Remove Encoding settings (deprecated)

[Vulcalien]

Issue #534

All I did was remove code. I don't expect anything breaking, since it doesn't seem to be connected to other code.

List of changes

• The file encoding.py was entirely deleted.
• The GUI widget in preferences.glade used to select encoding was removed, along with the signal handlers in prefseditor.py
• The code that generated the context menu entry (file terminal_popup_menu.py) was removed, along with the signal handler in terminal.py
• The settings encoding and active_encodings were removed

I don't know if there is a way to test this, since it's a feature removal. I just opened the menus and no error messages were being printed.

[mattrose]

✔️ Less Code
✔️ Smaller context menu

I like it!

[jhalx]

How should I go about changing the terminal encoding after the option has been removed?

[jhalx]

How should I go about changing the terminal encoding after the option has been removed?

One of the biggest influencing factors of my use of the terminal is that it is very convenient to modify the terminal encoding

[jhalx]

How should I go about changing the terminal encoding after the option has been removed?

I hope to add this feature back to the built-in plugin and set it to be turned off by default. Although most people don't need this feature, it is indispensable.

[Vulcalien]

The reason we removed it was that vte, the terminal GTK component, deprecated it. It would be up to them to add it back, and then we could revert this change as well.

It is very unfortunate, but maybe a command like luit could help.