CA1251571A - Multilingual processing for screen image build and command decode in a word processor, with full command, message and help support - Google Patents
Multilingual processing for screen image build and command decode in a word processor, with full command, message and help supportInfo
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Abstract
Abstract MULTILINGUAL PROCESSING FOR SCREEN IMAGE BUILD AND
COMMAND DECODE IN A WORD PROCESSOR, WITH
FULL COMMAND, MESSAGE AND HELP SUPPORT
A multilingual processor is disclosed herein, for building screen images on the display screen and for decoding multilingual commands, in an information processing system.
The information processing system includes an execution unit having a memory, a bulk storage and a workstation connected thereto, the workstation including a keyboard connected to a display screen for inputting command and working text information to the display screen. The multilingual processor includes a document library stored in the bulk storage device including a plurality of language documents and at least one user document. The language documents each characterize a selected language and include a displayable components portion and an executable components portion. A language document selector accesses a selected one of the plurality of language documents in response to a user language selection input from the keyboard specifying that commands and messages are to be in one of the selected languages. A message processor accesses the displayable components portion from the first one of the language documents, for the real-time display of messages on the display screen in the first language. A command processor accesses the executable components portion from the first one of the language documents in response to a user command input in the first selected language to the keyboard, for decoding and executing the user command input in the first language.
COMMAND DECODE IN A WORD PROCESSOR, WITH
FULL COMMAND, MESSAGE AND HELP SUPPORT
A multilingual processor is disclosed herein, for building screen images on the display screen and for decoding multilingual commands, in an information processing system.
The information processing system includes an execution unit having a memory, a bulk storage and a workstation connected thereto, the workstation including a keyboard connected to a display screen for inputting command and working text information to the display screen. The multilingual processor includes a document library stored in the bulk storage device including a plurality of language documents and at least one user document. The language documents each characterize a selected language and include a displayable components portion and an executable components portion. A language document selector accesses a selected one of the plurality of language documents in response to a user language selection input from the keyboard specifying that commands and messages are to be in one of the selected languages. A message processor accesses the displayable components portion from the first one of the language documents, for the real-time display of messages on the display screen in the first language. A command processor accesses the executable components portion from the first one of the language documents in response to a user command input in the first selected language to the keyboard, for decoding and executing the user command input in the first language.
Description
~51571 Descl~iption MULTILINGUAL PROCESSING FOR SCREEN IMAGE BUILD A~D
CO~ ND DECODE IN A WORD PROCESSOR, WITH
FULL CO.~lAND, MESSAGE A~D HELP SUPPORT
Background of the Invention 1. Technical Field The invention disclosed broadly relates to information processiny and more particularly relates to ir.provements in multilingual word processing.
CO~ ND DECODE IN A WORD PROCESSOR, WITH
FULL CO.~lAND, MESSAGE A~D HELP SUPPORT
Background of the Invention 1. Technical Field The invention disclosed broadly relates to information processiny and more particularly relates to ir.provements in multilingual word processing.
2. Background Art Prior art information processing systems which employ a workstation interface, typically provide only a single language, such as English, for outputting screen image descriptions such as messages and help support. To the extent that commands input by the user to the keyboard have a mnemonic quality, they are also in the same language. The inconvenience presented to a user who is not fluent in the human interface ,anguage used by the prior art information processing system, becomes even more acu~e in word processing or text processing applications wnere the working text being produced by the user is displayed in a different language from the messages, help support and corumands. Typical prior art approaches to providing a different human interface language for an information processing system require a complete reprogra~ming of the display manager and the keyboard manager. The pro~lem becomes critically acute in distributed word processing systems where users o separate ones of the terminals connected to the mutually shared host computer, require diverse human interface rlguages to communicate with the information processing syster.
~',9-85-016 -2- iZSi571 Objects of the Invention It is therefor an object of the invention to provide an improved multilingual capability for information processing systems.
It is another object of the invention to provide an improved multilingual czpability for word processing systems.
It is still another object of the invention to provide an improved multilingual capability for distributed word processing systems.
It is yet a further object of the invention to provide an im?roved multilingual capability for screen image build and command decode in distributed word processing systems.
It is still another object of the inven~ion to provide an improved multilingual capability for distributed word processing systems, with full command, message and help support.
SummarY of the Invention These and other objects, features and advantages of the invention are achieved by the multilingual processor disclosed herein, for building screen images on the display screen and for decoding multilingual commands, in an information processing system. The information processing system includes an execution unit having a memory, a bulk storag~ and a workstation connected thereto, the workstation including a keyboard connected to a display screen for inputting command and working text information to the displav screen for display thereof.
In accordance with the invention, the multilingual processor includes a document library stored in the bulk storage device including a plurality of language documents and at least one user document. The language documents each cr.aracterize a selected language and include an initialization records portion, a displayable components portion and an execut2ble components portion.
The multilingual processor further includes a language document selector means, for accessing a selected one of the plurality of language documents in response to a user language .:..9-3_-~ 6 ~2~1S~l selection input from the keyboard specifying that co~.~ands are to be input to the keyboard and messages are to be displayed on the display screen in one of the selected languages.
The multilingual processor further includes an initialization processor means, for accessing the initialization records portion from a first one of the language documents for storage in the memory, to provide a set of constant words to be displayed on the display screen in a first language.
The multilingual processor further includes a message processor means, for accessing the displayable componen~s portion from the first one of the language documents, for the real-time display of messages on the display screen in the first language.
The multilingual processor further includes a command processor means for accessing the executable components portion from the first one of the language documents in response to a user command input in the first selected language to the keyboard, for decoding and e~ecuting the user command input in the first language.
Further in accordance with the invention, the lar.guage document selector mear.s can access a second selected one of the plurality of language documents in response to a second user language selection input from the keyboard specifying that commands are to be input to the keyboard and messages are to be d splayed on the display screen in a second one of the selected languages. In this manner, multilingual processing is achieved for screen image build and command decode.
Brief Description of the Drawings These and other objects, features and advantages of the invention will be more fully appreciated with reference to the accompanying figures.
Fig. l is a diagram of the host data processing system.
Fig. 2 is a conceptual block diagram of the document library 12 which resides in the bulk storage 13 shown in the system diagram of Fig. l.
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Fig. 3 is a schematic di~lg~am of one of the lalguage documents, characterizing a U.S.-English lar.guage, German language or French language document, for example.
Fig. 4 is a layout diagram of-the-screen image at one of the workstations 16 in the system diagram of Fig. 1.
Fig. 5 is a table showing~the language documen~-to-screen image build and decode relationship.
Fig. 6 is a more detailed system block diagram of the invention.
Fig. 7 is a logical block diagram showing the apparatus of the memory 30 including several designated data areas and functional programs controllir.g the operation of the system.
Fig. 8 is a flow diagram showing the sequence of operational steps in a word processing session using ~JO
consecutive human interface languages, in accordance with the invention.
Description of the Best Mode For Carrying Out the Invention The multilingual processor inver.tion is described in figures l through 8. Fig. 1 is a system diagram of the host data processing system within which the multilingual processing invention finds its preferred application. The host data processor 10 is conr.ected through a terminal controller 14 to a plurality of workstations 16, 16A and 16B. The host data processor 10 is also connected to a bulk storage unit 13. The system configuration of Fig. 1 can be embodied with an IB.~1*
System/370-type Host Bata Processor 10, such as an IBM 3081 Processor connectec through an IBM 3274 term nal controller 14 to an IBM 3270 workstation 16. Details of such a configuration can be found, for example, in U.S. Patent 4,271,479 to Cheselka, et al, entitled "Display Terminal ~_th Modularly Attachable Features", which is assigned to the IBM Corporation.
A more detailed description of the host data processor 10 can be found in IBM S~stem/370 Princ ples of Operations, Order No.
GA22-7000, published by the IBM Corporation, 1981. The host data processor 10 can employ an operating system such as the Virtual Machine/Conversational Monitor System (VM/C~1S) which is * Registered Trade Mark r.;9-ô.-016 2~57~L
described in IB~ irtuai Machine Facility/370 Introduction, I3.
Systems Library, Order No. GC20-1800, published by the IB
Corporation, 1981.
