docs: cross-reference json_view and json_document for 3.13.0 (#5892)

* docs: cross-reference json_view and json_document for 3.13.0

Document the new zero-copy document/view API across the docs: add a
"Documents and views" section to the basic_json API hub linking to all
specializations, point parsing/conversion/modifying pages to the view-based
alternatives, add document/view sections to feature pages, update the
landing page to mention json_view.hpp/json_literals.hpp, and cross-link
debugging/exceptions.

Also document wide-string inputs (and ill-formed UTF-16/32 rejection),
add parse/accept examples for wide strings, fix related doc gaps, and
align features/parsing and FAQ with the added support.

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>

* docs: fix article before std::istream in FAQ

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>

* docs: clarify document inputs, decoding, get<T>() and editing

Address review comments: say which inputs are borrowed and that a wide
string pointer is an extra input, which values are decoded during parsing,
that get<T>() reads only built-in types directly, all forms of set() and
that the document's insert() is array-only, and how to store wide strings.

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>

* docs: integers are converted while parsing a document

Also say "They accept every input" in basic_json_document::parse.

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>

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# Creating JSON values
There are several ways to create a JSON value in memory. This page gives an overview; to read a value from JSON text
instead, see [parsing](parsing/index.md).
instead, see [parsing](parsing/index.md). A JSON text can also be parsed into a
[document](../api/basic_json_document/index.md) and read through a [view](../api/basic_json_view/index.md) instead of
into a value; see [Zero-copy JSON views](json_view.md).
## From C++ values
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- [`operator""_json`](../api/operator_literal_json.md) - the `_json` literal
- [Converting values](conversions.md) - which C++ types can be used
- [Parsing](parsing/index.md) - create a value from JSON text
- [Zero-copy JSON views](json_view.md) - create a document and a view from JSON text instead of a value