JPH03171252A - Character processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the efficiency of editing work by automatically adding editing information added to the head character of a word to be substituted to all the characters of the word to be substituted. CONSTITUTION:When a designation means 4 designates at least more than one character data in a document, an input means 1 inputs at least more than one character data to be substituted and the instruction of substitution is executed, a read means 5 reads editing data added to head character data in designated character data from a storage means 3. An editing data addition means 7 adds having read editing data to respective character data of character data to be substituted. Then, a substitution means 8 substitutes designated character data for character data to which editing data is added and the storage means 3 stores it. Thus, editing data added to the character before substitution can automatically be added to the character after substitution in retrieval substitution and overwriting correction.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (A) Field of Industrial Use This invention relates to a character processing device having a document editing function.
More specifically, the present invention relates to a character processing device having a search and replace function that replaces a character searched in a sentence with a specified character.

(B) Conventional technology Conventionally, in the search and replace function of this type of character processing device, when all the characters "ABC" that have already been input in a sentence are to be replaced with the characters "DEP", the characters to be searched "AB"
For example, even if an edit code indicating a double-width character is attached to "C", an edit code indicating a double-width character is not attached to the character "DEF" to be replaced, so the replaced character "DEF" will be replaced with a normal character. Therefore, if you wanted the font of the character before replacement to be the same as the font after replacement, it was necessary to add a double-width character edit code to each character after replacement.

In addition, the "document production device" of Japanese Patent Publication No. 63-67215 has a method for inserting characters into text according to control codes (lit collection codes) attached to the characters before and after the insertion position. A structure is disclosed in which control codes are also added to characters. When inserting a character into a sentence, this conventional device judges whether the control codes of the preceding and following characters match, and if they match, it automatically attempts to insert the same control code as the preceding and following characters. It is configured to be attached to the character.

(C) Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, such document creation devices do not perform corrections such as search and replace, or so-called overwriting, which replaces characters by deleting and inserting a character at the same time. This method cannot be applied to the process of deleting words or characters and replacing them with other words, so the above-mentioned problems still remain.

This invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and is a character processing device that can automatically add editing data attached to a character before replacement to a character after replacement in search and replacement or overwrite correction. I will provide a.

(2) Means for Solving the Problems FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the basic structure of the present invention. In the figure, the present invention includes an input means 1 for inputting character data, an editing means 2 for editing the character data according to editing information such as double-width characters and underlined characters,
A character processing device having a storage means 3 for storing a document in which editing information is attached to each character data of 1 characters, the designation means 4 for designating at least 1 character data in the document, and the designation means 4 reading means 5 for reading out from the storage means 3 the editing data attached to the first character data of the character data specified by; and a replacement for storing at least one character data for replacement inputted from the input means 1. a character data storage means 6; an edit data addition means 7 for adding the sgi data read from the reading means 5 to each character data for replacement stored in the replacement character data storage means 6; and the specification means. This character processing device comprises a replacing means 8 for replacing the character data specified by 4 with replacement character data to which editing data has been added by an editing data adding means 7, and storing the replaced character data in the storage means 3.

In this invention, editing data refers to information that is added to emphasize specific characters that make up a text or to distinguish it from other parts, and specifically includes underlining, dots, etc. Multiply, half-width, double-width, double-height, quadruple-width, enlarge (specify the vertical and horizontal enlargement ratio for each character), bold, italic, white text, color specification (for each character with a word processor with color printing function) (when specifying a color), etc. Note: Methods for adding editing data include assigning it to unused bits of each character code,
Examples include a method of adding 1 byte as additional information.

(E) Effect According to this invention, at least l or more character data in a document is specified by the specifying means, and the input is manually changed.
ILIJ＆ヱ▲-1+Rei●Go-x-Il＼NatonoLna1
When the above input is made and a replacement instruction is given, the reading means reads out the editing data attached to the first character data in the specified character data from the storage means, and the read editing data is sent to the editing data adding means. , is added to each character data of the character data to be replaced, and then the designated character data is replaced by the character data to which the editing data has been added by the replacing means and stored in the storage means.

(F) EXAMPLES The present invention will be described in detail below based on examples shown in the figures. Note that this invention is not limited by this.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the structure of a Japanese word processor as an embodiment of the present invention.

