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From: emcmanus@gr.osf.org (Eamonn McManus)
Subject: Re: reserving registers from within macros
Organization: Open Software Foundation Research Institute, Grenoble
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 12:51:22 GMT

carlisle@cs.man.ac.uk (David Carlisle) writes:
>Arghhhh! Down with \outer'ness!

Absolutely.  As it stands, \outer tokens are just much more trouble
than they are worth.  If TeX had something like METAFONT's commands
for switching between inner- and outer-ness, or a way to say "I know
that the following token is \outer and I can deal with it", I could
bear them.  As it is, I tend to include this file when doing macro
programming, and forget about the problem:

% unouter.tex - remove the concept of \outer from plain TeX
% By Eamonn McManus Nov 88.  This file is not copyrighted.

% This macro removes the outerness of the control sequence \csname#1\endcsname
% by copying it to \csname un*#1\endcsname and then defining
% \csname#1\endcsname to be a macro that expands to that.  For example,
% after \unouter{proclaim}, we have: \proclaim=macro:->\un*proclaim .
% and \un*proclaim=\outer macro:->[original definition of \proclaim] .
% It would be nice if we could avoid this extra level, but I know of no way
% of doing that short of writing the \meaning to a file and reading that in
% again (yeuch).
\def\unouter#1{\toks0=\expandafter{\csname un*#1\endcsname}%
	\edef\next{\let\the\toks0=}\expandafter\next\csname#1\endcsname
	\expandafter\edef\csname#1\endcsname{\the\toks0}}

% In the case where the macro has no parameter text, we can unouter it
% directly by putting its expansion into a token list and redefining it
% in terms of that expansion.
\def\simpunouter#1{%
	\toks0=\expandafter\expandafter\expandafter{\csname#1\endcsname}%
	\expandafter\edef\csname#1\endcsname{\the\toks0}}

% ^^L is defined as \outer\par
\let^^L=\par

% Change everything else defined as \outer.
\simpunouter{newcount} \simpunouter{newdimen} \simpunouter{newskip}
\simpunouter{newmuskip} \simpunouter{newbox} \simpunouter{newtoks}
\simpunouter{newread} \simpunouter{newwrite} \simpunouter{newfam}
\simpunouter{+} \simpunouter{bye}
\unouter{newhelp} \unouter{newif} \unouter{beginsection} \unouter{proclaim}

% \unouter no longer needed, and remove the offending primitive!
\let\unouter=\undefined \let\simpunouter=\undefined \let\outer=\relax

\endinput
From: marc@es.ele.tue.nl (Marc Heijligers)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: DirectTeX
Date: 2 Sep 92 11:06:17 GMT
	<1992Aug31.233934.1@cbrown.claremont.edu>
	<1992Sep1.130513.15275@husc3.harvard.edu> <27451@life.ai.mit.edu>
Organization: Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
In-reply-to: bkph@wheat-chex.ai.mit.edu's message of 1 Sep 92 20:59:52 GMT


With TeXtures I don't like it to save the .dvi information in the .tex file as
a resource. I do a lot of sharing of my .tex files with a Unix system, which
doesn't like the resource fork.

I also don't like that I can only TeX files which are open. I think the editor
is not very good, and I would like a much more emacs-like editor. But sharing
a TeX file between 2 editors is an open and close game I don't like

The newest TeXtures however seems to be faster than DirectTeX, especially when
doing previewing and printing. 

Marc
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
From: unruh@physics.ubc.ca (William Unruh)
Subject: Tex Macro expansion program?
Summary: Tex Macro expansion program ?
Keywords: Tex, macros, expansion
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 19:48:21 GMT


does a program exist which will take the user defined macros and produce
a Tex or Latex document with those macros expanded out in the text? For
the simplest of macros one could obviously just do a Searcha and
Replace, but for more complex, argument dependent macros that just does
not work. However, such a program would allow one to use ones own
macros, and then ship off a file ( eg to publishers, etc) which are in
plain Tex/ Latex format. It should not expand all macros ( bare Tex is of
course awfull) but only those macros specified by the user- eg all of
those in the file itself, and those in specified external macro
packages.
Pls email me as well as posting in this group since I don't read this
group often.
Thanks
Bill Unruh
unruh@physics.ubc.ca
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
From: mhmann@nyx.cs.du.edu (Me Mann)
Subject: Re: Stripping a .dvi down to text, how to...
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 92 01:20:08 GMT

