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-.TH OFM2OPL "16 June 2015" "Web2C @VERSION@"
+.TH OFM2OPL "14 April 2016" "Web2C @VERSION@"
.PP
.SH "NAME"
ofm2opl \- convert Omega and TeX font-metric files to property-list files
@@ -6,33 +6,39 @@ ofm2opl \- convert Omega and TeX font-metric files to property-list files
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.PP
.B ofm2opl
-.RI [ OPTIONS ]
-.IR OFMNAME [ \fB.ofm\fP ]
-.RI [ OPLFILE [ \fB.opl\fP ]]
+.RI [ options ]
+.IR ofmname [ \fB.ofm\fP ]
+.RI [ oplfile [ \fB.opl\fP ]]
.PP
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBofm2opl\fP translates a binary Omega Font Metrics file,
-\fIOFMNAME\fP, into a human-readable property-list form\&. The
+\fIofmname\fP, into a human-readable property-list form\&. The
program writes to standard output (by default) or to a file specified
-as \fIOPLFILE\fP\&.
+as \fIoplfile\fP\&.
.PP
The program also works with TeX TFM files, producing TeX PL files\&.
-(\fBofm2opl\fP is based on the WEB source code for \fBtftopl\fP(1)\&.)
.PP
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
+(Same as \fBovf2ovp\fP).
.IP
-.IP "\fB-charcode-format=\fP\fITYPE\fP"
-output character codes
-according to \fITYPE\fP,
-which can be either `hex\&'
-or `ascii\&'\&. Default is
-`hex\&'\&. ascii specifes all
-ASCII letters and digits;
-hex gets you everything
-else\&.
-.IP
+.IP "\fB-charcode-format=\fP\fItype\fP"
+output character codes according to \fItype\fP,
+either `hex\&', `octal\&' or `ascii\&'\&. Default is
+`hex\&'\&; `ascii' says to use
+ASCII for letters and digits, hex for all else\&.
+.IP "\fB-char-format=\fP\fIstype\fP"
+output character codes according to \fIstype\fP,
+either `num\&' or `ascii\&'\&. Default is `num'; `ascii' as in
+-charcode-format. (These two redundant options both exist only for
+historical compatibility.)
+.IP "\fB-num-format=\fP\fIntype\fP"
+output numbers according to \fIntype\fP,
+either `hex' or `octal'; default is hex.
+.IP "\fB-text-format=\fP\fIttype\fP"
+output coding scheme and family according to \fIttype\fP,
+either `mixed' or `upper' case; default is mixed.
.IP "\fB-help\fP"
display a brief summary of syntax and options
.IP "\fB-verbose\fP"
@@ -50,18 +56,16 @@ an Omega Property List file
.PP
.SH "BUGS"
.PP
-None known, but report any found to <omega@ens\&.fr> (mailing list)\&. You may also want to
-check to see if the same bug is present in \fBpltotf\fP(1)\&.
+Send bug reports to <http://lists.tug.org/tex-k>
+(mailing list); may also check if the same bug is present in
+\fBtftopl\fP(1)\&. General discussion of Omega (and Aleph) can take place
+on the <http://lists.tug.org/omega> mailing list.
.PP
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
-\fBomega\fP(1), \fBopl2ofm\fP(1), \fBpltotf\fP(1),
+\fBomega\fP(1), \fBaleph\fP(1), \fBopl2ofm\fP(1), \fBpltotf\fP(1),
\fBtftopl\fP(1)\&.
.PP
-\fIDraft Manual for the Omega System\fP (\fIomega-manual\&.dvi\fP)\&.
-.PP
-Web page: <http://www\&.gutenberg\&.eu\&.org/omega/>
-.PP
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
According to the WEB documentation:
@@ -79,10 +83,13 @@ Extensions to handle extended font metric files (``OFM\&'\&') were added
by John Plaice in December 1995 and January 1996, resulting in the new
program \fBOFM2OPL\fP\&.
.RE
+.PP
+\fBofm2opl\fP is based on the WEB source code for \fBtftopl\fP(1),
+although nowadays it is a link to \fBomfonts\fP, implemented entirely in
+C.
.PP
-The primary authors of Omega are John Plaice
-<plaice@cse\&.unsw\&.edu\&.au> and Yannis Haralambous
-<yannis@fluxus-virus\&.com>\&.
+The primary authors of Omega are John Plaice and Yannis Haralambous.
+Omega (and Aleph) are now maintained as part of TeX Live.
.PP
This manual page was written by C\&.M\&. Connelly
<cmc@debian\&.org>, for