The system shown in Fig. 1 is described in greater detail in Fig. 6 where it is seen that the host data processor 10 has a primary bus 28 which intercor.nects the channel 26, the memory 30, the execution unit 32 and the storage controller 34. The bulk storage 13, which can be a large capacity disk drive such as an IB~I 338C, is connected to the storage controller 34. The channel 26 is connected to a plurality of inpu~/output terminals 14A. The channel 26 is also connected to the terminal controller 14. The terminal controller 14 includes a screen buffer 20 which is connected to the display screen 17, a processor 22 which is connected to the screen buffer 20 and also to the keyboard 15, and the communications adapter 24 which is connected to the processor 22. The communications adaptor 24 provides the communications interface with the channel 26 of the host data processor 10. The workstation 16, which includes the display screen 17 and the keyboard 15, is also shown in Fig. 6, as it is related to the terminal controller 14. In addition, the channel 26 includes an output to the printer 36.
A user at the workstation 16 will access the system by inputting commands and working text at the ~eyboard 15. This information is processed by the processor 22 which writes into the local screen buffer 20 for immediate cisplay on the display sc-een 17. Whenever a command key or a function key is depressed on the keyboard 15, the processor 22 alerts the communications adaptor 24 to transfer those portions o the worXing te~t which have been changed in the screen buffer 20, to the channel 26 of the host data processor 10. The information received by the channel 26 is transferred to the bus 28. Conversely, when information is provided by the bulk storage 13 through the information controller 34 to ~he bus 28, or by the execution unit 32 to the bus 28, or by the memory 30 to the bus 28, that information is transferred by the channel ~ 9~ 16 -6- l'~S-~571 26 to the communications adaptor 24 at the terminal controller 1~ for display on the display screen 17.
The random access memory 30 in the host data processor 10 includes a number of data areas and functional programs for operating with the data input into it through the bus 40 which is connected to the bus 28. Fig. 7 is a logical block diaqram showing the apparatus of the memory 30 including several designated data areas and functional programs controlling the operation of the system. The instructions in each of the functional programs are executed ~y ~he execution unit 32. The memory 30 is divided into a plurality of substantially identical partitions 200, 200~ and 200B which respectively ?erform the multilingual processor functions for workstations 16, 16~ and 16B of Fig. 1. The VM/CMS operating system prograr.
50 in the memory 30 provides the overall control for the operatior. of the host data processor 10 and provides the coordination of the memory partitions 200, 200A and 200B so that the users of the respective workstations 16, 16A and 16B
appear to have seemingly separate and independent IBM
System/370 computing systems. See the above cited VM/CMS
reference for further details. The file access method 52 coordinates transfers of data between the bulk store buffer 54 in the memory 30 and the storage controller 34 which interfaces with the bulk storage 13. The printer executive 55 controls printer 36 operations through the channel 26.
In accordance with the invention, the multilingual processor invention includes a document library 12 shown in Fig. 2, which is stored in the bulk storage device 13. The document library 12 includes a plurality of system application documents SD1, SD2, etc., which serve to provide application program information for the word processing -unction -o be performea by the system. More particularly, in accordance with the invention, the document library 12 includes a plurality of language dGcuments LD1, LD2, LD3, etc. The language documents each characterize a selected language, such as ~.S. English, German, French, etc., which serve as the human interface language between the user and the commands input to the system ~ 16 -7- 1~5~S71 and the messages displayed by the system at the works~ation 16.
Also included in the document library 12 is one or more user documents UDl, UD2, etc., which are the working text being prepared by the user during the word processing session. ~hen a particular user cocument, UD1 for example, is to be edited durins a word processing session, the file access method 52 of Fig. 7 loads the working text of UDl from the document library 12 of Fig 2, into the working text buffer 68 or Fig. 7. At the conclusion of editing UD1, the file access method 52 writes the user document ~Dl back into the document library 12 o} the bulk storage 13.
Fig. 3 shows an example of one of the language documents, for example the German language document LD2. Each language document characterizes a selected language such as the German language, which will be employed by the user as the human interface language for inputting commands to the keyboard 15 and for receiving messages and help from the display screen 17.
The three portions of the language document of Fig. 3 are ~he initialization records portion Ll, the displayable components portion L2, and the executable components portion L3.
In accordance with the invention, the multilingual processor further includes the language document selector 70 in the memory 30 of Fig. 7. The language document selector 70 accesses a selected one of the plurality of language cocuments LD1, LD2, LD3, etc., from the document library 12, in response to the user providing a language selection input from the keyboard 15 specirying that the human interface language for the commands, messages, etc. is to be a selected language, such as German. The language document selector 70 will receive the language selection input over the bus 40 and will cause the file access method 52 to access the bulk storage 13 through the storage controller 34, the bus 28, and the bulk storage buf~er 54 to obtain the data from the language document corresponding to the selected language. The identity of the current selected language is stored by the selector 70 in the current language fl]e 72 in memory 30.
~'i3~ i6 -8- ~25~571 Further in accordance with the invention, the multilingual processor includes an initial~zation processor 56 shown in the memory 30 of Fig. 7. The initialization processor 56 operates when a r.ew human interface language has been newly selected by the language document selector 70. The initialization processor 56 accesses the initialization records portion L1 from the newly selected language document in the document library 12, to provide a set of constant words which zre loaded into the initial constant portion 58 of the memory 30. The set of constant words in the initial constant portion 58 will be continually displayed on the display screen 17 during the interval when the newly selected language serves as the current human interface language.
Further in accordance with the invention, the multilingual processor includes the message processor 62 shown in the memory 30 of Fig. 7. The message processor 62 accesses the displayable components portion L2 from the current language document LD2 in the document library 12, for the real-time display of messages on the display screen 17 in the current human interface language specified by the current language file 72. In a similar manner, the help processor 64 shown in the memory 30 of Fig. 7, accesses the displayable components portion L2 of the current language document in the document library 12, for the real-time display of help on the display screen 17 in the current human interface language specified by the current language file 72.
Still further in accordance with the invenlion, the multilingual processor further includes the co~mand processor 60 shown in the memory 30 of Fig. 7. The co~mand processor 60 accesses the executable compon~nts portion L3 OI the current language document in the document library 12, in response to the user making a command input at the keyboard 15 in the current human interface language specified by the current lar,guage file 72. The command processor 60 operates to decode the command input by the user in the current human interface larguage. The co~rand processor 60 further operates to provide prc,per control signals to the execution unit 32 to execute the ~-~3~ 9 l~S~5~1 com~mand input by the user. S~ill further, the co~mand processor 60 operates to provide a real-time displa~7 to the user of any response to the command input on the display screen in the current human interface language.
If the user desires to change the current human interface language, the language document selector 70 will access a second selected one of the language documen~s in the document library 12, in response to a second language selection input ky the user to the keyboard 15, specifying that .he command and messages, etc., are to be in a second human interface language characterized by another one of the language documents LDl, LD2, LD3, etc. In this manner, multilingual processir.g is achieved ror screen image building and deccdins, in an improved manner.
O~eration of the Muitilingual Processor Invention The operation of the multilingual processor invention can be better appreciated with reference to the flow aiagram of Fig. 8. The figure shows the sequence of operational steps in a typical word processing session using two consecutive humar.
interfa_e languages. In the example given, the rirs- language is German and the second language is French.
In Figure 8, the first step 100 starts the word processing session by initializing the operating system 50 and the word processing executive 66 shown in the memory 30 of Fig. 7.
In step 102 of Fig. 8, the user inputs a Set Language command to the keyboard 15, selecting the first human interface language to be German.
In step 104 of Fig. 8, the language document selector 70 of Figure 7, responds to the Set Language co~mand and loads ~he identity of the first selected language (German) into the current language file 72 of Fis. 7. The selector 70 then pacses control to the initialization processor 56 of Fig. 7.
In step 106 of Fig. 8, the initialization processor 56 calls the file access method 52 of Fig. 7, to access the initialization records portion L1 of the first language document LD2 of Fig. 2 (which characterizes the German -- -10- ~:~515,1 language)-and to load the Ll portion into the initia1 constants buffer-58 of Fig. 7. In step 108 of Fig. 8, the inilialization processor 56 then outputs constant words in the German language, from the initial constants buffe- 58, which will be continuous~7y displayed on the display screen 17 during substantially the entire interval that German is the selected human interface language. An~example of this would be the display of the German word "Seite" for "page", which will precede the display of the current page number OII the screen 17.
