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Gauri S Deshmukh <gauri.deshmukh@hotpop.com> writes:

> i use debian linux 3.0 and have emacs 20.
>
> i had been trying to use emacs to type some text in devnagari. in my x
> windows, the devnagari text shows as hollow boxes.
>
> what do i need to do to set things right and make devanagari text
> show?

You probably need a font that contains Devanagari.  From the Emacs
INSTALL file:

,----
|* intlfonts-VERSION.tar.gz
|
| The intlfonts distribution contains X11 fonts in various encodings
| that Emacs can use to display international characters.  If you see a
| non-ASCII character appear as a hollow box, that means you don't have
| a font for it.
`----