Encoding Emacs and Latex

[Joerg]

Hi,

I have a strange problem. When I write in Emacs I can use special character
like äöü, which are properly displayed. But if I run Latex I get instead of
äöü other characters. Even if I open the tex-file in another editor I get
the replaced characters. If I type äöü in the other editor and open the file
in Emacs I get something like \344\366 etc.

Any idea what the problem is and where I have to look for a solution?

Cheers,

Joerg