The same num~er of word constants are required to be displayed on screen 17, regardless of the current selected language. For example, the five word constants "pase", "line", "document", "header", and "footer" are required for U.S.
English, and are located in the Ll portion of the U.S. English language document LD1. Similarly, the Ll portion of the German language document LD2 contains the German language version for each of these five word constants, "Seite", "Zeile", "Dokument", "Briefkopf", and "Briefende", respectivelv. In response to the initialization processor 56, the file access method 52 accesses the L1 portion of the current language document and returns five word constants (in this example) for loading into the initial constants buffer 58. If the current language document is LDl, then the five constants are the U.S.
English word constants "page", "line", "document", "header", and "footer". If the current language document is LD2, then the five constants are the German word constants "Seite", "Zeile", "Dokument", "Briefkopf", and "Briefende".
In step 110 of Fig. 8, the user inpu~s working text to the keyboard 15, which is accumulated in the screen buffer 20 of Fig. 6. Whenever the user hits the Enter key or keyboard 15, portions of the working text are transferred to the working text buffer 68 of Fig. 7. Word processing operations are performed on the working text in the buffer 68 by the word processing executive 66 of Fig. 7, in response to word processing commands input by the user to the keyboard 15. The language of the wor7-ing text being created by the user is 12Si S7~
i~aterial to the multilingual processor invention ard can be the same as the currently selc--cted German human inter~ace language or it can be another lansuage. The problem solved by the multilingual processor invention herein is how a user who is fluent in his own language, can control a word processor which was programmed to respond to commands in a language foreign to the user.
In step 112 of Fig. 8, the user inputs a comhmand to the keyboard, in the German language. For example, the user wishes to enter the command to right justify the working text which has accumulated in the buffer 68, and therefor the user types in the German word "Rechts 1I to the keyboard 15.
In step 114 of Fig. 8, the corr~mand processor 60 receives the new command. The default language for the command ?rocessor 60 is rJ.s. English, that is, commands which are input to the command processor 60 in U.S. English can be i~mediatelv decoded and executed. When the command processor 60 receives a new command, it refers to the identity of the currer.t selected language which is stored in the current language file 72. If the current language is indicated as U.S. Enslish, the commanc processor 60 will i~.ediately attempt to decode the command.
However, as in the present example, if the current language indicated by the current language file 72 is not U.S. English, but is German, then the command processor 60 needs to have the new command translated into U.S. English before proceeding with the decoding operations. In this case, the command processor 60 calls the file access method 52 of Fig. 7, to access the executable components portion L3 of the first language document LD2 of Fig. 2 (which characterizes the German language) and to fetch the U.S. English translation of the German language command "Rechts" from the L3 portion and return it to the command processor 60 as the command to be decoded ar.c executed.
The U.S. English translation of "Rechts" is the word "right"
and it is this command word which is then decoded by the com~and processor 60 for execution of the right justlfy command desired by the user.
i; 5 ~ i o - 1 2~ 571 The executable componentc portion L3 of the lar.guage document LD2 includes a command translation table of valid German language commands and their corresponding U.S. English translations which are understanda~le ~y the command processor 60. For example, in addition to the command pair "Rechts"/'iright", the command ~ranslation table in the L3 portion of the language document LD2 can include command pairs such as "Einfgen"/"insert", "~inden"/"find", "Hilfen"/"help", "Links"/"left", etc. In response to the command processor 60, the file access method 52 will search the L3 portion of the language document LD2 for the command pair containing the German language command called for and when the target com~and pair is found, the file access method 52 will return the corresponding U.S. English translated command word to the command processor 60.
The final stage in the execution of the command in step 114 may require the issuing of a message to the display screen 17, such as the message "Operation completed". Continuing with the present example, when the word processing executive 66 completes the operation of right justifying the working text in the working text buffer 68, it passes control and a message access code to the message processor 62 of Fig. 7 to carry out the process of issuing the desired message. In step 116 of Fig. 8, the message processor 62 then refers to the identity of the current selected language which is stored in the current language file 72 (German, in this example). ~he message processor 62 then calls the file access method 52, to access the displayable components portion L2 of the first language document LD2 of Fig. 2 (which characterizes the German language) and to fetch the German language message "Verfahren vollendet" associated with the message access code supplied by the message processor 62. The desired German language message is returr.ed to the message processor 62 for transmission to the display screen 17.
The displayable components portion L2 of each language document LDl, LD2, LD3, etc. contains substantially the same set of messages, each set being expressed in~the human .ii,~--o .--v ' O
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interface language which characteri~es the respective document, for example U.S. English, Gerr;~lan, French, etc., respectively.
~ach message in the L2 portion of a given language document is associated with a corresponding message access code which is unique within that language document but which is identical to the rnessage access code for the corresponding message in the other language documents. For example, the displayable components portion L2 of the U.S. English language document L~l can have the rollowing three U.S. English messages respectively associated with their corresponding message access codes: DK001 "The language iâ now U.S. English", D~i002 = "You have reached the dccument", DK003 = "Operation completed". The same three message access codes will also be found in the German language document LD2 The displayable components portion L2 of the German language document LD2 will have the following three German language messages respectively associated with their corresponding message access codes: DK001 = "Die Sprache ist jetzt deutsch", DK002 = "Sie haben das Dokument erreicht", DK003 = "Verfahren vollendet".
In step 118 of Fig. 8, the user inputs a help request to the keyboard 15. The display of help text in response to the user's requests for such help, operates in substantially the same manner as the display of messages described above for step 116. In s~ep 120 of Fig. 8, in response to the user's input at the keyboard 15, the help processor 64 refers to the identity of the current selected language which is stored in the current language file 72 (German, in this example). The help processor 64 then calls the ~ile access method 52, to access the displayable components portion L2 of the firs~ language document LD2 of Fig. 2 (which characteri~es the German language) and to fetch the German language help texi associated with the help access code supplied by the help processor 64.
The desired German language help text is returned to the help processor 64 for transmission to the display screen 17.
The displayable components portion L2 of each language document LDl, LD2, LD3, etc. contains substartially the same set of help texts, each set being expressed ~in the human ~-g~ '4 ~SlS71 ir.terface language which cnar~-lcterizes the respective document, for example U.S. Er.glish, German, French, etc., respectively.
Each help text in the L2 portion of a given language document is associated with a corresponding help access code which is unique within that language document but which is id2ntical to the help access code for the corresponding help text in the other language documents.
In this example, the user desires to change the current human interface language from German to French. In step 122 of Fig. 8, ~he user inputs a Set Language command to the keyboard 15, selecting the second human interface language to be French.
In step 124 of Fig. 8, the languase document selector 70 of Figure 7, responds to the Set Language comr.and and loads the identity of the second selected language (Fren_h) into the current language file 72 of Fig. 7. The selector 70 then passes control to the initialization processor 56 of Fig. 7.
In step 126 of Fig. 8, the initialization processor S6 calls the file access method 52 of Fig. 7, to access the initialization records portion Ll of the second languase cocument LD3 of Fig. 2 (which characterizes the French languase) and to load the Ll portion into the initial constants buffer 58 of Fig. 7. In step 128 of Fig. 8, the initialization processor 56 then outputs constant words in the French language, from the initial constants bufîer 58, whicn will be continuously displayed on the display screen 17 during substar.tially the entire interval that Frer.ch is the selected human interface language.
Subsequent operations to input commands and to display messages and help text in the French language continue in the sme manner as the operations described above for the German language, as is indicated in step 130 of Fig. 8.
In an alternate embodiment of the invention, the command t-znslation table cf valid German language ccmmands ar.d their corresponding U.S. English translations which are un~ers-tandable by the command processor 60, can be made a part of the initialization records portion Ll of the language docurient. Then when step 106 of Fig. 8 occurs, the .~ 9 - 8 ~ - ~ 1 o i2S1571 initialization processor 56 calls the file access met;^od 52 of Fig. 7, to access the initial izatior. records portion Ll of the ~irst l anguage docurrent LD2 G ~- Fig . 2 (which characterizes the German language) and to load the L1 portion ir.to the initial constants buffer 58 of Fig. 7, including the com~and translation table.
