I didn't get around to answering you yet. I was able to obtain the foiltex.dvi file. I am typing out a FoilTeX presentation. Start typing the first entry.
Press enter and type the next line.
On my system I use the xemacs key bindings which has the tab key configured to do the same thing. Anyway, when in the list environments like itemize, enumerate etc. I have read through all of the FoilTeX documents I coud find.