Method and apparatus for displaying text on a single-line displa

Details Method and apparatus for displaying text on a single-line displa Method and apparatus for displaying text on a single-line displa

1987-02-27

1988-11-01

Brigance, Gerald L.

Communications: electrical

Land vehicle alarms or indicators

Internal alarm or indicator responsive to a condition of the...

340792, G09G 300

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047823399

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus to avoid disturbing an inexperienced operator of a text station, such as a typewriter or other word processing device which is equipped with a one-line display device (6), when the text approaches the end of the display device and a word must be hyphenated. In a typical conventional text station having a one-line display device, the current typing position is marked on the display device by a cursor (9) which automatically advances toward the right margin (10) until a line feed is initiated, whereupon the cursor jumps to the left margin (11) on the display device and the previously displayed text is erased. If a word is divided, the first part of the divided word is then no longer visible at a conventional text station after the automatic line feed, and for inexperienced operators this disturbs the typing rhythm. One embodiment of the present invention avoids this disturbance by resetting the cursor to the left margin after a hyphen and erasing the text except for the first part of the divided word and the hyphen at the right margin. After the second part of the divided word has been completed at the left margin, the operator actuates a control number (such as the space bar) and causes the first part of the word to also be erased. This keeps both parts of a divided word visible until the word is completed, which facilitates monitoring of the text being prepared.

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