Add --simple-text setting to use ASCII in help text

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Adds a --simple-text flag to flyline that replaces Unicode characters with ASCII equivalents in all help/hint text and UI indicators. This is useful for terminals that don't support Unicode.

Changes Made

• src/settings.rs: Added simple_text: bool field (default false) to the Settings struct.
• src/lib.rs: Added --simple-text CLI argument to FlylineArgs and wired it to settings.simple_text.
• src/app/mod.rs: When --simple-text is enabled, the following substitutions are made:
  • 💡 → [hint] in all tutorial hint strings
  • ↑/↓ → ^/v in history prefix hint
  • → → -> in inline history suggestion hint
  • ▐ (selection indicator) → | in fuzzy history search and AI results
  • … (ellipsis) → ... in truncated history entries and tooltips
• Ellipsis trimming fix: Corrected the overflow calculation when trimming graphemes to make room for the ellipsis, so that cmd + ellipsis always fits within available_cols regardless of ellipsis width.

Usage

flyline --simple-text
# or explicitly:
flyline --simple-text true
flyline --simple-text false

Original prompt

Adds setting called --simple-text
It is a Boolean default false.
When set, we don't use the emoji in the help text. And we only use ascii for the matrix animation.

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Implemented in commit 7a74b3a. The --simple-text flag now replaces all Unicode characters in help/hint text with ASCII equivalents:

• 💡 → [hint]
• ↑/↓ → ^/v
• → → ->
• ▐ (selection indicator) → |
• … (ellipsis) → ...

Also fixed the ellipsis trimming logic so it correctly computes the overflow amount when trimming graphemes to make room for the ellipsis (this was a pre-existing issue that became visible when switching from the 1-wide … to the 3-wide ...).

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