utf8 in emacsen

[Christian Jaeger <christian.jaeger@ethlife.ethz.ch>]

Hello

I'd like to edit & save some files in UTF-8, preferably with 
xemacs-21(-mule), if not possible then with emacs(-21).

I won't type any other characters than latin1, but they should be 
stored as utf-8 and any other chars (even chinese) should not be 
damaged, but I don't need them to be displayed correctly.

Any working tips?

Thanks,
Christian