From: <LIP AT odie DOT ee DOT wits DOT ac DOT za>
To: simon AT tesla DOT ee DOT mcgill DOT ca ( Simon Chamlian tlf 340-1590),
        djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Date:          Wed, 11 May 1994 15:17:16 SAT
Subject:       Re: TEX

> I am trying to TEX the manual of DJGPP and I am getting the following:
> 
> ************************** SCREEN DUMP **********************
> 
> D:\EMTEX>latex libc-a-c.tex                                                     
> This is emTeX, Version 3.0 [3a] (no format preloaded)                           
> **&lplain libc-a-c.tex                                                          
> (d:\emtex\mytex\libc-a-c.tex                                                    
> ILaTeX Version 2.09 <9 Jan 1990>                                                
> LaTeX error.  See LaTeX manual for explanation.                                 
>               Type  H <return>  for immediate help.                             
> ! Missing \begin{document}.                                                     
> \@latexerr ...diate help.}\errmessage {#1}                                      
>                                                                                 

The GNU files are all Tex not LaTeX 
To use emtex you must use &plain not &lplain
i.e. 
tex386 &plain thefile.tex

Hope this helps,
Tony.