK and the carriage right movement key CRGRK are keys for moving the carriage of the printer left and right. The tab set key TABK is a key for setting the tab at a digit corresponding to the carriage position, and the dub reset key TABRK is a key for resetting the tab. Ruled line block key KBEK is a key for creating a ruled line block from a serial character string.

FIG. 4 shows a document memory BSM in the RAM shown in FIG.
It is a detailed explanatory view of a block memory BRM, a tab memory TAM, a vertical ruled line table TKT, and a small block range table SHT.

The document memory BSM is a serial memory in which character information is stored, and is constructed in the order of addresses from the beginning.
M (1), BSM (2) ... Generally expressed as BSM (i). The block memory BRM has a matrix structure, and addresses are sequentially assigned from the first digit of the first row.
M (1,1), BRM (1,2) ... Generally, BRM (x,
y). The tab memory TBM is a memory for storing the set tab digit position, and is generally expressed as TBM (1), TBM (2) ... TBM (j) from the beginning in the order of address. The vertical ruled line table TKT is a table showing tab positions for each large block, which will be described later, and has a matrix structure. Addresses are sequentially assigned from the first row of the first row, and TKT (1,1), TKT (1, 2) ... Generally TK
Expressed as T (p, q). Small block range table SH
T is a memory having a pair of a start digit and an end digit which indicate to which range of the block memory the character information of each small block is transferred. From the beginning, SHT (1, 1), SHT
(1, 2), SHT (2, 1) ... Generally, SHT (m,
1) and SHT (m, 2).

P is a printer for printing the information stored in the RAM.

Under the above configuration, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 0 and the memory content examples of FIGS. 11 and 12.

When the power is turned on, the present apparatus first proceeds to step s1 in FIG. In step s1, the document memory BSM in RAM,
The block memory BRM, the dub memory TBM, and the vertical ruled line table TKT are cleared, the carriage is set to the home position, the cursor is set to the start address of the document memory BSM, and the carriage position memory CRGM and the cursor position memory CRLM are set to the initial state. .

After that, the process proceeds to step s2, and the state of waiting for key input from the keyboard shown in FIG. 3 is maintained. If any key is input, the process proceeds to step s3, the input key is discriminated, and the process proceeds to any of steps s4 to s9.

In step s4, processing is performed when the character key CRK is operated. When the character key CRK is operated, the character code is stored in the document memory BSM corresponding to the cursor position memory CRLM. Thereafter, the cursor advances one step, and at the same time, the content of the cursor position memory CRLM advances by one address.

In step s5, processing is performed when the carriage right movement key CRGRK or the carriage left movement key CRGRK is operated. That is, if the carriage left movement key is operated, the carriage of the printer is moved to the left by one digit and the content of the carriage position memory CRGM is decremented by one. Conversely, when the carriage right movement key is operated, ,
The carriage of the printer is moved to the right by one digit and the contents of the carriage position memory CRGM are incremented by one.

In step s6, the processing when the cursor right movement key CRRK or the cursor left movement key CRLK is operated is performed. That is, if the cursor left movement key is operated, the content of the cursor position memory CRLM is decremented by one address, and conversely, if the cursor right movement key is operated, the content of the cursor position memory CRLM is added by one address. Do.

In step s7, tab setting processing is performed. That is, the contents of the carriage position memory CRGM are set in the inner opening area of the tab memory TBM shown in FIG. The result sorts from the younger digit position. Since the carriage position when the carriage is moved is always stored in the carriage position memory CRGM as described above, the tab will be set at the actual column position of the carriage.

In step s8, tab reset processing is performed. That is, looking at the contents of the carriage position memory CRGM, if there is the same carriage position among the tab digit positions existing in the tab memory TBM in FIG. 4, the contents are cleared, and as a result, the lower address contents in the tab memory are cleared. Pack one address higher. Therefore, the contents of the tab memory are always in numerical order from the digit position of the carriage.

In step s9, the contents of the document memory BSM shown in FIG. 4 are assembled by referring to the contents of the tab memory TBM, a ruled line block is assembled, and the result is stored in the block memory BRM.

