Information processing apparatus, and information processing method

An information processing method comprising:

• detecting, using a processor, flick operation in a text area where an input character string is displayed;
• determining, using the processor, a direction of the detected flick operation;
• selecting, when a first flick operation is performed in a predetermined direction reverse to the character writing direction, characters the number of which is according to a length of the first flick operation from the character string located at a starting position of the first flick operation, using the processor;
• storing, using the processor, the selected characters in a finger recording buffer adapting a last-in, first-out (LIFO) system upon detecting the predetermined direction, the starting position, and the length of the flick operation;
• obtaining, when a second flick operation is performed in a direction reverse to the predetermined direction, the number of characters according to the length of the second flick operation from the finger recording buffer;
• and
• outputting, using the processor and in accordance with the LIFO system of the finger recording buffer, the obtained characters to the starting position of the second flick operation in the text area and removing the obtained characters from the finger recording buffer.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein an information processing program causing a computer to execute a process comprising:

• detecting flick operation in a text area where an input character string is displayed;
• determining a direction of the detected flick operation;
• selecting, when a first flick operation is performed in a predetermined direction reverse to the character writing direction, characters the number of which is according to a length of the first flick operation from the character string located at a starting position of the first flick operation;
• storing the selected characters in a finger recording buffer adapting a last-in, first-out (LIFO) system upon detecting the predetermined direction, the starting position, and the length of the flick operation;
• obtaining, when a second flick operation is performed in a direction reverse to the predetermined direction, the number of characters according to the length of the second flick operation from the finger recording buffer;
• and
• outputting, in accordance with the LIFO system of the finger recording buffer, the obtained characters to the starting position of the second flick operation in the text area and removing the obtained characters from the finger recording buffer.