Multilingual processing for screen image build and command decode in a word processor, with full command, message and help support

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 languge 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.