In step s10, print processing is performed.

FIG. 7 illustrates the details of step s9. This will be described below with reference to FIG. First step s
In 9.1, the number of large blocks is obtained from the number of ● marks in the document memory and set to the large block number DS in the RAM area.

Next, in step s9.2, the digit position of the vertical ruled line in each large block is obtained and the vertical ruled line table TKT is created. This process will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

First, in step s9.2.1, pointers and flags are initialized. RZF is a flag for checking the continuous condition of ● mark and ◎ mark and is set to 0 at first. Also p,
q, i, and j are pointers indicating the addresses of the vertical ruled line table TKT, the document memory BSM, and the tab memory TBM, and are set to 1. Then, in step s9.2.
In step 2, the contents of the document memory BSH are read and the pointer is advanced by one. As a result, the process proceeds to step s9.2.3 and branches into three according to the read character content. In the case of a normal character, the process proceeds to step s9.2.
Only clear RZF to 0, and continue to step s9.
Returning to 2.2, the contents of the next document memory BSH are read. On the other hand, if the character is ◎ in step s9.2.3, the process proceeds to step s9.2.5 and the flag RZF is determined. It branches further depending on whether RZF is 0 or 1. If it is 0, it means that it is after the normal character or at the beginning of the document. At this time, since the tab digit is valid, step s9.
Proceed to 2.6 and transfer the contents of the tab memory TBM to the vertical ruled line table TKT. In the case of FIG. 11 as an example, in the case of the ◎ mark next to “AIUEOKAKI”, the digit of the tab memory corresponding to this is 6 and 6 is transferred to the first large block as shown in FIG. 11 (3). It is a translation. After the transfer is processed, the pointer j of the tab memory TBM and the vertical ruled line table TKT
Advance each of the horizontal pointers q of 1. Further, the continuous flag RZF is set to 1 and the step s9.
Return to 2.2.

When the continuous flag RZF is 1 at step s9.2.5, it means that the mark immediately before the mark is or the mark ◎ is at step s.
Proceed to 9.2.7. When the above marks are continuous, the vertical ruled line is omitted, so that only the pointer j of the tab memory TBM is advanced by one. In Fig. 11 (1), two ◎ marks follow "Aiue Okaki", but since the vertical ruled line set in this second ◎ mark is omitted, as shown in Fig. 11 (3). 9 will not be in the 1st large block.
Then, the process returns to step s9.2.2.

When it is determined in step s9.2.3 that the character in the document memory BSM is the ● mark, the process proceeds to step s9.2.8. First, the continuous flag RZF is set to 1, the contents of the tab memory TBM are transferred to the vertical ruled line table TKT, and the vertical ruled line table T
Advance the KT horizontal pointer by one. Next, in step s9.2.9, the pointer j of the tab memory TBM is determined. When j is 1, it means the beginning of the tab digit, that is, the beginning of the large block, and therefore the process directly returns to step s9.2.2. On the other hand, when j is other than 1, it means the last tab digit, that is, the end of a large block, and therefore the process proceeds to step s9.2.10, and the result is compared with the large block number DS of the vertical pointer p of the vertical ruled line table TKT and all are compared. It is determined whether or not the vertical ruled line table has been completed for the large block. Comparison result p and D
When S coincides, this process is terminated and the process returns to s9.3 in FIG. If not finished yet, the process proceeds to step s9.2.11 and the vertical pointer p of the vertical ruled line table TKT is set to 1
Next, prepare for the transfer to the next large block. Further, the pointer j of the tab memory TBM, the vertical ruled line navel TK
Set the horizontal pointer q of T to 1 and set the tab memory TB.
The contents of the beginning of M are set in the beginning row of the vertical ruled line table TKT corresponding to a new large block. Further, the horizontal pointer q of the vertical ruled line table TKT is advanced by 1, and the process returns to step s9.2.2.

From this step s9.2.8 to step s9.2.11.
The meaning of the process up to this point is that there is only one ● mark and there is a function to set vertical ruled lines at the last tab digit of two blocks and the first tab digit of the next block. Set the tab digit position to. As described above, as shown in the example of FIG. 11 (3), the vertical ruled line table TK
T is completed.