In article <1992Aug31.184312.1@ducvax.auburn.edu> hank@ducvax.auburn.edu writes:
>In article <1992Aug31.185939.14991@unixg.ubc.ca>, george@unixg.ubc.ca (George Chow) writes:
>>   I have a largish (~130 pages) .dvi files that I need to convert to text.
>> I don't have access to the .tex source files. Is there any tools available
>> to do this? I've gone through the FAQ and the closest thing I found was 
>
>If you have access to a PC running MSDOS or OS/2, then dvispell from the
>emTeX distribution may be a good choice. Look on ftp-os2.nmsu.edu in
>pub/os2/all/emtex/betatest/
>
>It will not produce a TeX file, but will produce a text file. Math will require
>considerable editing.
>
>--darrel hankerson hank@ducvax.auburn.edu

Can also use dvi2tty and direct the output to a file. This way you 
too get a text file and you need to fix the equations/tables etc.

Me Han Mann
From: mroth@afit.af.mil (Mark A. Roth)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: wierd end of processing errors
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 10:20:32 EDT
Organization: Info-Tex<==>Comp.Text.Tex Gateway
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To: mroth@afit.af.mil (Mark A. Roth)
Cc: Info-tex@shsu.edu
Subject: Re: wierd end of processing errors
Reply-To: Schoepf@sc.ZIB-Berlin.DE
Organization: Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum fuer Informationstechnik Berlin
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Mark A. Roth writes:

 > Recently, we have been getting the following kinds of errors when processing
 > with LaTeX (NFSS loaded) and our local thesis style.  The errors don't hurt
 > anything, but they are a pain.  Has anyone seen this before and can give
 > me a clue of where to look?
 >
 >  .
 >  .
 >  .
 > [29] [30] (usethesis.aux (avail.aux)) )
 > (\end occurred when \iftrue on line 354 was incomplete)
 > (\end occurred when \iftrue on line 354 was incomplete)
 > ...

The reason is probably the change of counter used was changed from
enumi to enumiv in the bibliography environment. Have look at the
following definition from art10.doc. It is important to reset
\p@enumiv and \theenumiv. (I did this wrong myself when I made the
change to the standard document styles.)

\def\thebibliography#1{\section*{\refname\@mkboth
  {\uppercase{\refname}}{\uppercase{\refname}}}\list
  {\@biblabel{\arabic{enumiv}}}{\settowidth\labelwidth{\@biblabel{#1}}%
    \leftmargin\labelwidth
    \advance\leftmargin\labelsep
    \usecounter{enumiv}%
    \let\p@enumiv\@empty
    \def\theenumiv{\arabic{enumiv}}}%
    \def\newblock{\hskip .11em plus.33em minus.07em}%
    \sloppy\clubpenalty4000\widowpenalty4000
    \sfcode`\.=1000\relax}


   Rainer Schoepf
   Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum                       ,,Ich mag es nicht, wenn
    fuer Informationstechnik Berlin            sich die Dinge so frueh
   Heilbronner Strasse 10                      am Morgen schon so
   W-1000 Berlin 31                            dynamisch entwickeln!''
   Federal Republic of Germany
   <Schoepf@sc.ZIB-Berlin.de> or <Schoepf@sc.ZIB-Berlin.dbp.de>


----- End Included Message -----

Rainer was right on the money.  This was exactly my problem.
I was missing the lines:
    \let\p@enumiv\@empty
    \def\theenumiv{\arabic{enumiv}}
from my definition of \thebibliography.  Note that I have been using
this style at our school for some time, so this problem turned up only
with the more recent versions of LaTeX/NFSS.

Thanks to all who replied to my message.

Mark Roth
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
From: john@phobos.sscl.uwo.ca (John Tucker)
Subject: DVIDOT for unix?? (Ultrix 4.2A)
Organization: University of Western Ontario
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 00:45:35 GMT

It may be FAQ, so I'd like any responses to be emailed and I will
summarize if necessary. 