In the same figure, numeral 10 is a keyboard as an input means, which includes a search key for calling the character key search mode for inputting character data, an execution key for executing search and replace, and a function key for specifying double-width. We are prepared. Character data and instructions input from this keyboard IO are transferred to the CPU II, which functions as an editing means, a specifying means, a reading means, an edited data adding means, and a replacing means.
(described later). This CPU II has ROM
l2, display device l3, text memory l4 as a storage means
, a search word buffer l5, a replacement word buffer 16 as replacement character data storage means, a comparison buffer l7, and a replacement word modification buffer l8 are connected to each other. ROMl
The storage contents of 2 consist of a control program for controlling CPU and a kana-kanji conversion dictionary for performing kana-kanji conversion.

The stored contents of the text memory l4 consist of character data and editing data. The search word buffer l5 temporarily stores words to be replaced in search and replacement, and the replacement word buffer l6 also temporarily stores words to be replaced. For example, when searching and replacing the word "ABC" with the word "DEF", the words are extracted one by one from the text memory l4 into the comparison buffer l.
7, and the transferred words are transferred to CPU II by
It is compared with the word "ABC" stored in the search word buffer l5. If there is a match here, the CPUII
The word "DEF" stored in the replacement buffer l6 is transferred to the replacement word modification buffer l8, and the same editing data as the editing data already attached to the word "ABC" stored in the comparison buffer l7 is added to the replacement word. Qualified Babufa! " in s
Then, the word “DEF” to which the editing data has been added is added to the word “ABC” in the sentence memory 14.
” is updated and stored at the location where it was previously stored.

Normally, all the characters that make up a word in a sentence have the same editing information (modifying information such as double-width, underlining, etc.). When replacing that word with another word, in most cases, it is necessary to re-add the same editing information that was attached to the character before replacing it to all the replaced words. Therefore, when replacing a word, it is effective to uniformly add an edit code as described above to all characters that make up the word to be replaced.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained according to the flowchart shown in FIG. Note that search and replacement will be explained as an example.

First, press the search key to call up search mode and display a search window on the screen. Then, enter search characters as the word to be replaced in the window. The input search characters are transferred to the search word buffer 15 and stored in the search word buffer l5 (step 20). Next, input the replacement character as the word to be replaced in the same window. The input replacement character is transferred to the replacement word buffer 16 and stored in the replacement word buffer 16 (step 21).
.

When the execution key is pressed here, search and replacement is started, and the document memory l4 is searched for the characters stored in the search word buffer l5 (step 22).

Next, it is determined whether the search character is found in the document memory 14 (step 23), and if YES, the characters in the replacement word buffer l6 are copied to the replacement word modification buffer 18 (step 24). Next, the editing data attached to the found search character is added to the character in the replacement word buffer l8 (step 25). Next, text memory 14
Delete the searched characters in the modified buffer and replace them with the word! 8
The characters within, that is, the edited data or the added characters are stored in the same location (step 26). Next, it is determined whether the search character is at the end of the sentence (step 27), and if no, the routine of steps 22 to 26 is repeated, and if YES, the search and replace process is ended.

4A, 4B, and 4C show display examples when the characters "ABC" are searched and replaced with the characters "DEF" by the above process.

Although this embodiment has been explained using search and replace as an example, the present invention is applicable to all processes that replace l or more words or symbols with one or more other words or symbols, including character correction by overwriting. be able to.

(G) Effects of the Invention According to this invention, it is possible to automatically add g-collection information attached to the first character of a word to be replaced in text editing to all characters of the word to be replaced. This eliminates the need for correction work to match the replaced word to the format before replacement, making it possible to significantly improve the efficiency of editing work. This invention is particularly effective when there are many words to be replaced, such as in search and replace.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram clearly showing the basic structure of this invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a Japanese word processor according to an embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart explaining the operation of the embodiment. Figure 4 (a). (b) and (c) are explanatory diagrams similarly showing display examples according to one embodiment. l...Input means, 2...Editing means, 3...Storage means, 4...Designation means, 5...Reading means, 6...Replacement character data storage means, 7...
・Edited data addition means, 8... Replacement means. Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Fig. 4 2-conversion ----1-^8C-------- Before X (b) 1 ----------- DEF 1-- After X conversion (c) -11--11 - One dent! ．． −−−−−−−1 −−−−−−−−−DEF−−−−−−−Before one summer change After one change

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An input means for inputting character data, an editing means for editing character data according to editing information such as double-width characters and underlined characters, and storing a document in which editing information is attached to each character data. A character processing device having a storage means, a designation means for designating at least one character data in a document, and a storage means for storing editing data attached to the first character data of the character data designated by the designation means. a reading means for reading from the input means; a replacement character data storage means for storing at least one replacement character data inputted from the input means; and a replacement character data storage means for storing the edited data read by the reading means. an editing data adding means for adding to each stored character data for replacement; A character processing device comprising: substitution means for storing in a storage means.