JPH02129718A - Graphic editing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To display areas corresponding to plural editing objects so as to be partially superposed and to display sufficient information by updating a display position and a shift value of a new editing object from an input means from the number of pieces of the editing objects and the shift value. CONSTITUTION:The graphic editing device is provided with a storage means 3 for storing the number of pieces of plural editing objects, a shift value storage means 3 for storing a value for shifting each of plural editing objects, input means 4, 5 for inputting a new editing object, and a means 1 for updating a display position and a shift value of the new editing object by the shift value and the number of pieces. In such a way, areas corresponding to plural editing objects can be displayed so as to be partially superposed, and with respect to such an object as has a hierarchical structure, its hierarchy can be recognized on a screen in accordance with an assignment sequence.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a graphic editing device that uses a two-dimensional display device and can display a plurality of editing objects.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, on a single display device, the screen has been divided in advance for multiple different editing targets and areas for operation instructions, or editors have been required to set areas that can overlap with each other. Therefore, there is graphic editing using multi-windows that can allocate areas corresponding to each object for display and editing. In a screen splitting method in which areas do not overlap with each other (hereinafter referred to as the "split screen method"), the display area is preset for each object, so the operator can see all objects on the screen. The desired target can be selected by moving a character cursor, mouse, etc. to the corresponding area. On the other hand, in a method in which areas that can overlap each other can be set (hereinafter referred to as the "screen overlapping method"), an editor can generally create a new area of any size at any position on the screen at any time. It is now possible to set and display areas, and it is also possible to set multiple areas to completely hide other areas. An area hidden by another area can be selected by repeatedly operating a screen priority change key prepared in advance to bring the area to the front in sequence.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the conventional "screen splitting method", as the number of regions increases, the display area of each region becomes smaller, making it impossible to display sufficient information. In addition, in the conventional "screen duplication method", in response to a new area allocation request,
This method has the drawback of forcing the editor to specify the position and size of the word area each time. In particular, in order to prevent each individual area from being completely hidden, the editor is forced to initially set a smaller area for the entire area and then shift and set the area one by one. Become.

[Means and effects for solving the problem] According to the present invention, in a figure editing device capable of displaying areas corresponding to a plurality of editing objects so that some of them overlap, the number of the plurality of editing objects is A storage means for storing, a shift value storage means for storing values for shifting each of the plurality of edit targets, an input means for inputting a new edit target, and a shift value and navigation memory of the shift value storage means. The above-mentioned problem is achieved by having means for updating the display position of the new editing object from the input means and the shift value of the shift value storage means according to the number of means.

[Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a drawing showing a block diagram of a graphic editing device according to the present invention, in which 1 is an arithmetic control unit, 2 is a display device, and 3 is an arithmetic control unit that can be referenced and stored. A control quantum 3C has a memory that stores the control procedure 3b shown in FIGS. The details are shown in Figure 4.

4 is a keyboard input device, 5 is a two-dimensional position pointing device such as a mouse, and input No. 18 of both 4 and 5 is stored in the memory via the arithmetic and control unit. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of display on a display device when graphic editing is performed using the present invention, in which 7 is a displayable area of the entire screen, 8 is a displayable area of the entire screen, 8 is a display area included in area 7, and a plurality of individual areas. An area for displaying the entire area, 9 is one individual area included in area 8, 10 and 11 are included in area 9, and the drawing number to be edited, etc. is sufficient to distinguish this individual area from other individual areas. Header to display information
Footer display area! 2 is included in the area 9 and is an area for displaying figures such as characters and line segments to be actually edited. First, before a graphic editing operation, information as shown in FIG. 4 is input and held in the memory 3 shown in FIG. 1 according to the procedure shown in FIG. 31, the display device 2 in FIG. 1 requests input of the display position and size of the entire area.
Enter the values using the keyboard 4 in FIG. 1, and then similarly input the shift value and the maximum number of individual areas to be displayed using 23.33 in FIG. 3, and enter the contents as shown in FIG.
It is held in the memory 3 of FIG. When the graphic editing operation is started, area 8 in FIG. 2 is displayed based on the position and size of the entire area in FIG. 4, and editing processing is performed according to the procedure shown in FIG. 5.

The operation of the embodiment configured as described above will be explained.

First, as shown in FIG. 3, a control amount is input from the character input device 4. Next, an operation instruction is input from the keyboard 4 in FIG. 1 or the two-dimensional position pointing device 5 through the operator support input section shown in FIG. Then, the content of the operation instruction is analyzed according to FIG. 52. The determination unit in FIG. 553 determines whether the result of the analysis by the operation instruction analysis process in FIG. 52 is an instruction to allocate a new individual area, and if so, the According to the procedure shown in Figure 4, that is, Figure 6,
Area allocation calculations are performed according to individual area numbers, and the second
The screen area 9 is displayed and the screen returns to the operation instruction input section shown in FIG. 551. If the determination in FIG. 553 is false, it is further determined in FIG. 555 whether the instruction is to select an already allocated individual area, and if so, the corresponding individual area is Select to redisplay the corresponding individual area,
After setting the area to be edited, the process returns to FIG. 51. Figure 5 5
If the determination in step 5 is false, processing such as adding or deleting figures is performed according to the analysis result in FIG. 552, and the process returns to FIG. 51. However, if the analysis result is an instruction to end, the process exits from the repeating process according to FIG. 58. In this embodiment, as shown in the display example in Fig. 2, the maximum number of individual areas to be displayed is 4, and the shift value is 1 in the horizontal direction and -1 in the vertical direction. However, by setting the vertical shift value to a positive number, the shift can be made to shift in the lower right direction.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, in a graphic editing device capable of displaying areas corresponding to a plurality of editing objects so as to partially overlap each other, a storage means for storing the number of the plurality of editing objects; shift value storage means for storing values for shifting each of the plurality of editing targets; input means for inputting a new edit target; and input means for inputting a shift value from the shift value storage means and the number of the storage means. and a means for updating the display position of the new editing target and the shift value of the shift value storage means. Can be recognized above. Furthermore, the operation of selecting each individual area and the operation of allocating a new individual area can be performed with a single operation such as pressing a mouse button, which simplifies operations regarding multiple target areas.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of display on a display device, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing processing means for inputting data necessary for calculating allocation of individual areas. , FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the contents in the memory stored in the procedure of FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the data contents shown in FIG. 4, a character input device such as a keyboard, and a two-dimensional position pointing device such as a mouse. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a detailed procedure of the process shown in FIG. 5. (2) Explanation of the symbols representing the main parts of the drawings 1 is an arithmetic processing unit, 2 is a display device, 3 is a memory, 4 is a character input device such as a keyboard, 5 is a two-dimensional position pointing device such as a mouse,
7 is the display area of the entire display device, 8 is the entire area including all the individual areas, 9 is the individual area, 10 is the header part included in the individual area, 11 is a part of the footer included in the individual area, 12
is the display editing area included in the individual area.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A graphic editing device capable of displaying areas corresponding to a plurality of editing objects so that some of them overlap, comprising: a storage means for storing the number of the plurality of editing objects; and a storage means for storing the number of the plurality of editing objects; shift value storage means for storing values for shifting each of the objects; input means for inputting a new editing target; A graphic editing device comprising: a display position of an editing target; and means for updating a shift value in the shift value storage means.