IDLE: improve file decoding before re.search

GitHub fields:

assignee = 'https://github.com/terryjreedy'
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2019-02-21.00:17:42.591>
labels = ['expert-IDLE', 'type-feature', '3.8']
title = 'Improve file decoding before re.search'
updated_at = <Date 2019-02-21.00:17:42.591>
user = 'https://github.com/terryjreedy'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2019-02-21.00:17:42.591>
actor = 'terry.reedy'
assignee = 'terry.reedy'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['IDLE']
creation = <Date 2019-02-21.00:17:42.591>
creator = 'terry.reedy'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 36058
keywords = []
message_count = 1.0
messages = ['336158']
nosy_count = 1.0
nosy_names = ['terry.reedy']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'test needed'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue36058'
versions = ['Python 3.8']