JPH0695275B2 - External character pattern processing device of document processing device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a pattern output device for displaying or printing with dots in a document processing device for processing a document such as a word processor.

(B) Conventional technology A large number of Chinese characters are required for display and printing in a Japanese word processor, which is the main cause of complication and size increase as compared with a European word processor. For general purposes, only JIS 1st and 2nd level kanji prepared in advance are sufficient, but some users require special kanji and symbols that are used frequently. Some have been developed that have the function of registering Kanji and symbols as external characters (characters and symbols other than those prepared as standard specifications).

On the other hand, in a CRT as a visual display means and a printer, a character and a character of a dot matrix font of different sizes, for example, 24 × 24 for display and 32 for printing.
In order to display or print with a x32 dot matrix, the display and the print are individually created by the pattern generator.

For example, even if the dot size is changed by a program that automatically converts the dot size, this character becomes unnatural and requires reworking.

That is, in this field, even if the dot patterns of the same character have different dot sizes, they are treated as different objects.

(C) Problem to be Solved by the Invention An object of the present invention is to provide a word processor which can easily create and handle external character patterns of the same character having different dot sizes.

(D) Means for Solving the Problem The external character pattern processing device of the document processing device of the present invention stores a memory (28) for storing a dot pattern of 32 × 32 dot size and the dot pattern of 32 × 32 dot size. The dot size conversion means for converting into a dot pattern of 24 × 24 dot size and the converted dot pattern of 24 × 24 dot size are registered in the memory (27), and the memory (2
The correction registration means that corrects the 24 × 24 dot size dot pattern registered in 7) and the editing means that collectively edits the dot patterns of different dot sizes with the same code, such as deleting or replacing. It is characterized by having.

(E) Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a word processor according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a keyboard layout diagram.

In the figure, 11 is a keyboard as input means, 12 is a control unit that functions as the center of various controls, 13 is various memories, 14 is a CRT as a display unit, and 15 is a printer for printing. The text entered from the keyboard is stored in the text memory 21 that constitutes the memory 13, and is also displayed on the CRT 14, and the stored contents of the text memory 21 are stored in a floppy disk that is generally prepared as an external memory by a predetermined key operation. The document is transferred to and stored in the document storage area 22 or is printed by the printer 15.

The text once stored in the document storage area 22 is read into the text memory 21 by a predetermined key operation, displayed on the CRT 14, and printed by the printer 15.

Therefore, a character generator is required for display on the CRT 14 and printing on the printer 15. In this embodiment, the display on the CRT 14 is a 24 × 24 dot matrix, and the printing on the printer 15 is 32 × 32. Since the dot-matrix font is used, character generators for display and printing are required. In this embodiment, the character generator 23 for displaying the JIS non-Kanji, the first level Kanji, the special symbols prepared in advance, and the special characters on the CRT screen is provided in a predetermined area of the ROM chip and the character generator for printing these characters. The character generators 25 and 26 for displaying and printing JIS 24 and JIS level 2 kanji are provided in a predetermined area in the floppy disk.

Storage areas 27 and 28 for display patterns and print patterns (hereinafter referred to as fonts) for registering external characters edited as described below are also provided on the floppy disk.

Thus, in the external character registration in the word processor according to the present invention, a pattern once edited and created (a pattern of a font already stored and registered as described later can be used) is saved and stored in another memory. The edited and created pattern (which may be a diversion pattern) and the saved pattern are combined so that the combined pattern can be registered.

The following is an explanation with reference to the state of the CRT14 screen when registering an external character. When the product of the present invention is activated and an external character creation mode is commanded by a predetermined operation, the control unit 12 receives this and displays a screen edited by software as shown in FIG. [External character creation] is displayed in the upper left as the screen title. A display area 41 for designating a code is provided on the right side thereof, and an upper line 411 having a heading of [reference code] is input when an existing character is used by referring to it as described later.
Position the cursor when indicating the JISC6226 punctuation code (4 digits), the font that should be referenced among the characters corresponding to this input reference code, that is, the printing or display Position indicating [for 32] (for printing)
Indicates the position where the cursor should be occupied when instructing to display a list of 20 characters including the part corresponding to the input reference code and the part for displaying [for 24] (for display) [ One column] and the part displayed,
The bottom line 412 that has the heading of [Registration code] displays the code to be assigned to the created external character (the 4-digit number of the blank number of the JISC6226 kuten code is used), and the registered external character is completely new registration. When instructing to register with a code, the registration code already assigned once to the part displayed as [New] showing the position where the cursor should be occupied and the created external character is registered ( In other words, 20 characters including the Kanji corresponding to the part displayed with [Change] and the registration code indicating the position where the cursor should be occupied when instructing to register in a manner that changes the external character corresponding to the registration number) When a command is given to display a list of Kanji characters on the screen, the list is displayed with [List] indicating the position where the cursor should be occupied.

