Remove the canvas renderer

Fixes #4779

Author: Tyriar

.eslintrc.json

@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
       "test/playwright/tsconfig.json",
       "addons/addon-attach/src/tsconfig.json",
       "addons/addon-attach/test/tsconfig.json",
-      "addons/addon-canvas/src/tsconfig.json",
-      "addons/addon-canvas/test/tsconfig.json",
       "addons/addon-clipboard/src/tsconfig.json",
       "addons/addon-clipboard/test/tsconfig.json",
       "addons/addon-fit/src/tsconfig.json",

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ jobs:
           ./addons/addon-attach/lib/* \
           ./addons/addon-attach/out/* \
           ./addons/addon-attach/out-*/* \
-          ./addons/addon-canvas/lib/* \
-          ./addons/addon-canvas/out/* \
-          ./addons/addon-canvas/out-*/* \
           ./addons/addon-clipboard/lib/* \
           ./addons/addon-clipboard/out/* \
           ./addons/addon-clipboard/out-*/* \
@@ -209,8 +206,6 @@ jobs:
       run: yarn test-integration-${{ matrix.browser }} --workers=50% --forbid-only --suite=core
     - name: Integration tests (addon-attach)
       run: yarn test-integration-${{ matrix.browser }} --workers=50% --forbid-only --suite=addon-attach
-    - name: Integration tests (addon-canvas)
-      run: yarn test-integration-${{ matrix.browser }} --workers=50% --forbid-only --suite=addon-canvas
     - name: Integration tests (addon-clipboard)
       run: yarn test-integration-${{ matrix.browser }} --workers=50% --forbid-only --suite=addon-clipboard
     - name: Integration tests (addon-fit)

README.md

@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ terminal.loadAddon(new WebLinksAddon());
 The xterm.js team maintains the following addons, but anyone can build them:
 
 - [`@xterm/addon-attach`](https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js/tree/master/addons/addon-attach): Attaches to a server running a process via a websocket
-- [`@xterm/addon-canvas`](https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js/tree/master/addons/addon-canvas): Renders xterm.js using a `canvas` element's 2d context
 - [`@xterm/addon-clipboard`](https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js/tree/master/addons/addon-clipboard): Access the browser's clipboard
 - [`@xterm/addon-fit`](https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js/tree/master/addons/addon-fit): Fits the terminal to the containing element
 - [`@xterm/addon-image`](https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js/tree/master/addons/addon-image): Adds image support