Then, in this alternate embodiment, when the user inputs a command to the keyboard, in the German language ( for this example), step 11~ of~ Fig. 8, will proceed as rollo~s. When the command processor 60 receives a new comrnand, it refers to the identity of the current selected language which is stored in the current language file 72. If the current language is indicated as U.S. English, the commar.d processor 60 will immediately atternpt to decode the corr~and. Ho~,lever, as in the p~esent example, if the current language indicated by the current language file 72 is not U.S. English, but is German, then the comrrand processor 60 needs to have the new comrnaild translated into U . S . English before proceeding with the decoding operations. In this case, the com~mand prccessor 60 accesses the initial constants buffer 58, of Fig. 7, to access the cor~nand translation table and to fetch the U . S . r.nglish translation of the German language command and return it to the command processor 60 as the command to be decoded and executed.
In either the f irst described embodiment or the alternate embodiment of the invention, the executable components portion L3 of ~he language documents LD1, LD2, etc. may include strings of cc.~ and elements called a command list or CLIST, which can be accessed from the document library 12 by the com~Land processor 60 in the same manner as the accessing of the co~unands in the executable corrponents portion L3 of the language documents in the docurr.ent library, as previously described .
The following provides a rurther detailed description of tne relationship between the language documents and the screen irnage .
The language docu~nent contains the following functional ~ieces:
1~5i1571 l. Initialization Data 2. Message Text
~',9-85-016 -2- iZSi571 Objects of the Invention It is therefor an object of the invention to provide an improved multilingual capability for information processing systems.
It is another object of the invention to provide an improved multilingual czpability for word processing systems.
It is still another object of the invention to provide an improved multilingual capability for distributed word processing systems.
It is yet a further object of the invention to provide an im?roved multilingual capability for screen image build and command decode in distributed word processing systems.
It is still another object of the inven~ion to provide an improved multilingual capability for distributed word processing systems, with full command, message and help support.
SummarY of the Invention These and other objects, features and advantages of the invention are achieved by the multilingual processor disclosed herein, for building screen images on the display screen and for decoding multilingual commands, in an information processing system. The information processing system includes an execution unit having a memory, a bulk storag~ and a workstation connected thereto, the workstation including a keyboard connected to a display screen for inputting command and working text information to the displav screen for display thereof.
In accordance with the invention, the multilingual processor includes a document library stored in the bulk storage device including a plurality of language documents and at least one user document. The language documents each cr.aracterize a selected language and include an initialization records portion, a displayable components portion and an execut2ble components portion.
The multilingual processor further includes a language document selector means, for accessing a selected one of the plurality of language documents in response to a user language .:..9-3_-~ 6 ~2~1S~l selection input from the keyboard specifying that co~.~ands are to be input to the keyboard and messages are to be displayed on the display screen in one of the selected languages.
The multilingual processor further includes an initialization processor means, for accessing the initialization records portion from a first one of the language documents for storage in the memory, to provide a set of constant words to be displayed on the display screen in a first language.
The multilingual processor further includes a message processor means, for accessing the displayable componen~s portion from the first one of the language documents, for the real-time display of messages on the display screen in the first language.
The multilingual processor further includes a command processor means for accessing the executable components portion from the first one of the language documents in response to a user command input in the first selected language to the keyboard, for decoding and e~ecuting the user command input in the first language.
Further in accordance with the invention, the lar.guage document selector mear.s can access a second selected one of the plurality of language documents in response to a second user language selection input from the keyboard specifying that commands are to be input to the keyboard and messages are to be d splayed on the display screen in a second one of the selected languages. In this manner, multilingual processing is achieved for screen image build and command decode.
Brief Description of the Drawings These and other objects, features and advantages of the invention will be more fully appreciated with reference to the accompanying figures.
Fig. l is a diagram of the host data processing system.
Fig. 2 is a conceptual block diagram of the document library 12 which resides in the bulk storage 13 shown in the system diagram of Fig. l.
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Fig. 3 is a schematic di~lg~am of one of the lalguage documents, characterizing a U.S.-English lar.guage, German language or French language document, for example.
Fig. 4 is a layout diagram of-the-screen image at one of the workstations 16 in the system diagram of Fig. 1.
Fig. 5 is a table showing~the language documen~-to-screen image build and decode relationship.
Fig. 6 is a more detailed system block diagram of the invention.
Fig. 7 is a logical block diagram showing the apparatus of the memory 30 including several designated data areas and functional programs controllir.g the operation of the system.
Fig. 8 is a flow diagram showing the sequence of operational steps in a word processing session using ~JO
consecutive human interface languages, in accordance with the invention.
Description of the Best Mode For Carrying Out the Invention The multilingual processor inver.tion is described in figures l through 8. Fig. 1 is a system diagram of the host data processing system within which the multilingual processing invention finds its preferred application. The host data processor 10 is conr.ected through a terminal controller 14 to a plurality of workstations 16, 16A and 16B. The host data processor 10 is also connected to a bulk storage unit 13. The system configuration of Fig. 1 can be embodied with an IB.~1*
System/370-type Host Bata Processor 10, such as an IBM 3081 Processor connectec through an IBM 3274 term nal controller 14 to an IBM 3270 workstation 16. Details of such a configuration can be found, for example, in U.S. Patent 4,271,479 to Cheselka, et al, entitled "Display Terminal ~_th Modularly Attachable Features", which is assigned to the IBM Corporation.
A more detailed description of the host data processor 10 can be found in IBM S~stem/370 Princ ples of Operations, Order No.
GA22-7000, published by the IBM Corporation, 1981. The host data processor 10 can employ an operating system such as the Virtual Machine/Conversational Monitor System (VM/C~1S) which is * Registered Trade Mark r.;9-ô.-016 2~57~L
described in IB~ irtuai Machine Facility/370 Introduction, I3.
Systems Library, Order No. GC20-1800, published by the IB
Corporation, 1981.
The system shown in Fig. 1 is described in greater detail in Fig. 6 where it is seen that the host data processor 10 has a primary bus 28 which intercor.nects the channel 26, the memory 30, the execution unit 32 and the storage controller 34. The bulk storage 13, which can be a large capacity disk drive such as an IB~I 338C, is connected to the storage controller 34. The channel 26 is connected to a plurality of inpu~/output terminals 14A. The channel 26 is also connected to the terminal controller 14. The terminal controller 14 includes a screen buffer 20 which is connected to the display screen 17, a processor 22 which is connected to the screen buffer 20 and also to the keyboard 15, and the communications adapter 24 which is connected to the processor 22. The communications adaptor 24 provides the communications interface with the channel 26 of the host data processor 10. The workstation 16, which includes the display screen 17 and the keyboard 15, is also shown in Fig. 6, as it is related to the terminal controller 14. In addition, the channel 26 includes an output to the printer 36.
A user at the workstation 16 will access the system by inputting commands and working text at the ~eyboard 15. This information is processed by the processor 22 which writes into the local screen buffer 20 for immediate cisplay on the display sc-een 17. Whenever a command key or a function key is depressed on the keyboard 15, the processor 22 alerts the communications adaptor 24 to transfer those portions o the worXing te~t which have been changed in the screen buffer 20, to the channel 26 of the host data processor 10. The information received by the channel 26 is transferred to the bus 28. Conversely, when information is provided by the bulk storage 13 through the information controller 34 to ~he bus 28, or by the execution unit 32 to the bus 28, or by the memory 30 to the bus 28, that information is transferred by the channel ~ 9~ 16 -6- l'~S-~571 26 to the communications adaptor 24 at the terminal controller 1~ for display on the display screen 17.
The random access memory 30 in the host data processor 10 includes a number of data areas and functional programs for operating with the data input into it through the bus 40 which is connected to the bus 28. Fig. 7 is a logical block diaqram showing the apparatus of the memory 30 including several designated data areas and functional programs controlling the operation of the system. The instructions in each of the functional programs are executed ~y ~he execution unit 32. The memory 30 is divided into a plurality of substantially identical partitions 200, 200~ and 200B which respectively ?erform the multilingual processor functions for workstations 16, 16~ and 16B of Fig. 1. The VM/CMS operating system prograr.
