unicode error when view source file which is not utf-8 encoded
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Description
I encountered this issue when I attempt to open cp949 encoded file. I think same issue would occur with shift-jis encoded file and these can be easily reproduced.

```'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xc0 in position ~```
The problem is in ```backend.py:read_file``` method. In here, it attempts to read source file with default ```open()``` method, which reads file as unicode by default. Exception occurs when file is not in unicode. I think ```codecs.open``` with correct encoding option is necessary. correct encoding shall be passed with gdbgui parameter or use session environment variable.
Currently I modified ```backend.py:689``` line to set encoding from my environment variable and no problem.
```
...
sys_enc = os.getenv('LC_ALL', 'utf-8')
with codecs.open(path, "r", encoding=sys_enc) as f:
...
```
Environments are,
Ubuntu 14.04
gdbgui 0.13.2.0 (downloaded from pip)
gdb 8.2
firefox 66.0.3
Thanks.
ps. Fixed error message as previous one was incorrect.
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