Returning to FIG. 7, in step s9.3, the vertical ruled line table T
The horizontal pointer p of KT and the pointer i of the document memory BSM are set to 1.

Next, in step s9.4, the number of small blocks in one large block is calculated and set in the number SS of small blocks in the RAM area. Further, the process proceeds to step 9.5, and the digit range in which each small block fits is obtained from the vertical ruled line table TKT. According to the example of FIG. 11 (3), the vertical ruled line positions are three positions of 1, 6 and 12 in the first large block, so that there are two small blocks, and 2 to 5 and 7 to respectively. It will be within the range of 11 digits. This is the table 11
This is the example shown in FIG.

In step s9.6, the horizontal ruled line information is stored in the block memory as 1
A process for setting the line and setting the value of the next line in the block line NoLNO is performed. Details of this processing will be described with reference to FIG.

In step s9.6.1 of FIG. 9, the contents of the block memory BRM are checked to find a blank line, and the line number is set in the block line NoLNO. Then in step s9.
Proceeding to 6.2, the horizontal ruled line mark "-" is set in the row corresponding to the block row NoLNO in all the digits from the beginning to the end of the digits of the dub memory TBM. Then, step s9.6.
Proceed to 3 and the horizontal pointer q of the vertical ruled line table TKT
1 set. Further, the process proceeds to step s9.6.4, the content of the vertical ruled line table TKT is read, the value is compared with each digit of the tab memory TBM, and branching is performed depending on the leading digit, the last digit, or the middle digit. If it is the first digit, the process proceeds to step s9.6.5.

In step s9.6.5 Is set to the matrix position defined by the block row NoLNO and TKT (p, q). Which of these is set is determined by the value of the vertical pointer p of the vertical ruled line table TKT. That is, p is 1
Since there is no ruled line above that, Is set and the pointer p is any other value, Set. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step s9.6.6 and the horizontal pointer q of the vertical ruled line table TKT is advanced by one. Further, returning to step s9.6.4, the next tab digit position is read again.

In step s9.6.7 Or Is set in the block memory BRM. Which ruled line pattern is to be set is defined by the contents of the previous block of the vertical ruled line table TKT. That is, when the tab digit in the previous large block does not exist in the large block currently being read, Is set, and the same tab digit exists in the previous large block and the current large block. Set. Furthermore, when there is a tab digit in the large block currently being read that is not in the previous large block, Set. After that, the process proceeds to step s9.6.6.

In step s9.6.8 Is set in the block memory BRM. Which ruled line pattern is to be set is determined by whether the vertical pointer p of the vertical ruled line table TKT is 1 or not. When this process is completed, the process advances to step s9.6.9, and the block line NoLNO is advanced by one to change the line in the block memory. As described above, the horizontal ruled lines are set in the block memory BRK as shown in the example of the first line of FIG. 12 (a) and the fourth line of FIG. 12 (d). When this processing is completed, the process proceeds to step s9.7 in FIG.

In step s9.7, the character string included in the small block in the document memory is read simultaneously with the vertical ruled line information in the block memory BRK.
To transfer to. This will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

First, in step s9.7.1, the character flag MJF
Is cleared to 0. This flag is set to 1 when at least one normal character comes. This is a flag necessary to know the distinction because the ● mark means the beginning and the end of the block at the same time. Furthermore, set the value of the block row NoLNO to the horizontal pointer x of the block memory BRM,
Similarly, the starting digit in the small block range table is set to the vertical pointer y. Next, the process proceeds to step s9.7.2, the document memory is read, and the process branches depending on the contents.
In the case of a normal character, the process proceeds to step s9.7.3, the character flag MJF is first set to 1, and the contents of the document memory BSM are transferred to the block memory BRM. Further, the pointer i of the document memory BSM is advanced by one. Next, in step s9.7.4, the horizontal pointer y of the block memory BRM is compared with the end digit of the small block range table SHT. This means checking whether transfer of one row of a small block is completed. If they match, it means that the transfer of one line has been completed, which will be explained using the example of FIG. 12 (b).
It is when the line up to "Aiue" has been transferred. In that case, the process proceeds to step s9.7.5, and as many vertical ruled lines as necessary are set in the transferred lines. Then block memory BR
The M vertical pointer x is incremented by 1, and the horizontal pointer y is reset to the original digit position SHT (m, 1). When this process ends, the process returns to step s9.7.2.