I looked (briefly) in the FAQ series for TeX and LaTeX, but couldn't
see anything resembling what I want:
	a dvi -> dot-matrix converter which will compile and run on 
unix. 

The specific dot-matrix I have in mind is a DEC LA324, with IBM-proprinter
XL24 emulation.

Any ideas???

Please e-mail any responses (or requests for a summary)

john@phobos.sscl.uwo.ca
From: dhosek@cbrown.claremont.edu
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: Footnotes in Tex
Date: 26 Aug 92 00:23:29 GMT
Organization: Harvey Mudd College

In article <1992Aug25.221846.10043@mcshub.dcss.mcmaster.ca>, fischer@physun.physics.mcmaster.ca (Phil Fischer) writes:
> Is there a simple way of setting the baselineskip for footnotes in
> Plain Tex.

You need to redefine \vfootnote.

-dh

Don Hosek                  
dhosek@ymir.claremont.edu  
Quixote Digital Typography 
714-621-1291
From: schoepf@sc.ZIB-Berlin.DE (Rainer Schoepf)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: wierd end of processing errors
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 13:55:24 +0200
Organization: Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum fuer Informationstechnik Berlin
X-Gateway-Source-Info: Mailing List

Mark A. Roth writes:

 > Recently, we have been getting the following kinds of errors when processing
 > with LaTeX (NFSS loaded) and our local thesis style.  The errors don't hurt
 > anything, but they are a pain.  Has anyone seen this before and can give
 > me a clue of where to look?
 >
 >  .
 >  .
 >  .
 > [29] [30] (usethesis.aux (avail.aux)) )
 > (\end occurred when \iftrue on line 354 was incomplete)
 > (\end occurred when \iftrue on line 354 was incomplete)
 > ...

The reason is probably the change of counter used was changed from
enumi to enumiv in the bibliography environment. Have look at the
following definition from art10.doc. It is important to reset
\p@enumiv and \theenumiv. (I did this wrong myself when I made the
change to the standard document styles.)

\def\thebibliography#1{\section*{\refname\@mkboth
  {\uppercase{\refname}}{\uppercase{\refname}}}\list
  {\@biblabel{\arabic{enumiv}}}{\settowidth\labelwidth{\@biblabel{#1}}%
    \leftmargin\labelwidth
    \advance\leftmargin\labelsep
    \usecounter{enumiv}%
    \let\p@enumiv\@empty
    \def\theenumiv{\arabic{enumiv}}}%
    \def\newblock{\hskip .11em plus.33em minus.07em}%
    \sloppy\clubpenalty4000\widowpenalty4000
    \sfcode`\.=1000\relax}


   Rainer Schoepf
   Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum                       ,,Ich mag es nicht, wenn
    fuer Informationstechnik Berlin            sich die Dinge so frueh
   Heilbronner Strasse 10                      am Morgen schon so
   W-1000 Berlin 31                            dynamisch entwickeln!''
   Federal Republic of Germany
   <Schoepf@sc.ZIB-Berlin.de> or <Schoepf@sc.ZIB-Berlin.dbp.de>
From: danna@irisa.fr (Frederic Danna,ia(py))
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: xfig (or other drawing programs) and equat
Date: 27 Aug 92 10:57:30 GMT
Reply-To: danna@irisa.fr
Organization: IRISA, Rennes, France

In article 92Aug26130447@etbsun1.draper.com, ibe1109@draper.com (Ira Ekhaus) writes:
>
>It doesn't seem that xfig understands TeX input.
>Is this true?

No it isn't: set the 'special flag' to true (this flag is shown when you're editing text-objects).

