title: Notepad++ opening files containing En dash character
body: <p>I have two files with identical content. One file has an XML extension, the other txt. Both files are encoded in ASCII. They both contain the En dash character (hex value 96).</p>
  
  <p>When I open the file with the txt extension the file displays as I would expect. The En dash correctly shows as a dash.</p>
  
  <p>When I open the XML file, however, the En dash character displays as x96 in inverted foreground/background colours.</p>
  
  <p>Does this display of the xml file have to do with the fact that it's an ASCII encoded file but the file contains:
  &lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?></p>
  
  <p>Why does the character not display correctly? When I hex edit the XML file I see the En dash is hex value 96 which is still within the extended ASCII table.</p>
  
  <p>File sample:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?&gt;
  &lt;x&gt;Plug &amp;amp; Play ֠No wire splicing necessary&lt;/x&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The en dash follows "Play " and precedes " No". Please note the leading and trailing space.</p>