50 in the memory 30 provides the overall control for the operatior. of the host data processor 10 and provides the coordination of the memory partitions 200, 200A and 200B so that the users of the respective workstations 16, 16A and 16B
appear to have seemingly separate and independent IBM
System/370 computing systems. See the above cited VM/CMS
reference for further details. The file access method 52 coordinates transfers of data between the bulk store buffer 54 in the memory 30 and the storage controller 34 which interfaces with the bulk storage 13. The printer executive 55 controls printer 36 operations through the channel 26.
In accordance with the invention, the multilingual processor invention includes a document library 12 shown in Fig. 2, which is stored in the bulk storage device 13. The document library 12 includes a plurality of system application documents SD1, SD2, etc., which serve to provide application program information for the word processing -unction -o be performea by the system. More particularly, in accordance with the invention, the document library 12 includes a plurality of language dGcuments LD1, LD2, LD3, etc. The language documents each characterize a selected language, such as ~.S. English, German, French, etc., which serve as the human interface language between the user and the commands input to the system ~ 16 -7- 1~5~S71 and the messages displayed by the system at the works~ation 16.
Also included in the document library 12 is one or more user documents UDl, UD2, etc., which are the working text being prepared by the user during the word processing session. ~hen a particular user cocument, UD1 for example, is to be edited durins a word processing session, the file access method 52 of Fig. 7 loads the working text of UDl from the document library 12 of Fig 2, into the working text buffer 68 or Fig. 7. At the conclusion of editing UD1, the file access method 52 writes the user document ~Dl back into the document library 12 o} the bulk storage 13.
Fig. 3 shows an example of one of the language documents, for example the German language document LD2. Each language document characterizes a selected language such as the German language, which will be employed by the user as the human interface language for inputting commands to the keyboard 15 and for receiving messages and help from the display screen 17.
The three portions of the language document of Fig. 3 are ~he initialization records portion Ll, the displayable components portion L2, and the executable components portion L3.
In accordance with the invention, the multilingual processor further includes the language document selector 70 in the memory 30 of Fig. 7. The language document selector 70 accesses a selected one of the plurality of language cocuments LD1, LD2, LD3, etc., from the document library 12, in response to the user providing a language selection input from the keyboard 15 specirying that the human interface language for the commands, messages, etc. is to be a selected language, such as German. The language document selector 70 will receive the language selection input over the bus 40 and will cause the file access method 52 to access the bulk storage 13 through the storage controller 34, the bus 28, and the bulk storage buf~er 54 to obtain the data from the language document corresponding to the selected language. The identity of the current selected language is stored by the selector 70 in the current language fl]e 72 in memory 30.
~'i3~ i6 -8- ~25~571 Further in accordance with the invention, the multilingual processor includes an initial~zation processor 56 shown in the memory 30 of Fig. 7. The initialization processor 56 operates when a r.ew human interface language has been newly selected by the language document selector 70. The initialization processor 56 accesses the initialization records portion L1 from the newly selected language document in the document library 12, to provide a set of constant words which zre loaded into the initial constant portion 58 of the memory 30. The set of constant words in the initial constant portion 58 will be continually displayed on the display screen 17 during the interval when the newly selected language serves as the current human interface language.
Further in accordance with the invention, the multilingual processor includes the message processor 62 shown in the memory 30 of Fig. 7. The message processor 62 accesses the displayable components portion L2 from the current language document LD2 in the document library 12, for the real-time display of messages on the display screen 17 in the current human interface language specified by the current language file 72. In a similar manner, the help processor 64 shown in the memory 30 of Fig. 7, accesses the displayable components portion L2 of the current language document in the document library 12, for the real-time display of help on the display screen 17 in the current human interface language specified by the current language file 72.
Still further in accordance with the invenlion, the multilingual processor further includes the co~mand processor 60 shown in the memory 30 of Fig. 7. The co~mand processor 60 accesses the executable compon~nts portion L3 OI the current language document in the document library 12, in response to the user making a command input at the keyboard 15 in the current human interface language specified by the current lar,guage file 72. The command processor 60 operates to decode the command input by the user in the current human interface larguage. The co~rand processor 60 further operates to provide prc,per control signals to the execution unit 32 to execute the ~-~3~ 9 l~S~5~1 com~mand input by the user. S~ill further, the co~mand processor 60 operates to provide a real-time displa~7 to the user of any response to the command input on the display screen in the current human interface language.
If the user desires to change the current human interface language, the language document selector 70 will access a second selected one of the language documen~s in the document library 12, in response to a second language selection input ky the user to the keyboard 15, specifying that .he command and messages, etc., are to be in a second human interface language characterized by another one of the language documents LDl, LD2, LD3, etc. In this manner, multilingual processir.g is achieved ror screen image building and deccdins, in an improved manner.
O~eration of the Muitilingual Processor Invention The operation of the multilingual processor invention can be better appreciated with reference to the flow aiagram of Fig. 8. The figure shows the sequence of operational steps in a typical word processing session using two consecutive humar.
interfa_e languages. In the example given, the rirs- language is German and the second language is French.
In Figure 8, the first step 100 starts the word processing session by initializing the operating system 50 and the word processing executive 66 shown in the memory 30 of Fig. 7.
In step 102 of Fig. 8, the user inputs a Set Language command to the keyboard 15, selecting the first human interface language to be German.
In step 104 of Fig. 8, the language document selector 70 of Figure 7, responds to the Set Language co~mand and loads ~he identity of the first selected language (German) into the current language file 72 of Fis. 7. The selector 70 then pacses control to the initialization processor 56 of Fig. 7.
In step 106 of Fig. 8, the initialization processor 56 calls the file access method 52 of Fig. 7, to access the initialization records portion L1 of the first language document LD2 of Fig. 2 (which characterizes the German -- -10- ~:~515,1 language)-and to load the Ll portion into the initia1 constants buffer-58 of Fig. 7. In step 108 of Fig. 8, the inilialization processor 56 then outputs constant words in the German language, from the initial constants buffe- 58, which will be continuous~7y displayed on the display screen 17 during substantially the entire interval that German is the selected human interface language. An~example of this would be the display of the German word "Seite" for "page", which will precede the display of the current page number OII the screen 17.
The same num~er of word constants are required to be displayed on screen 17, regardless of the current selected language. For example, the five word constants "pase", "line", "document", "header", and "footer" are required for U.S.
English, and are located in the Ll portion of the U.S. English language document LD1. Similarly, the Ll portion of the German language document LD2 contains the German language version for each of these five word constants, "Seite", "Zeile", "Dokument", "Briefkopf", and "Briefende", respectivelv. In response to the initialization processor 56, the file access method 52 accesses the L1 portion of the current language document and returns five word constants (in this example) for loading into the initial constants buffer 58. If the current language document is LDl, then the five constants are the U.S.
English word constants "page", "line", "document", "header", and "footer". If the current language document is LD2, then the five constants are the German word constants "Seite", "Zeile", "Dokument", "Briefkopf", and "Briefende".
In step 110 of Fig. 8, the user inpu~s working text to the keyboard 15, which is accumulated in the screen buffer 20 of Fig. 6. Whenever the user hits the Enter key or keyboard 15, portions of the working text are transferred to the working text buffer 68 of Fig. 7. Word processing operations are performed on the working text in the buffer 68 by the word processing executive 66 of Fig. 7, in response to word processing commands input by the user to the keyboard 15. The language of the wor7-ing text being created by the user is 12Si S7~
i~aterial to the multilingual processor invention ard can be the same as the currently selc--cted German human inter~ace language or it can be another lansuage. The problem solved by the multilingual processor invention herein is how a user who is fluent in his own language, can control a word processor which was programmed to respond to commands in a language foreign to the user.
In step 112 of Fig. 8, the user inputs a comhmand to the keyboard, in the German language. For example, the user wishes to enter the command to right justify the working text which has accumulated in the buffer 68, and therefor the user types in the German word "Rechts 1I to the keyboard 15.
In step 114 of Fig. 8, the corr~mand processor 60 receives the new command. The default language for the command ?rocessor 60 is rJ.s. English, that is, commands which are input to the command processor 60 in U.S. English can be i~mediatelv decoded and executed. When the command processor 60 receives a new command, it refers to the identity of the currer.t selected language which is stored in the current language file 72. If the current language is indicated as U.S. Enslish, the commanc processor 60 will i~.ediately attempt to decode the command.
