hi Lawrence,

 LL>      From the file Prjmg104.zip:

 LL> Configuration
 LL> -----------------------------------------------------------
 LL> First you have to install the EMX 0.9a or 0.9b package (Read the
 LL> README.DOC and INSTALL.DOC of the EMX package). 

 LL>      Did this............................

No, you didn't.  What you have now is the EMX 0.9b Run Time libraries. 
That's enough to use programs compiled for EMX, but not to make programs
yourself.  You need to get the compiler(s) too. 
ftp://ftp-os2.cdrom.com:/pub/os2/lang/emx09b/* to get the complete package
and read the installation instructions ("cd \" before
"unzip" etc.).

 LL>      Also......I am a total newbie with C, emx etc and at the moment a
 LL> bit on the confused side (well, actually  more than just a
 LL> bit....nearly totally confused would be more like it) about just what
 LL> it is that emx does exactly!    To say  the docs are a little
 LL> on the sparse side (for newbies) would be an understatement. 

GNU C isn't for newbies: get Mix C instead (cheap, and with great
tutorials).  But it won't make OS/2 programs...

 LL>      If I run emx from an OS/2 command line (no parameters as I
 LL> haven't gotten that far yet) it will switch to a DOS
 LL> window..........how do I get it to run in an OS/2 window?

emx.exe is a (useless: OS/2 doesn't emulate VCPI) DOS extender.  If you
want to use EMX-compiled programs in OS/2's DOS boxes, you need RSX.EXE
instead (from contribs/dpmigcc5.zip).

 LL>      Does EMX support C++ programming?     

And even Objective C programming.  And (with other front end drivers and
libraries) Fortran, Modula-3 and Ada too.  It even has an assembler that
doesn't speak Intelese:-)

regards,
         hugo