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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@@ -85,6 +85,18 @@ json a = {1, 2, 3, 4};
a.erase(1); // [1,3,4] (erase by index)
```
## Editing a document
The operations above work on a `basic_json` value. A JSON text that was parsed into a
[document](json_view.md#editing-a-document) can also be changed in place, without building a `basic_json` tree for the
parts that are not touched: [`set`](../api/basic_json_document/set.md) replaces a value, adds or replaces an object
member, or replaces an array element (also through a JSON pointer),
[`push_back`](../api/basic_json_document/push_back.md) appends to an array,
[`insert`](../api/basic_json_document/insert.md) inserts into an array (unlike `basic_json::insert`, it has no object
overload; members are added with `set`), and [`erase`](../api/basic_json_document/erase.md) removes a member or an
element. These functions are available on the
editable document types, such as [`json_editable_document`](../api/json_editable_document.md).
## See also
- [`push_back`](../api/basic_json/push_back.md) / [`emplace_back`](../api/basic_json/emplace_back.md) - append to an array
@@ -93,3 +105,4 @@ a.erase(1); // [1,3,4] (erase by index)
- [`merge_patch`](../api/basic_json/merge_patch.md) - apply an RFC 7396 merge patch
- [`erase`](../api/basic_json/erase.md) / [`clear`](../api/basic_json/clear.md) - remove elements
- [JSON Patch and Diff](json_patch.md) and [JSON Merge Patch](merge_patch.md) - structured modifications
- [Editing a document](json_view.md#editing-a-document) - change a parsed document in place