However, as in the present example, if the current language indicated by the current language file 72 is not U.S. English, but is German, then the command processor 60 needs to have the new command translated into U.S. English before proceeding with the decoding operations. In this case, the command processor 60 calls the file access method 52 of Fig. 7, to access the executable components portion L3 of the first language document LD2 of Fig. 2 (which characterizes the German language) and to fetch the U.S. English translation of the German language command "Rechts" from the L3 portion and return it to the command processor 60 as the command to be decoded ar.c executed.
The U.S. English translation of "Rechts" is the word "right"
and it is this command word which is then decoded by the com~and processor 60 for execution of the right justlfy command desired by the user.
i; 5 ~ i o - 1 2~ 571 The executable componentc portion L3 of the lar.guage document LD2 includes a command translation table of valid German language commands and their corresponding U.S. English translations which are understanda~le ~y the command processor 60. For example, in addition to the command pair "Rechts"/'iright", the command ~ranslation table in the L3 portion of the language document LD2 can include command pairs such as "Einfgen"/"insert", "~inden"/"find", "Hilfen"/"help", "Links"/"left", etc. In response to the command processor 60, the file access method 52 will search the L3 portion of the language document LD2 for the command pair containing the German language command called for and when the target com~and pair is found, the file access method 52 will return the corresponding U.S. English translated command word to the command processor 60.
The final stage in the execution of the command in step 114 may require the issuing of a message to the display screen 17, such as the message "Operation completed". Continuing with the present example, when the word processing executive 66 completes the operation of right justifying the working text in the working text buffer 68, it passes control and a message access code to the message processor 62 of Fig. 7 to carry out the process of issuing the desired message. In step 116 of Fig. 8, the message processor 62 then refers to the identity of the current selected language which is stored in the current language file 72 (German, in this example). ~he message processor 62 then calls the file access method 52, to access the displayable components portion L2 of the first language document LD2 of Fig. 2 (which characterizes the German language) and to fetch the German language message "Verfahren vollendet" associated with the message access code supplied by the message processor 62. The desired German language message is returr.ed to the message processor 62 for transmission to the display screen 17.
The displayable components portion L2 of each language document LDl, LD2, LD3, etc. contains substantially the same set of messages, each set being expressed in~the human .ii,~--o .--v ' O
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interface language which characteri~es the respective document, for example U.S. English, Gerr;~lan, French, etc., respectively.
~ach message in the L2 portion of a given language document is associated with a corresponding message access code which is unique within that language document but which is identical to the rnessage access code for the corresponding message in the other language documents. For example, the displayable components portion L2 of the U.S. English language document L~l can have the rollowing three U.S. English messages respectively associated with their corresponding message access codes: DK001 "The language iâ now U.S. English", D~i002 = "You have reached the dccument", DK003 = "Operation completed". The same three message access codes will also be found in the German language document LD2 The displayable components portion L2 of the German language document LD2 will have the following three German language messages respectively associated with their corresponding message access codes: DK001 = "Die Sprache ist jetzt deutsch", DK002 = "Sie haben das Dokument erreicht", DK003 = "Verfahren vollendet".
In step 118 of Fig. 8, the user inputs a help request to the keyboard 15. The display of help text in response to the user's requests for such help, operates in substantially the same manner as the display of messages described above for step 116. In s~ep 120 of Fig. 8, in response to the user's input at the keyboard 15, the help processor 64 refers to the identity of the current selected language which is stored in the current language file 72 (German, in this example). The help processor 64 then calls the ~ile access method 52, to access the displayable components portion L2 of the firs~ language document LD2 of Fig. 2 (which characteri~es the German language) and to fetch the German language help texi associated with the help access code supplied by the help processor 64.
The desired German language help text is returned to the help processor 64 for transmission to the display screen 17.
The displayable components portion L2 of each language document LDl, LD2, LD3, etc. contains substartially the same set of help texts, each set being expressed ~in the human ~-g~ '4 ~SlS71 ir.terface language which cnar~-lcterizes the respective document, for example U.S. Er.glish, German, French, etc., respectively.
Each help text in the L2 portion of a given language document is associated with a corresponding help access code which is unique within that language document but which is id2ntical to the help access code for the corresponding help text in the other language documents.
In this example, the user desires to change the current human interface language from German to French. In step 122 of Fig. 8, ~he user inputs a Set Language command to the keyboard 15, selecting the second human interface language to be French.
In step 124 of Fig. 8, the languase document selector 70 of Figure 7, responds to the Set Language comr.and and loads the identity of the second selected language (Fren_h) into the current language file 72 of Fig. 7. The selector 70 then passes control to the initialization processor 56 of Fig. 7.
In step 126 of Fig. 8, the initialization processor S6 calls the file access method 52 of Fig. 7, to access the initialization records portion Ll of the second languase cocument LD3 of Fig. 2 (which characterizes the French languase) and to load the Ll portion into the initial constants buffer 58 of Fig. 7. In step 128 of Fig. 8, the initialization processor 56 then outputs constant words in the French language, from the initial constants bufîer 58, whicn will be continuously displayed on the display screen 17 during substar.tially the entire interval that Frer.ch is the selected human interface language.
Subsequent operations to input commands and to display messages and help text in the French language continue in the sme manner as the operations described above for the German language, as is indicated in step 130 of Fig. 8.
In an alternate embodiment of the invention, the command t-znslation table cf valid German language ccmmands ar.d their corresponding U.S. English translations which are un~ers-tandable by the command processor 60, can be made a part of the initialization records portion Ll of the language docurient. Then when step 106 of Fig. 8 occurs, the .~ 9 - 8 ~ - ~ 1 o i2S1571 initialization processor 56 calls the file access met;^od 52 of Fig. 7, to access the initial izatior. records portion Ll of the ~irst l anguage docurrent LD2 G ~- Fig . 2 (which characterizes the German language) and to load the L1 portion ir.to the initial constants buffer 58 of Fig. 7, including the com~and translation table.
Then, in this alternate embodiment, when the user inputs a command to the keyboard, in the German language ( for this example), step 11~ of~ Fig. 8, will proceed as rollo~s. When the command processor 60 receives a new comrnand, it refers to the identity of the current selected language which is stored in the current language file 72. If the current language is indicated as U.S. English, the commar.d processor 60 will immediately atternpt to decode the corr~and. Ho~,lever, as in the p~esent example, if the current language indicated by the current language file 72 is not U.S. English, but is German, then the comrrand processor 60 needs to have the new comrnaild translated into U . S . English before proceeding with the decoding operations. In this case, the com~mand prccessor 60 accesses the initial constants buffer 58, of Fig. 7, to access the cor~nand translation table and to fetch the U . S . r.nglish translation of the German language command and return it to the command processor 60 as the command to be decoded and executed.
In either the f irst described embodiment or the alternate embodiment of the invention, the executable components portion L3 of ~he language documents LD1, LD2, etc. may include strings of cc.~ and elements called a command list or CLIST, which can be accessed from the document library 12 by the com~Land processor 60 in the same manner as the accessing of the co~unands in the executable corrponents portion L3 of the language documents in the docurr.ent library, as previously described .
The following provides a rurther detailed description of tne relationship between the language documents and the screen irnage .
The language docu~nent contains the following functional ~ieces:
1~5i1571 l. Initialization Data 2. Message Text
3. Control Acronyms
4. Help Panels a. Quick Help b. More Help c. Menu Help d. Message Help e. ReCerence Help f. Controls Help
5. CLIST definitions
6. Command Panels Each functional piece of the document is startec by a LABEL control. It continues until the next LABEL, or until the end of the document. The label consists of 4 items:
l. The name of the piece 2. The type of the piece 3. The default help 4. Additional processing information The linkage between pieces is done by t~o mechanisms:
l. The default help field in the label gives a linkage tO the help for CLISTs and panels, and the more detailed help for help panels.
2. Any panel (either help or command) may contain a HELP
REFERENCE control. If help is requested when the cursor is in a field controlled by a help reference, ther. the linkage is to the piece named by the help reference.
