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What is Rashumon?
Rashumon is the first multi-lingual word-processor for the Amiga computer.
It supports multiple fonts (including Agfa Intellifonts), 256 colors for
graphic objects and 8 colors for text and tables. it has full Postscript
and an IFF support (exporting and importing, including PC and Mac files).
Installing Rashumon in a Hard Disk:
Rashumon comes with a utility that automatically does the installing for you.
To install Rashumon in your hard disk, double click the Install_HD icon.
=============================== Version 3 updates ===========================
1. Printing:
Rashumon 3 prints at the highest resolution of your printer. You can't print
at any better quality! Printing quality can be selected from the "prefs"
requester from 12 options. Make sure the "Density" option in PrinterGfx
(preferences) is set to the highest density your printer supports.
The Postscript mode lets you print Postscript level 2 documents including
color and gray scale images and text (up to 1.6 milion colors or 256 gray
shades.
2. Scala Lingua script output.
Any document can now be converter into Scala Lingua script format. The
conversion includes: text (in any language), color, attributes, layout,
line spacing, tab stops, IFF brushes. Structured drawings (made by
Rashumon's Table Generator) aren't supported in Scala's current version but
will be supported in next version.
3. General
Rashumon 3 was developed under SAS 6.51 compiler. It was optimized with SAS
optimizer and FlexeLint. Debugging was made with SAS CPR, MemGuard, and
MemWatch.
=========================== Technical Support ===============================
We give technical support by Fax or by mail. Our fax number is +9723-315-967.
Our address is:
HarmonySoft, 69 Jabotinsky st. Givatayim 53319 ISRAEL.
EMail: (InterNet) harmony@ccsg.tau.ac.il
=========================== AmigaHASP instructions ==========================
1. Please connect the AmigaHASP protection plug to the Serial Port.
2. When you run Rashumon for the first time, you will be asked to personalize
your copy by entering your name and address / company name as well as your
personal user id. The user id should be included in the package.
3. If you have ordered the Try&Buy pack, you will be able to try Rashumon 10
times before you decide to buy it. Then you will be asked to personalize
it and you will ofcourse need to get your perosnal id from HarmonySoft.
=========================== Fonts manipulations =============================
With Rashumon 3 you can change the current font you are using to a differect
one while keeping the same size used. This is done by simply pressing F10 and
choosing the new font.
It is also possible to change the text's size without effecting the font that
is currently used. This is done by pressing SHIFT+F10.
These 2 commands can be used on highlighted text in order to either change
characters sizes in the selection to a certain size without effecting the
fonts used within the selection.
Also, you can change a selection to a different font without effecting
characters sizes.
========================== Using your own fonts =============================
Rashumon supports both bitmapped and Agfa Intellifont compugraphic fonts. You
can add any of these types to your fonts: library. further more, Rashumon's
Font Requester gives you the ability to use fonts from different paths. Just
click the "Add Path" gadget in order to add a new path.
To use Postscript Adobe Type1 fonts from Rashumon, you need to have:
1. The Type1 font as a .PFB file (unless this font is one of your printer's
resident fonts - in that case, just add the font's name to the
'residentfonts.pref' file.
2. The metric file as a .AFM file. You must have an .AFM file for it's plain,
bold, italics and bold-italics (both are optional since Rashumon can
italicize fonts automatically creating an Oblique type).
3. Screen font for each Postscript type. If you don't have a screen font, you
can send your Type1 font to HarmonySoft and we will create a screen font
for you.