>Do other routines provide TeX 'text' with figures (this might probably
>be a graphics front end to pictex)
>
>thanks,
>
>Ira
>ekhaus@draper.com
>Phone: 617 258 1109
>Draper Laboratories m.s. 7c
>555 Technology Square
>Cambridge , MA 
>02139
From: "Stephen B. Kutzer" <COTRCSBK@SEA04VM.NAVSEA.NAVY.MIL>
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Thanks to 'mau' and R.A. Reese
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 92 09:28:36 EST
Organization: Info-Tex<==>Comp.Text.Tex Gateway
X-Gateway-Source-Info: Mailing List


I got a lot of responses to my questions.  Some of my "thank you"
notes were rejected as undeliverable (my domain name server couldn't
find the hosts).  So, just so you don't think I'm ungrateful,many thanks
to:

mau@beatles.cselt.stet.it
r.a.reese@sequent.cc.hull.ac.uk


Stephen B. Kutzer  703-769-2900
I-NET, Inc.        cotrcsbk@sea04vm.navsea.navy.mil
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
From: hank@ducvax.auburn.edu
Subject: Re: Bibliographic Formats
Organization: Auburn University, AL
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 18:30:22 GMT

In article <1992Sep1.140514.6748@athena.mit.edu>, Matthias Imhof <gondwana@basalt.mit.edu>  writes:
> now the new question is, is there a way to go from refer to bibtex? is there
> a tex-utility which generates a *.bib file out of a refer/addbib bibliography?
 
I don't know anything about refer, but everyone should get
 1. DM Jones excellent tex-index
 2. The FAQ posted to this newsgroup by Bobby Bodenheimer
 3. The Supplemental tex info posted to this group by Guoying Chen


In #3, you will find, among other things:
[7] Converting whatever to TeX

Only the names of programs are presented here.  Refer to section [1b]
to see where to get them from.  This information is based on a summary
by James Mark (mark@nuri.inria.fr) posted on 28 Aug 90.

BibTeX      ->  refer  - refer-to-bibtex
BibTeX      ->   tib   - refer-to-bibtex
ChiWriter   ->   TeX   - Chi2TeX by Horstmann Software, US$75
LaTeX       -> Framemaker - la2mml
MS-Word     ->  LaTeX  - wd2latex.zip
PC-Write    ->   TeX   - pcwritex.arc, pcwtex.zoo
refer       ->  BibTeX - refer-to-bibtex, r2bib
RTF         ->  troff  - rtf-tools
RTF         ->   TeX   - rtf2TeX
RUNOFF      ->   TeX   - RUNOFF-to-TeX
scribe      ->  LaTeX  - scribe2latex, s2latex
TeXinfo     ->  troff  - texinfo2troff, texi2roff
tib         ->  BibTeX - refer-to-bibtex
troff       ->  LaTeX  - TROFF-TO-LATEX.TAR-Z, tr2latex
troff       ->   TeX   - tr2tex, textr
WordPerfect ->  LaTeX  - wp2latex.zip, wp2x
WordPerfect ->   TeX   - wp2x

--darrel hankerson hank@ducvax.auburn.edu
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
From: dhosek@linus.claremont.edu
Subject: Re: volunteers needed to help make fonts for GNU
Organization: Harvey Mudd College
Date: 3 Sep 92 23:14:03 PDT

In article <199209032017.AA00264@claude.cs.umb.edu>, Karl Berry <karl@claude.cs.umb.edu> writes:
> I will get you a scanned
> type specimen image.  The manual explains how to use these utilities to
> turn that into a font you can use in TeX or PostScript.

Whoa. What are these "scanned type speciman images" and where are
they coming from. I certainly hope that the Gnu project is not
stealing fonts (While font designs can be legally stolen in most
countries, that doesn't necessarily make the procres right).
Perhaps a bit of clarification could be had here?

-dh

Don Hosek                  
dhosek@ymir.claremont.edu  
Quixote Digital Typography 
714-621-1291


Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
From: russell@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (David Russell)
Subject: Sorry: Form Feeds in verbatim files, Solution
Organization: Clarkson University
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 19:12:28 GMT

Sorry, my original post contained the actual control character. Here
it is with '^L' replaced with '^'+'L'. The original post doesn't need
to be changed to be used, this one needs the ^L characters changed
to the actual character.