On the other hand, when it is determined in step s9.7.4 that one row is incomplete, the process proceeds to step s9.7.6 and the block memory BRM.
Advance one horizontal pointer y in step s9.
Return to 7.2. By repeating this, as shown in FIG. 12 (b), up to "Aiue" and "Okaki" are transferred.

On the other hand, if the content of the document memory BSM is the ● mark or the ⊚ mark in step s9.7.2, step s9.7.7.
Then, the process branches to the value of the character flag MJF.
When the character flag MJF is 0, it means the beginning of a large block or a small block. Therefore, the pointer i of the document memory BSM
The next character and read again the step s9.7.2. When the character flag MJF is 1, it means that the character has already been transferred, and the ● mark and ◎ mark mean the end of the large block or the small block, and this process is completed.
The process proceeds to step s9.8 in the figure.

Next, in step s9.8, the small block range table SH
Advance the pointer m of T by one. Furthermore, step s9.
In step 9, SS-1 is executed, and as a result, it is determined whether or not all the small blocks in one large block have been transferred to the block memory BRM. If not completed, step s9.7.
Return to. When completed, first as shown in Figure 12 (c)
Since one large block of "Aiou Okaki ◎ ◎ ABCDE" in Fig. 1 (1) has been transferred, the process proceeds to step s9.10.

In step s9.10, the ponter p of the vertical ruled line table TKT is advanced by 1 to prepare for the transfer of the next large block.

In step s9.11, the large block count DS-1 is executed to determine whether or not the transfer of the character information included in all the large blocks has been completed. If the decision is not 0, step s
Returning to 9.4, transfer is performed from the next large block. When the result of the subtraction is 0, the transfer of the character information of all the large blocks is completed, and the process proceeds to step s9.12.

In step s9.12, the ruled line of the last row of the block is transferred to the block memory.

This process is similar to that performed in step s9.6, first the ruled line pattern "-" is set over one line, and then the ruled line pattern is set according to the contents of the vertical ruled line table TKT. That is, the process of setting is performed. When this process is completed, the block memory BRM is completely completed, and the process is as shown in the example of FIG. 12 (e).

After forming the blocks as described above, the print key P
When K is operated, the key is identified and the contents of the block memory are printed by the printer in s10.

It should be noted that although the description is given of printing with the printer, the contents of the block memory may be displayed on the display.

[Effect] As described above, according to the present invention, when converting a document consisting of a character string into a block form, two types of marks are used to divide the block into upper and lower parts and left and right parts, and the document is divided. It has become possible to always handle the document and block forms in a unified manner so that the block form will not be destroyed even if editing processing is performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the concept of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the key tops of the keyboard. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a memory structure. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a serial character string and ruled line blocks. 6 to 10 are flowcharts showing the process of processing. 11 to 12 are explanatory views of various memories showing an actual processing process. ROM: Memory BSM: Document memory BRM: Block memory KBK: Ruled line block key

Front page continuation (51) Int.Cl. ⁵ Identification code Office reference number FI Technical display location B41J 21/00 Z 8804-2C 29/26 A 8804-2C G09G 5/14 8121-5G

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A character input means for inputting a character, a mark input means for inputting a first mark and a second mark for delimiting a character string, and the mark input means and the character input means. Storage means for storing the first and second marks and the character string, and based on the stored contents of the storage means, the character string is divided into upper and lower parts before and after the first mark, and the second mark And a block creating means for creating a block-format document in which a character string is divided into right and left in front and rear, and the block creating means divides based on one of the marks in the division based on the first and second marks. A block processing device, wherein the block processing device is executed by prioritizing the division based on the other mark.