Re: [w3c/manifest] Editorial: add a note on out-of-scope manifest linking behavior (PR #1202)

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## Pull request overview

This PR adds an editorial note documenting user agent behavior when launching an installed web application from the browsing context that initiated installation, specifically addressing the case where that context's URL is outside the manifest's scope. This addresses part of issue #784 regarding clarification of manifest behavior with out-of-scope pages.

**Changes:**
- Adds a non-normative note in the navigation scope section describing potential user agent behavior when launching installed apps from out-of-scope URLs





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> @@ -2717,6 +2717,14 @@ <h2>
           third-party authentication). See <a href=
           "https://github.com/w3c/manifest/issues/646">Issue 646</a>.
         </p>
+        <p>
+          Some user agents may directly [=launch a web application|launch=] the
+          [=installed web application=] using the [=Document/URL=] of the
+          [=browsing context=] that initiated the installation. If the
+          [=Document/URL=] of this page is not within the manifest's

The phrasing "is not within the manifest's [=manifest/navigation scope=]" doesn't properly use the defined "within scope" terminology. Consider using one of these alternatives for consistency with line 2697:
- "is not [=manifest/within scope=] of the manifest" 
- "is not [=URL/within scope=] of the manifest's [=manifest/navigation scope=]"

The first option is more concise and matches the pattern used at line 2697.

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