System and method for editing information
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1. A method of editing a set of information comprising a plurality of objects, the method comprising:
- receiving a first set of at least one command in a graphical editor, said graphical editor allowing the information in the set to be edited by graphical manipulation of graphical representations of the plurality of the objects;
identifying an initial text responsive to the set of information and the indication of the at least one command; and
displaying, responsive to the initial text identified, at a location on a display screen, a text-based editor for editinga portion of the information, the portion and the location responsive to at least the first set of at least one command.
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Abstract
A system and method provides a pop up window containing a text editor to allow tags or attributes or other commands to be edited in accordance with a selected graphical object or a specified insertion point in a graphics editor.
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63 Claims
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1. A method of editing a set of information comprising a plurality of objects, the method comprising:
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receiving a first set of at least one command in a graphical editor, said graphical editor allowing the information in the set to be edited by graphical manipulation of graphical representations of the plurality of the objects; identifying an initial text responsive to the set of information and the indication of the at least one command; and displaying, responsive to the initial text identified, at a location on a display screen, a text-based editor for editing a portion of the information, the portion and the location responsive to at least the first set of at least one command. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for editing a set of information comprising a plurality of objects, the system comprising:
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a graphics editor having a first input for receiving a first set of at least one command, and a second input for receiving the set of information, the graphics editor for allowing the information in the set to be edited by graphical manipulation received at the graphics editor first input of graphical representations of the plurality of the objects provided at a graphics editor first output, said graphics editor additionally for providing an indication of the at least one command in the first set at a graphics editor second output; an editor manager having a first input coupled to the graphics editor second output for receiving the indication, and a second input for receiving the set of information, the editor manager for displaying at a location of a display screen via a first output a text-based editor for editing a portion of the information, the portion and the location responsive to the first set of at least one command; and an initial text/label selector having a first input coupled to the graphics editor second output for receiving the indication of the at least one command, and a second input operatively coupled for receiving the set of information, the initial text/label selector for identifying an initial text responsive to the indication and the set of information and providing the initial text at an output; and wherein the editor manager additionally comprises a third input coupled to the initial text/label selector for receiving the initial text and the editor manager displays the text editor responsive to the initial text. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for editing a set of information comprising a plurality of objects, the computer program product comprising computer readable program code devices configured to cause a computer to:
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receive a first set of at least one command in a graphical editor, said graphical editor allowing the information in the set to be edited by graphical manipulation of graphical representations of the plurality of the objects; identify an initial text responsive to the set of information and the indication of the at least one command; and display, responsive to the initial text identified, at a location on a display screen a text-based editor for editing a portion of the information, the portion and the location responsive to at least the first set of at least one command. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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