A 32 × 32 matrix pattern is displayed in the left most portion of the CRT screen, which is the print font editing unit 42 (displayed as [print]). In the right half of the CRT screen, a 24 × 24 matrix pattern is displayed, which is the font editing unit 43 for displaying the CRT screen (displayed as [for screen]). Either one of the editing units 42 and 43 is selected as an editing target, but a star mark appears in the selected one as shown in FIG.

The area between the editing sections 42 and 43 is the monitor section 44,
Square display part for upper 32, 24 and upper part 44
Reference numerals 2 and 443 are portions in which the patterns that largely appear in the editing units 42 and 43 are printed and reduced to the respective sizes of the screen display.

When the memory key 111 of the keyboard 11 is touched, the data of the pattern relating to the screen display of the selected editing unit 42 or 43 enters the memory 30 for temporary storage, and the content of this memory 30 is the bottom side of the monitor unit 44. It is reduced and displayed on the square display unit 440 marked as a memory. A square display section 441 labeled as registration is arranged above the area 440. This section includes the pattern stored in the memory 30, and the editing section 42 or
The pattern edited and created in 43 (memory 32 or 33 to be described later)
(Stored in) is displayed in a reduced size, that is, this combined pattern is displayed in a reduced size. In this state, the cursor K is at the most significant digit position so as to display the input waiting for the reference code.

Now, a case of using the already registered pattern to register an external character will be described.

First, depending on the memory, or by referring to the JIS C6226 graphic character code table, enter the punctuation mark of the pattern to be used on the numeric keypad 11
Key in at 2. If you want to register the symbol of ◇ as an external character, key in the punctuation mark code 0194 of ◇ as a reference code.First, move the cursor to the cursor movement key 113 to edit the print font, and specify the code area. Position it on the display section of [For 32] of 41 and touch the execution key 114.

By these inputs, the control unit 12 displays [0194] in the upper line 411 of the code designation unit 41 as shown in FIG.
An asterisk is displayed on the head of the portion marked 2 for printing, and a pattern for displaying ◇ is read from the character generator 24 and written in the memory 32. The editing unit 42 displays the pattern in the memory 32 in accordance with the matrix pattern. Then, as described above, the same pattern is reduced and displayed on the display units 442 and 441 of the monitor unit 44. Further, the control unit 12 causes the editing cursor 42 to be displayed at a predetermined position on the editing unit 42. The software is configured so that the cursor K ′ can be moved by the touch operation of the ten-key pad 112, and the “5” key is regarded as the position of the cursor K ′, and the movement of the eight keys surrounding it is performed in the direction of the eight keys. The cursor K'moves up, down, left or right by touching "8", "2", "4" or "6".
Touching "7", "1", "3", "9", etc. moves in the corresponding diagonal direction. Then, touching the "5" key causes black and white to be reversed. Therefore, for example, the fourth
If you continue to press the "8" key from the state shown in the figure, a black line (green on the CRT) extending from the center of ◇ to the upper corner will be added. After the cursor K'has reached the end of the matrix pattern, the matrix pattern and the pattern displayed on it are scrolled in the direction opposite to the moving direction of the cursor K '. When the memory key 111 is touched as described above, the pattern data in the memory 32 displayed in the editing unit 42 is moved to the memory 30, and accordingly, the ◇ display of the editing unit 42 disappears and the display of the monitor unit 44 is displayed. Department
The ◇ pattern appears on 440 (see Fig. 5). Memory 3
For 0, 31, 32, and 33, the RAM for storing font data read from the areas 24 to 26 of the floppy disk at the time of inputting or printing is used.

The display units 440, 441, and 442 need to display a 32 × 32 font, while the CRT14 is designed to display a 24 × 24 dot matrix.
A 32 × 32 font is displayed in a mode in which four 24-dot matrix display areas are combined.