If an alternate language is desired, then ~he entire document is replaced. The information from the initialization section must also be read into storage.
The above functional pieces of language document are organized into ihree general sections, initialization records Ll, displayable components L2 and executable components L3.
The initialization records Ll include editor constants which a~e translatable based on the specific languase; acronyms for specific controls which can exist within the docu~"eni itself; and items needed for initialization such as the initial ~I`` 3~ 6 12S157~
PF keys, settings, co~mand an~1 operand synonyms, translate tables, escape sequences, etc.
The displayable componen!: L2 of the language document contains items that may be briefly needed du~ing the currenc session such as message text, window da-ta for building windows, (for command panels) and the different ~ypes of help messages.
The third part of the language document of Fis. 3 is the executable component L3, which includes the system CLISTs, command lists which are needed during the edit session. A
CLIST is a sequence of elementary commands defined by the user and callable by a single command word.
Within each of the components of a language document, for example the displayable component L2, a label located at the beginning of an entry designates whether it is for a command panel or a heip panel. This is identified by a control label.
The control label specifies the name of the portion accessed, the type, for example a CLIST, a help window, a messace help, etc., the default help associated with this portion, and any other additional processing information that is needed.
Additionally, within each of the window panels, there is a help referer.ce conL-oller which specifies an associated field. When windows are displayed, this enables the system to move through a series of windows from one to the other, because the help reference controller will point to the next label.
Fach screen which is built has various parts associated with it. Re~erring to Fig. 4, the upper left-hand corner shows the document name Sl that is currently being edited. S2 refers to the verify-view-port. This is a small area of the screen that specifies a special operation currently occurring, for example, a spelling task, a move, a copy, etc. S3 - S6 refer to the page and line number which is the first part of the document displayed on the screen. S7 is a message lir.e where any messages that the editor has will be displayed. S8 is the stationary command line, an area of the screen where a user can enter commands to be performed. S9 - 12 is the document text area of the screen. S9 is the actual working text of the document. S10 - 12 are optional. S10 is a page i~1~g~ ~16 ~S15~
separa.or. The system can show multiple pages at once and the page separator has the name of the new page. S11 refers to any type of window which might be displayed. The window can be a command panel, a help panel, etc. If so designated, S12 can display the hidden controls of the document. If they are displayed in the document control area the user wil_ see the two to three character acronym which is received from the current language document. S'3 is the program function key area. This area is O - 4 lines of the screen displaying either 9, 12 or 2~ PF key settings. It also shows displayable text that describes the function which is currently assigned to that key.
Fig. 5 is a table which describes the relationship between a language document and the building or decoding of a sc~een image. The left hand column of Fig. 5 identifies the screen area (shown in Fig. ~). The middle column of Fig. 5 describes which part of the language document has information in it which is needed to build the corresponding part of the screen. The right hand column of Fig. 5 shows which part of the language document of Fig. 3 has data in it which can or may be used to decode or read the information displayed on the screen in Fig.
~. Sl, the document name, is not applicable in both cases.
S2, which is the verify-view-port is a field that can come from any part of the language document. This is not used in.
decoding the screen. S3, the actual constant "page", comes from Ll, initialization, and is a constant havins the word "page" in the correct language. It is not used for decode.
sa, the "line" constant is the same as "page", that is a translated constant that is kept in the initialization record and is not used for decode. S5 and S6 are the actual page and line number and these are resolved directly from the document and therefore are not involved in the languase document. S7 is a message line~ Any time a message is sent from the editor, a message i.d. is used and that is found directly in the displayable components L2 of the language document. It also can be from a CLIST, in which case the specific messase text is ai~en from L3 out of the language document. The message line ~ 9-~-G16 1~5~S71 is not used in decoding the s~reen. S8 is the command lire which is not used in building but can be read in the case of a user co~mand and can come frorn anywhere in the documenti L1, L2 or L3. S9 is the working te~t which is transparent to the language document; the set is placed directly in the document.
S10 is the page separator. In this case the system uses the constant 2er page, which is found in the initializa,ion record Ll of the language document for building the screen (not applicable when decodins the screen). S11 are window panels which come from either L2, the displayable co~.~onent o~ the language document, or in some cases some windo-~s merelv use some of the constants defined in Ll of the language document (none of which is applicable to reading the window). S12 are control acronyms which are constants defined ir. 'he initialization record Ll of the language document these are not used in decoding the screen). S13 is the "PF" key area and constants are used for the actual PF coming from L1 of the language documen~. In decoding a PF key h-t, the system uses either L1, L2 or L3, depending on whether it is a constant, an acronym, a synonym or the name of an actual command or CLIST.
Referring to Fig. 2, to change the current language document during an edit session, use the command called Set Language. The user specifles the name of the new language in building and decoding screens, in other words, communicating with the editor itself. The editor then searches the documcnt library 12 for the specified language document. Wnen found, all the initialization records Ll of that document are then stored in memory 30 which gives access to the new corstants and new cc~mand synonyms, new operand synonyms, and provides a new copy of the initial PF key settings. All of the old synonyms are now discarded and the user is ready to continue. The editor will now respond in this new language.
The resultins multilingual processing capability enables an improved technique for screen image building and screen mage decoding in a word processor and which provides for full ccr~and, messace and help support, in an improved manner.
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Although a specific embocliment of the invention has been disclosed it is understood b~ those or skill in the a~-t that changes can be made in the fo~m and detail or the invention ~ithout departing from the spirit and the scope of the invention.
What is claimed is:
l. The name of the piece 2. The type of the piece 3. The default help 4. Additional processing information The linkage between pieces is done by t~o mechanisms:
l. The default help field in the label gives a linkage tO the help for CLISTs and panels, and the more detailed help for help panels.
2. Any panel (either help or command) may contain a HELP
REFERENCE control. If help is requested when the cursor is in a field controlled by a help reference, ther. the linkage is to the piece named by the help reference.
If an alternate language is desired, then ~he entire document is replaced. The information from the initialization section must also be read into storage.
The above functional pieces of language document are organized into ihree general sections, initialization records Ll, displayable components L2 and executable components L3.
The initialization records Ll include editor constants which a~e translatable based on the specific languase; acronyms for specific controls which can exist within the docu~"eni itself; and items needed for initialization such as the initial ~I`` 3~ 6 12S157~
PF keys, settings, co~mand an~1 operand synonyms, translate tables, escape sequences, etc.
The displayable componen!: L2 of the language document contains items that may be briefly needed du~ing the currenc session such as message text, window da-ta for building windows, (for command panels) and the different ~ypes of help messages.
The third part of the language document of Fis. 3 is the executable component L3, which includes the system CLISTs, command lists which are needed during the edit session. A
CLIST is a sequence of elementary commands defined by the user and callable by a single command word.
Within each of the components of a language document, for example the displayable component L2, a label located at the beginning of an entry designates whether it is for a command panel or a heip panel. This is identified by a control label.
The control label specifies the name of the portion accessed, the type, for example a CLIST, a help window, a messace help, etc., the default help associated with this portion, and any other additional processing information that is needed.
Additionally, within each of the window panels, there is a help referer.ce conL-oller which specifies an associated field. When windows are displayed, this enables the system to move through a series of windows from one to the other, because the help reference controller will point to the next label.
Fach screen which is built has various parts associated with it. Re~erring to Fig. 4, the upper left-hand corner shows the document name Sl that is currently being edited. S2 refers to the verify-view-port. This is a small area of the screen that specifies a special operation currently occurring, for example, a spelling task, a move, a copy, etc. S3 - S6 refer to the page and line number which is the first part of the document displayed on the screen. S7 is a message lir.e where any messages that the editor has will be displayed. S8 is the stationary command line, an area of the screen where a user can enter commands to be performed. S9 - 12 is the document text area of the screen. S9 is the actual working text of the document. S10 - 12 are optional. S10 is a page i~1~g~ ~16 ~S15~
separa.or. The system can show multiple pages at once and the page separator has the name of the new page. S11 refers to any type of window which might be displayed. The window can be a command panel, a help panel, etc. If so designated, S12 can display the hidden controls of the document. If they are displayed in the document control area the user wil_ see the two to three character acronym which is received from the current language document. S'3 is the program function key area. This area is O - 4 lines of the screen displaying either 9, 12 or 2~ PF key settings. It also shows displayable text that describes the function which is currently assigned to that key.
