In order to install TeXmacs under Windows, you have four options:

1. For simple users, we recommend the installation of CygTeXmacs as explained below. From an internal point of view, this version of TeXmacs is based on Cygwin, a Linux-like environment for Windows. For convenience of the user, we provide a simple stand-alone installer which requires no prior installation of Cygwin itself.
2. If you plan to use other programs from the Unix world besides TeXmacs, then we recommend the installation of Cygwin itself. Inside Cygwin, the TeXmacs program is available as one of the packages.
3. If you have slow internet access, then you may also consider the installation of the native WinTeXmacs port of TeXmacs, which is both small and easy to install. Unfortunately, the latest available version is 1.0.5, because we no longer have time or volunteers to maintain and further develop this native port.
4. If you are a developer, then you may try to build the experimental Qt-TeXmacs on Windows.

1.Installation of TeXmacs

In order to install the CygTeXmacs version of TeXmacs on Windows, you should:

1. Download CygTeXmacs.zip (82Mb). If you don't have ftp access, then you may also load this file from the web.
2. Unzip the file in the directory C:\CygTeXmacs (or any other directory without whitespace characters).
3. Launch TeXmacs by clicking on C:\CygTeXmacs\starttexmacs.bat.

2.Notes

• Although the Windows version of TeXmacs does not require TeX/LaTeX to be installed on your system, you might still want to install such a distribution in order to increase the number of available fonts, or in order to compile bibliographies using BibTeX. Therefore, if you have a fast internet connection, then you may want to download and install MikTeX.
• If you installed MikTeX in addition to TeXmacs, then missing fonts may be generated automatically. This results in a significant slow-down of TeXmacs. Don't panic: the fonts have to be generated only once. Subsequent runs of TeXmacs will be fast.
• TeXmacs can be used in combination with the Windows version of Maxima. At the moment, this requires you to install Maxima at the standard place which is proposed during its installation.