From previous article:
>    I made the following changes to verbatimfiles.sty in order to get
> verbatim files to print as single spacing and recognize form feeds
> as a newpage.
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> \catcode`\^L=\active \outer\def^L{\newpage} % DMR 7-28-92
Change:     ^^      and          ^^
> \def\verbatimfile#1{\begingroup \ssp        % \ssp added DMR 7-28-92
>                     \@verbatim \frenchspacing \@vobeyspaces
>                     \input#1 \endgroup
> }
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> %  EXAMPLE:
> %  \documentstyle[..,verbatimfile,..]{..} 
> %  ..
> %  \begin{document}
> %  ..
> %  \verbatimfile{file.f}
> %  ..
> %  \end{document}
> 
> ssp provides the single spacing and was previously defined in ucthesis.sty as;
> \def\ssp{\def\baselinestretch{1.0}\large\normalsize}
> 
> Maybe these changes should be added to the original `verbatim'.sty files
> 
> Just thought I would pass on this info.
--
David M. Russell, Mechanical Eng. Dept.
Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY 13676
(315) 268-9806 
russell@sun.soe.clarkson.edu
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
From: asnd@reg.triumf.ca (Donald Arseneau)
Subject: Re: How to test the page value of a float?
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: TRIUMF: Tri-University Meson Facility
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 09:47:00 GMT

In article <1992Sep1.150736.5707@irisa.fr>, louarn@irisa.fr (Philippe Louarn) writes...
>I want to be able to test the value of the page number where a floating
>figure WILL be put.
> 
>I tried :
> 
>\begin{figure}[p]
>\ifodd\value{page} <DO_SOMETHING> \else <DO_ANOTHER_THING>\fi
>\end{figure}
> 
>That does not run, cause the \value{page} give me the value of
>the current page (where the figure is declared) and not the value
>of the page where the figure will be put.

Use \pageref and it should work on the second pass through LaTeX.

Donald
From: carter@ferrari.mst6.lanl.gov (Dave Carter)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: dvips/psfig on os2
Date: 24 Aug 92 00:19:59 GMT
Organization: Los Alamos National Lab, Group MST-6


i'm having a problem with psfig on os2.  i'm using latex downloaded
from hobbes, and the dvips ported to os2, with psfig version 1.9

when i try to include an encapsulated postscript file, xxx.eps, the
output from latex goes something like:

psfig: searching xxx.eps.bb for bounding box
psfig: including xxx.eps.Z

note that the eps file i am trying to include is *not* compressed.
(the dvi file is created correctly on my unix machine, with the same
psfig.sty.)  what is going on here?

						- dave
-- 
carter@mr2.mst6.lanl.gov
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
From: hm308ba@unidui.uni-duisburg.de (Mathias Bartsch)
Subject: Problems with "|" in {verbatim} after "s_tables"
Date: 28 Aug 92 07:16:44 GMT
Organization: Rechenzentrum Uni-Duisburg

Hi TEXers,

I use the "s_tables" macros in LaTeX to create tables.

The problem arises when I try to import some lines of plain ASCII 
containing the pipe character "|" into a {verbatim} environment later.

Each occurence of this character in {verbatim} produces error messages
like the follwing:
----------------------------------------------------------------------
! Undefined control sequence.
<argument> ...   Text^^M     |  ^  ^^^M        ...

\@xverbatim #1\end{verbatim}->#1
                                \end [verbatim]
l.93 \end{verbatim}
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 

"|" has a special meaning inside a "stable" that seems to keep alive
outside (even within {verbatim} ) ...  Are there any ideas how to stop that?

Thanks in advance!

 +----------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
 |       Mathias Bartsch      |  Laboratorium f. Festkoerperphysik      |
 |   Uni -GH- Duisburg (FB10) |  phone : +49 203 379 3476               |
 |       Lotharstr. 1-21      |  Email : hm308ba@unidui.uni-duisburg.de |
 |      W-4100 DUISBURG 1     |  FAX   : +49 203 379 3163               |
 +----------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
From: rmbraun@eleceng.uct.ac.za (ROBIN BRAUN)
Subject: TeX/CAD
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 13:55:27 GMT
Organization: Elec. Eng., University of Cape Town

Can any TeX expert out there tell me what TeX/Cad is and where it may be 
found. Posting or EMail the answer is fine.

Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
From: knappen@methusalix.kph.uni-mainz.de (Joerg Knappen)
Subject: Re: HOW DO YOU MAKE THIS COMPOSITE SYMBOL?
Reply-To: knappen@obelix.kph.Uni-Mainz.DE
Organization: Institute for Nuclear Physics, Uni Mainz, FRG
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 11:16:52 GMT

You will find this sign (and many more) in the AMS-Fonts. Use the style option
amssymb from amslatex to get it into LaTeX (with the NFSS, of course).