Fig. 5 is a table which describes the relationship between a language document and the building or decoding of a sc~een image. The left hand column of Fig. 5 identifies the screen area (shown in Fig. ~). The middle column of Fig. 5 describes which part of the language document has information in it which is needed to build the corresponding part of the screen. The right hand column of Fig. 5 shows which part of the language document of Fig. 3 has data in it which can or may be used to decode or read the information displayed on the screen in Fig.
~. Sl, the document name, is not applicable in both cases.
S2, which is the verify-view-port is a field that can come from any part of the language document. This is not used in.
decoding the screen. S3, the actual constant "page", comes from Ll, initialization, and is a constant havins the word "page" in the correct language. It is not used for decode.
sa, the "line" constant is the same as "page", that is a translated constant that is kept in the initialization record and is not used for decode. S5 and S6 are the actual page and line number and these are resolved directly from the document and therefore are not involved in the languase document. S7 is a message line~ Any time a message is sent from the editor, a message i.d. is used and that is found directly in the displayable components L2 of the language document. It also can be from a CLIST, in which case the specific messase text is ai~en from L3 out of the language document. The message line ~ 9-~-G16 1~5~S71 is not used in decoding the s~reen. S8 is the command lire which is not used in building but can be read in the case of a user co~mand and can come frorn anywhere in the documenti L1, L2 or L3. S9 is the working te~t which is transparent to the language document; the set is placed directly in the document.
S10 is the page separator. In this case the system uses the constant 2er page, which is found in the initializa,ion record Ll of the language document for building the screen (not applicable when decodins the screen). S11 are window panels which come from either L2, the displayable co~.~onent o~ the language document, or in some cases some windo-~s merelv use some of the constants defined in Ll of the language document (none of which is applicable to reading the window). S12 are control acronyms which are constants defined ir. 'he initialization record Ll of the language document these are not used in decoding the screen). S13 is the "PF" key area and constants are used for the actual PF coming from L1 of the language documen~. In decoding a PF key h-t, the system uses either L1, L2 or L3, depending on whether it is a constant, an acronym, a synonym or the name of an actual command or CLIST.
Referring to Fig. 2, to change the current language document during an edit session, use the command called Set Language. The user specifles the name of the new language in building and decoding screens, in other words, communicating with the editor itself. The editor then searches the documcnt library 12 for the specified language document. Wnen found, all the initialization records Ll of that document are then stored in memory 30 which gives access to the new corstants and new cc~mand synonyms, new operand synonyms, and provides a new copy of the initial PF key settings. All of the old synonyms are now discarded and the user is ready to continue. The editor will now respond in this new language.
The resultins multilingual processing capability enables an improved technique for screen image building and screen mage decoding in a word processor and which provides for full ccr~and, messace and help support, in an improved manner.
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Although a specific embocliment of the invention has been disclosed it is understood b~ those or skill in the a~-t that changes can be made in the fo~m and detail or the invention ~ithout departing from the spirit and the scope of the invention.
What is claimed is:
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1. In an information processing system including an execution unit having a memory, a bulk storage and a workstation connected thereto operated by a user, said workstation including a keyboard connected to a display screen for inputting command and working text information to said display screen for display thereon, a multilingual processor for building screeen images on said display screen and for decoding multilingual, user defined commands, comprising:
a document library stored in said bulk storage device including a plurality of language documents and at least one user document;
said language documents each characterizing a selected language and including an initialization records portion, a displayable components portion and an executable components portion including a sequence of elementary commands defined by the user;
a language document selector means, for accessing a selected one of said plurality of language documents in response to a user language selection input from said keyboard specifying that commands are to be input to said keyboard and messages are to be displayed on said display screen in a first one of said selected languages;
an initialization processor means, for accessing said initialization records portion from a first one of said language documents for storage in said memory, to provide a set of constant words to be continuously displayed on said display screen in said first language;
a message processor means, for accessing said displayable components portion from said first one of said language documents, for the real-time display of messages on said display screen in said first language;
a command processor means for accessing said sequence of elementary commands defined by the user in said executable components portion of said first one of said language documents in response to a user command input in said first selected language to said keyboard, for decoding said user command input in said first language;
said language document selector means accessing a second selected one of said plurality of language documents in response to a second user language selection input from said keyboard specifying that commands are to be input to said keyboard and messages are to be displayed on said display screen in a second one of said selected languages;
whereby multilingual processing is achieved for screen image build and decoding of user defined commmands.
a document library stored in said bulk storage device including a plurality of language documents and at least one user document;
said language documents each characterizing a selected language and including an initialization records portion, a displayable components portion and an executable components portion including a sequence of elementary commands defined by the user;
a language document selector means, for accessing a selected one of said plurality of language documents in response to a user language selection input from said keyboard specifying that commands are to be input to said keyboard and messages are to be displayed on said display screen in a first one of said selected languages;
an initialization processor means, for accessing said initialization records portion from a first one of said language documents for storage in said memory, to provide a set of constant words to be continuously displayed on said display screen in said first language;
a message processor means, for accessing said displayable components portion from said first one of said language documents, for the real-time display of messages on said display screen in said first language;
a command processor means for accessing said sequence of elementary commands defined by the user in said executable components portion of said first one of said language documents in response to a user command input in said first selected language to said keyboard, for decoding said user command input in said first language;
said language document selector means accessing a second selected one of said plurality of language documents in response to a second user language selection input from said keyboard specifying that commands are to be input to said keyboard and messages are to be displayed on said display screen in a second one of said selected languages;
whereby multilingual processing is achieved for screen image build and decoding of user defined commmands.
2. In an information processing system including an execution unit having a memory, a bulk storage and a workstation connected thereto operated by a user, said workstation including a keyboard connected to a display screen for inputting command and working text information to said display screen for display and decoding user defined commands, a multilingual processing method for building screen images on said display thereon, comprising the steps of:
storing a document library in said bulk storage device including a plurality of language documents and at least one user document;
said language documents each characterizing a selected language and including an initialization records portion, a displayable components portion and an executable components portion including a sequence of elementary commands defined by the user;
accessing a selected one of said plurality of language documents with a language document selector means, in response to a user language selection input from said keyboard specifying that commands are to be input to said keyboard and messages are to be displayed on said display screen in a first one of said selected languages;
accessing said initialization records portion from a first one of said language documents for storage in said memory with an initialization processor means, to provide a set of constant words to be continuously displayed on said display screen in said first language;
accessing said displayable components portion from said first one of said language documents with a message processor means, for the real-time display of messages on said display screen in said first language;
accessing said sequence of elementary commands defined by the user in said executable components portion of said first one of said language documents with a command processor means, in response to a user command input in said first selected language to said keyboard, for decoding and executing said user command input in said first language;
accessing a second selected one of said plurality of language documents with said language document selector means, in response to a second user language selection input from said keyboard specifying that commands are to be input to said keyboard and messages are to be displayed on said display screen in a second one of said selected languages;
whereby multilingual processing is achieved for screen image build and decoding of user defined commands.
storing a document library in said bulk storage device including a plurality of language documents and at least one user document;
said language documents each characterizing a selected language and including an initialization records portion, a displayable components portion and an executable components portion including a sequence of elementary commands defined by the user;
accessing a selected one of said plurality of language documents with a language document selector means, in response to a user language selection input from said keyboard specifying that commands are to be input to said keyboard and messages are to be displayed on said display screen in a first one of said selected languages;
accessing said initialization records portion from a first one of said language documents for storage in said memory with an initialization processor means, to provide a set of constant words to be continuously displayed on said display screen in said first language;
accessing said displayable components portion from said first one of said language documents with a message processor means, for the real-time display of messages on said display screen in said first language;
accessing said sequence of elementary commands defined by the user in said executable components portion of said first one of said language documents with a command processor means, in response to a user command input in said first selected language to said keyboard, for decoding and executing said user command input in said first language;
accessing a second selected one of said plurality of language documents with said language document selector means, in response to a second user language selection input from said keyboard specifying that commands are to be input to said keyboard and messages are to be displayed on said display screen in a second one of said selected languages;
whereby multilingual processing is achieved for screen image build and decoding of user defined commands.
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