Next, by operating the ten keys 112 as described above, a black circle is drawn in the editing section 42 as shown in FIG. Since this shape is regulated by the matrix pattern, it goes without saying that the peripheral edge has irregularities as shown in the figure. While the numeric keypad 112 is being operated, the original pattern ◇ is not displayed in the editing unit 42, but the control unit 12 synthesizes the contents of the memories 30 and 32 and displays it on the display unit 441 of the monitor unit 44. Part 4
By monitoring 41, the size of the black circle, the eccentricity from the center, the extreme irregularities on the peripheral edge, etc. can be grasped at a glance, and the correction can be done very easily.

After the pattern appearing on the display unit 441 has a desired shape in this way, the execution key 114 is touched. As a result, the cursor K moves to the most significant digit portion of the reference code in the upper line 411 of the code designating section 41. A registration code (JIS code to be added when registering the pattern displayed on the display unit 441, that is, the pattern stored in the memory 31 in the memory 28 for printing fonts (JIS
4-digit code not specified in the ward code of
8805) moves the cursor K to the most significant digit of the registration code in the lower row 412 of the code designation section 41, and then the numeric keypad 112
Will be entered in. Then, the cursor K is moved by the key 113, and as shown in FIG.
Position [New] in the displayed area. When the execution key 114 is touched again after doing this, the pattern data in the memory 31 is moved to the memory 28 and registered there. As a result, the display on the editing sections 42, 43 and the monitor section 44 becomes similar to the initial screen shown in FIG. However, the display of the contents of the reference code and the registration code remains unchanged.

As described above, the external character can be registered. In this state, the cursor movement key 113 is operated to move the cursor to the position of [List] in the lower row 412 of the code designating section 41 and the execution key 114 is touched. Then, the control unit 12 causes the memories 27 and 28 to
A character group of 20 characters including the character (symbol) related to the designated registration code (here, 8805) is read out and displayed in the form shown in FIG. That is, the punctuation codes and the printing fonts and display fonts associated with each code are for 20 codes (that is, the fonts are both 20 characters and 40 characters in total).
(Type) Display in combination.

The example of FIG. 6 shows a state in which a printing font is simply stored in the group code 8805. Such a list is displayed by keying in the required code in the reference code display section, that is, in the upper line 411 of the code designating section 41, and clicking [List] on that line.
The same operation can be performed by moving the cursor to the display unit and then touching the execution key 114.

In the lower right corner, the code numbers for reference or registration and [List]
Although the characters "Delete" and "Recover" are displayed, the cursor K is at the "List" position in the state shown in FIG. By such an operation, it is possible to confirm that the external character has been reliably registered or the registered state can be confirmed.

By the above operation and the processing of the control unit 12 executed corresponding to this operation, the registration of one printing font is completed. By the way, in the above example, the pattern registered in the memory 24 as JIS non-kanji was diverted to the creation of ◇, but without using this, the required ◇ Of course, a pattern may be created. In this case, code designation area 41
The reference code column of is set to 0000.

Therefore, in a word processor equipped with a CRT for monitoring input text, it is meaningless to register an external character for a printing font, so assign the same registration code.
You also need to enter a 24 x 24 screen display font. Therefore, the control unit 12 is configured so that the same operation as described above for the printing font can be performed by referring to the patterns appearing on the editing unit 43 and the display units 440, 441, and 443 to perform the registration. . As a difference in operation, for the first time, move the cursor K to [2
The difference is only that the execution key 114 is touched in the state where it is positioned on the display part for [4].

By the way, in this embodiment, a program for compressing and converting a 32 × 32 font into a 24 × 24 font is prepared, and this program is executed when the following operation is performed.

That is, the previously registered printing font is keyed in as a reference code (for example, 8805 described above), the cursor is set to the position of [24] on the upper line 411 of the code designating section 41, and the execution key 1
Touch 14.

The control unit 12 reads data from the screen display font storage area 27, but since there is no write data, it starts executing the conversion program. That is, first, the print font data for the input code is read from the storage area 28, a predetermined compression conversion process is performed on this data, and the data is written in the memories 31 and 33. As a result, a pattern in which the registered 32 × 32 printing font is compressed and converted into 24 × 24 is displayed on the editing unit 43 and the display units 441 and 443 of the monitor unit 44. Since an unnatural compression conversion is performed depending on the pattern, this may be corrected by the operation of the ten key 112, and then the same operation for registration as described above may be executed.

