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On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 05:57:50 -0800 (PST), Amanda Ortega <amandaortega@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, I'm starting to use Emacs, but I can't visualize any file. I only can see
> small squares where it would have to be chars (letters, numbers, etc). I
> don't know what to do. Do I have to install any other package? I have
> installed these packages until now:

This usually means that two things are happening:

  * You are starting Emacs with a locale/language-environment XX

  * You are using a default font for Emacs which cannot display
    characters in the XX encoding.

How are you starting Emacs?  What is your default language environment?