\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article}
\usepackage{mls}

\newcommand{\emtex}{\texttt{emtex}}

\title{\LaTeX-{\mnr yn anxny shat} \\
	A Quick First Step Guide}

\author{Oliver Corff}
\date{October 29, 1997}

\begin{document}
\maketitle

\begin{abstract}
	This text describes, in shortest possible form,
	how to set up the popular emtex package (a port
	of \TeX/\LaTeX\ to MSDOS made by Eberhard Mattes),
	how to produce the first document, and where to
	find documentation.
\end{abstract}


\section{Installing \emtex}

\subsection{Hardware Requirements}

You need: am IBM-compatible PC (at least i386 or better) with at
least 30MB of hard disk space left. More is better. You'll also need
a VGA screen for getting optimal results.

\subsection{Installation}

\subsubsection{Unpacking}

\emtex\ comes on eight floppy disks containing about 30 archive files
which can be uncompressed using PKUNZIP. That software, by incident,
is found on the first disk.

You will also need a font library for a specific type of printer.
For this you should prepare a ninth disk. Font libraries are named 
\textit{xxx}\verb"_base.fli" where \textit{xxx} stands for the
printer model, like \verb"lj" for LaserJet printers, etc.

Go to the root directory of your drive (e.~g. \verb"C:\") and unpack
the UNZIP archive first, it is self-extracting.

Then unpack all archives (well, you do not need all of them, but it
is easier that way).

\subsubsection{Modifying \texttt{autoexec.bat}}

The following directories must be appended to your path:
\verb"\emtex\bin" and \verb"\emx\bin".

There are a few environment variables to be set. They are either
initialized by a file \verb"\emtex\bin\set_tex.bat", or you put the
following lines into your \verb"autoexec.bat" (strongly recommended):
\begin{verbatim}
SET EMTEXDIR=C:\EMTEX
SET DVIDRVINPUT=C:\EMTEX\DOC
SET DVIDRVFONTS=C:\TEXFONTS
SET MFJOBOPT=/3
\end{verbatim}

\subsubsection{Initialization of \TeX\ and \LaTeX}
Run the following commands:

\begin{verbatim}
cd \emtex\btexfmts
makefmt 386 plain US
makefmt 386 latex2e US German 8bit -b \emtex\bin\latex2e

cd \emtex\bmfbases
makebas 386 plain

cd \emtex\dist\latex\packages\tools
latex2e tools.ins

copy *.tex \emtex\texinput\latex2e
copy *.sty \emtex\texinput\latex2e
\end{verbatim}

You are now ready to go.


\section{Your first document}

Now it is time to test the installation. Go to a temporary directory
and enter the following lines into a newly created file:
\begin{verbatim}
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\begin{document}
Here is my text, a few words only.
\end{document}
\end{verbatim}

\begin{enumerate}
\item Save the text as \verb"test.tex"
\item Run \LaTeX\ by saying \verb"latex2e test[.tex]"
\item View the file by saying \verb"v test[.dvi]"
\item Print the file by saying \verb"prthplj test[.dvi]"
\end{enumerate}

Please note that the actual print command depends on the model of
printer you intend to use. More can be found in the documentation
(see also the following section).

\section{Documentation}

Unfortunately, \LaTeX\ needs some studying of commands before it can
be put to practical use. Fortunately, there is good documentation
which comes with the system. It is found in \verb"\emtex\doc" and
its subdirectories.

The first file to study is \verb"l2kurz.dvi" (in German); view it
or print it with the commands just learnt. \verb"dviscr.dvi" tells
you how to use the viewer.

Some texts are available both in German and English and exist twice,
once in a directory named \verb"\emtex\doc\german" and once in a
directory named \verb"\emtex\doc\english".

There is also a Russian translation available which is not
recommended because it covers the old version of \LaTeX\ called
\LaTeX209. Some commands have changed so when reading it you should
always check the German or English documentation for the new version
of the command.

\end{document}