When it is necessary to correct the font, delete the registered non-registered character, or replace the font after completing the registration in this way, the correction, deletion, or replacement can be performed by the following operations.

First, enter the code assigned to the external character to be deleted as a reference code, and move the cursor to [List] in the code specification section 41.
Then, the execution key 114 is touched. As a result, as described above, the fonts for 20 characters including the external character related to the code are displayed in a list, and as shown in FIG. 6, the reference code and [List] [Delete] [Restore] in the lower column are entered.
Is displayed, and the cursor K is at the position of [list]. Here, when the cursor K is moved to the [delete] position and the execution key 114 is touched, the external character data associated with the code is marked with a pit mark for deletion and then disappears from the CRT screen. Here, the data itself is not erased, and the pit mark for deletion is added to avoid the trouble of re-registration operation when deleting due to an erroneous operation (registration code mistake, etc.), and as a registered external character again. This is because it is possible to easily perform re-registration as it is in consideration of the case of returning it, and after that, if the execution key is touched with the cursor at the [Recover] position, the registration is restored as it was.

Next, when another external character is replaced by an already registered external character and registered (or when substantially the same pattern modification is performed), the pattern is edited by the same operation as in the case of new registration.
For registration, the cursor is positioned at the [change] portion of the lower row 412 of the code display portion 41, and then the execution key 114 is touched. The controller 12 processes the registered external character data by such a key operation as in the case of [Delete], and writes the changed external character data. In this case as well, the old registered non-registered character can be recovered as in the case of [Delete]. If [Change] is specified despite the fact that it is a new registration, or in the opposite case, the registration is not performed and the part where the code is displayed blinks to display that it was an erroneous operation. Prompt for re-operation. This is because in the case of new registration, even if there is a registered external character in the registration code, the data is completely erased, and it is for avoiding duplicate registration due to a misunderstanding or for preventing the disappearance of the registered external character. In addition, registration is prohibited even if the kuten code entered as the registration code is not the value allowed for external character registration,
I also plan to blink the code.

The other memory call key 115 is written in the memory 30, the pattern data displayed on the display unit 440 and the memory 32 (or 33), displayed on the display unit 442 (or 443), and This is a key for instructing to exchange the data of the pattern displayed in the editing section 42 (or 43), and enhances the convenience of editing. Cancel key 116
Is a key for returning to the previous state, that is, the state where the cursor K is in the code designating section 41, by a touch operation when the editing cursors K'are present in the editing sections 42 and 43.

The external character registered in this way is associated with one of the keys of the margin portion 113 of the keyboard 11 which is predetermined according to the registration code, and the touch operation of the key causes the character to be exactly the same as other characters. Can be used.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to realize a word processor having excellent operability when registering an external character. The present invention can be applied to a Japanese word processor of the Kana-Kanji conversion system and a European word processor.

In the present application, a 24 × 24 dot pattern can be created with reference to a 32 × 32 dot pattern, and this 24 × 24 dot pattern can be modified, which is suitable for creating external characters.

(F) Effect of the Invention According to the present invention, if the number of dots is different even with the same code, it is possible to automatically convert and correct at the time of creation in a pattern having a different size which was considered as a different pattern. Since editing such as deletion or replacement can be performed collectively, the external character pattern can be handled easily and is useful.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a word processor having a pattern output device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a keyboard layout diagram, and FIGS. 3 to 6 are explanatory diagrams showing a screen of a CRT. 11 ... keyboard, 12 ... control unit, 13 ... memory, 14 ...
… CRT, 15… printer.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A first memory means (28) for storing a dot pattern of a first dot size of a character, and a dot size for converting the dot pattern of the first dot size into a dot pattern of the second dot size. The converting means and the converted dot pattern of the second dot size are registered in the second memory means (27), and the dot pattern of the second dot size registered in the memory means (27) is corrected. A document processing apparatus comprising: a correction registration unit that performs the above-mentioned operation; and an editing unit that collectively edits the dot patterns of the first and second dot sizes having the same code, such as deletion or replacement. External character pattern processing device. 2. The document processing according to claim 1, further comprising display means for displaying a dot pattern of the first and second dot sizes of the same code when editing by the editing means. External character pattern processing device.