Emtexgi fully incorporates the de-facto standard emtex system for running TeX, LaTeX, and related programs on pc. In addition, it is configured for Windows 95. It includes a good Windows editor PFE, a good Windows viewer dviwin, dvips for creating postscript, automatic font generation, spell checks and much more. It contains a convenient control panel for launching all of these programs. The present installation also includes the Computer Modern fonts in postscript form from the AMS, as well as Times, Helvetica and Courier postscript fonts, all ready to use. The installation is automatic and the detailed steps are listed below.

1. Print this guide.
2. Verify temp directory.

Make sure you have a c:\temp folder (not c:\windows\temp).
If you don't, click the Start button, select Programs, MS-DOS Prompt, in MS-DOS type cd \ and press Enter, then type md temp and press Enter, then type exit and press Enter to return to Windows 95.
3. Download the files.

Double click the FTP icon on the desktop
In the Session Profile window click New
In the Profile Name: field type Emtexgi Download
In the Host Name: field type ftp.math.uic.edu
In the Host Type: field leave the default Automatic detect
Check the Anonymous Login button (this inserts values in the User ID and Password fields)
Check the Auto Save Config button so you can return here without retyping
In the Initial Directories area type the following:
in the Remote Host: field type pub/emtexgi
in the Local PC: field type c:\temp
Click OK
You should hear a train whistle and see the WS_FTP32 window open
Select the first file in the bottom part of the Remote System pane
by clicking it
Slide the vertical scroller on the right all the way to the bottom
While pressing the Shift key, click the last file in the bottom part of
the Remote System pane
All files in the Remote System pane should now be selected
Click the left arrow in the center of the window
This downloads 31 files into your c:\temp folder
Click the Close and Exit buttons
4. Install Emtexgi.

Click Start and then Run...
In the Open: field type c:\temp\emtex.bat 95 c:\windows\system and click OK
An MS-DOS opens and asks for approval to install
Press any key to approve
Many files are deflated
After a while the program stops, informing you that you already have an autoexec.bat file and you should add to it the content of \emtex\mytex\autoexec.bit
Press any key to continue
The file should tell you that so far everything has been successful and asks you to read the documentation.
Press any key to continue
The Title Bar of the MS-DOS window now says Finished - emtex
Close it by clicking the x in the top right-hand corner
5. Install Computer Modern postscript fonts.

Click Start and then Run...
In the Open: field type c:\temp\bluesky.bat and click OK
An MS-DOS box opens
Accept the default directory \texfonts by pressing any key
Fonts are installed and some messages are written on the screen
The Title bar of the MS-DOS box says Finished - bluesky
Close the MS-DOS box
6. Install Times, Helvetica and Courier postscript fonts.

In the Open: field type c:\temp\times.bat and click OK
An MS-DOS box opens
Accept all offers to replace files (it does not hurt)
The Title bar of the MS-DOS box says Finished - times
Close the MS-DOS box
7. Insert the appropriate lines into your autoexec.bat.

Click Start, Programs, Accessories, Notepad
In Notepad click File, Open...
In the File name: field of the Open window,
type \emtex\mytex\autoexec.bit and click Open
Select all the lines of the autoexec.bit file by dragging the mouse over them vertically
Click Edit, Copy to copy autoexec.bit into the clipboard
Click x to exit Notepad
Click Start, Programs, Accessories, Notepad
In Notepad click File, Open...
In the File name: field of the Open window, type \autoexec.bat and click Open
In autoexec.bat, the last line is win (invoking Windows)
Click at the beginning of this line
Click Edit, Paste
The contents of autoexec.bit are inserted in autoexec.bat
Click File, Save to save autoexec.bat, then click the x to exit Notepad
8. Create a shortcut to Emtexgi on your desktop.

Double-click the Windows Explorer icon
In Explorer, navigate to the c:\emtex\mytex folder
In the right pane, right-click the file Emtexgi2.exe
A context-menu opens, click Create Shortcut
A shortcut to Emtexgi2.exe is created in the right pane; drag and drop it to the desktop
9. Close all programs, saving all work in progress (if any), and reboot your machine.
10. Run Emtexgi for the first time.

Double-click the shortcut to Emtexgi on your desktop to open the Emtexgi control panel
The first time Emtexgi is run, it creates format files and the like.
Accept all defaults, except the offer to make High Resolution postscript files at 1200 dpi (we don't have such printers...)
11. If you have installed GSview, configure Emtexgi to work with it.

Click Configure, Edit emtexgi2.cfg
A PFE editor window opens with the Emtexgi configuration file
The fifth line says "\gstools\gs4.03\gsview32.exe "
Replace it with "\gstools\gsview\gsview32.exe " (don't omit the space before the closing quote)
Click on the red diskette icon to save the configuration file
Exit PFE
Back in Emtexgi control panel, click Configure, Make new .cfg active
12. Fix a bug in dvips configuration.

In emtexgi, click Edit. Click the downward triangle in the field Files of type: and select All files (*.*). Navigate to the file c:\Emtex\Data\Dvips\ljh.cfg and click Open. The file opens in PFE. Insert a * in column 1 of the last two lines to comment them out (these lines select a European a4 paper, and we want the default letter paper). Save the file by clicking the red diskette icon and exit PFE.
13. Test your Emtexgi system.

Look in the file \temp\install.txt (you can now open it from your new PFE) on how to test your Emtexgi system and some troubleshooting advice. (You have already done the installation steps; look in the enumerated list in Step 8 and on for testing, documentation, cleanup and troubleshooting.)
14. Test your postscript fonts installation.

With Netscape, browse the file http://www.wfu.edu/Academic-departments/Economics/ftp/times.htm for instructions on how to test your installation of Times, Helvetica and Courier postscript fonts, and some explanations.
15. Clean up.

You may now delete all new files in c:\temp with the following possible exceptions:
install.txt: keep a copy in \emtex\mytex for reference
unzip.exe: you may wish to keep a copy, perhaps in a new directory c:\Unzip
You might follow additional cleanup suggestions listed in install.txt

If your installation doesn't work, in particular if you encounter an "Error loading from file", trouble shooting information is available on the EMTEXGI Home Page.

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