--JK
From: "Anthony Green" <green@roboco.uucp>
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Help: emTeX and Raven PR-9101 printer
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 10:36:58 -0400
Organization: Ruddock and Associates
X-Gateway-Source-Info: Mailing List

Greetings TeXnicians -

 I am having a problem printing .dvi files with my Roland Raven PR-9101
printer. I am using the emTeX package and have had no problems printing
with our laserjet.

 The PR-9101 is supposed to be epson fx-86e compatable. Hah! The fx .dot
file (for dvidot) does not work at all (it will print two lines properly
and then spew out a bunch of form feeds). I believe that the PR-9101
is *exactly* the same as a Panasonic printer (KX-115?).

 Has anybody got this printer working with emTeX's dvidot?

Thanks!
--
Anthony T. Green                  343D St. Clair Ave W, Toronto, Ontario M5P 1N3

Home   (416) 968-0817             Internet: roboco!green@relay.cs.toronto.edu
Office (416) 340-0887             UUCP    : ...!uunet!utai!roboco!green
From: bet@sbi.com (Bennett E. Todd @ Salomon Brothers Inc., NY )
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: Stripping a .dvi down to text, how to...
Date: 2 Sep 92 22:32:28 GMT
Organization: Salomon Brothers, Inc.


In the standard Unix TeX distribution, the drivers for converting DVI files
to various formats live under DVIware. There is a subdirectory lpr-viewers
with programs that convert DVI files to plain ASCII text (with some
lossage:-).

-Bennett
bet@sbi.com
From: rcpt@rw6.urc.tue.nl (Piet Tutelaers)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: ps2mf
Date: 26 Aug 92 20:40:33 GMT
Reply-To: rcpt@urc.tue.nl

jbrehm@acpub.duke.edu (John Brehm) writes:

>I need to convert some postscript fonts for use with the emTeX dvihplj
>drivers, but at sizes that differ from the standard 10pt.  I can
>easily generate fonts of arbitrary sizes with ps2pk (great tool!),
>but how do I produce the right .tfm files?  That is, if I include
>the line:
> \font\opt12=optima at 12pt
>I get the error message (from LaTeX):
> ! Font \opt=optima not loadable: Bad metric (TFM) file.

>Any thoughts?

I see that my ps2pk.README does not explain this clearly. So here is a try
to correct that.

1) Get the latest afm2tfm coming with dvips. You need at least version 7.0
of afm2tfm othewise the checksums of TFM files generated by afm2tfm and PK
files generated by ps2pk will be different. Try ftp.urc.tue.nl:pub/tex or
labrea.stanford.edu for the latest sources. MSDOS binaries are (or will
become) available in :pub/tex/emtex/dvips.zip.

2) You should have VPtoVF a fonttool coming with emTeX: converts a Virtual
Property Font format (.vpl: ASCII) to Virtual Font format (.vf: binary).

3) It is possible to name your TeX font `optima' but real TeX-ers
prefer `popr', a name that can be used on MSDOS (and that can be found
from grep-ing in the file adobe coming with dvips). You will need:
	1) emtex\tfm\popr.tfm
	2) emtex\vf\popr.vf
	3) emtex\tfm\rpopr.tfm
	4) emtex\pixel.lj\360dpi\rpopr.pk (360=12/10*300)

4) To generate them:
	afm2tfm Optima.afm -v popr.vpl rpopr.tfm
	vptovf popr.vpl popr.vf popr.tfm
	(delete popr.vpl if you like)
	ps2pk -X360 -v Optima.pfb rpopr.360pk

5) To use them install all TFM, VF and PK fonts on their proper place.
Check that they will be located there and use now within plain TeX
(especially check that emtex\lj.cnf contains a line telling dvihplj where
to find its VF fonts. I have no MSDOS machine nearby, so I can't tell what
exact line you need):
	\font\opt12=popr at 12pt

The bunch of files are necessary to map PostScript fonts to TeX (virtual
magic).

Hope this brings some light,

--Piet