[texworks] Message from TeXworks user

[Arno Trautmann]

Ralf Kalinowski wrote:
> hi,
>
> is it possible to use german umlauts in texwork source-code?

Of course, just do it. However, for the output you need to adjust your 
LaTeX document correctly. Using pdflatex, you have to say

\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

to get umlauts. However, with xelatex or lualatex you just need

\usepackage{fontspec}

and everything works fine. (Not only umlauts, but nearly any latin-based 
unicode character.)

cheers
Arno