feat(chat): quote with the '>' line prefix instead of guillemets

The Quote button produced `@[user] »text« ` — a shape mc-webui invented back
when it could not send newlines, and one that other MeshCore clients neither
write nor understand. It now writes the quote on its own line behind a '>'
and leaves the cursor underneath it, matching the plain-text convention some
users already type by hand.

processQuotes() styles both syntaxes, so messages sent by older builds keep
their formatting. The '>' match is anchored to a line start or a leading
@[mention] badge and looks for the escaped '>', so neither "5 > 3" in
prose nor the brackets of generated tags can trigger it.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Click the reply button on any message to insert `@[UserName]` into the text field, then type your reply.
### Quoting a Message
Click the quote button (") on any message to quote it. The quoted text is put on its own line prefixed with `>`, and the cursor lands on the line below it, ready for your answer:
```
@[daniel5120] >Are we still on for tonight?
Yes, 8pm works.
```
The `>` prefix is the plain-text quoting convention used across the internet and by other MeshCore clients, so your quote reads correctly for everyone, not just mc-webui users. mc-webui shows the quoted line in an italic, tinted block. Quotes typed by hand are styled the same way, as are the `»quoted text«` guillemets mc-webui used before version 2.2.0.
Long messages open a dialog first, offering the full text or a truncated version — see **Max quote length** in [Settings](#settings).
### Message Actions
Your own messages carry a small row of action buttons:
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## Unreleased
_Nothing yet since 2.1.0._
### New features
- **Quotes now use the `>` convention everyone else already uses.** Quoting a message used to wrap it in guillemets — `@[Daniel] »Hejka« Cześć!` — a shape mc-webui invented back when it couldn't send multi-line messages. It now puts the quote on its own line behind a `>` and drops the cursor underneath it, so a reply reads as a quote in the standard MeshCore app and every other client too, not just here:
```
@[Daniel] >Are we still on for tonight?
Yes, 8pm works.
```
Quotes you type by hand get the same italic, tinted styling, so `>` written manually now looks like a proper quote as well. Nothing you received earlier changes: the old `»…«` form is still recognised and still displayed exactly as before.
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