docs(pty): scope the settle boundary to the settled operation

The paragraph claimed later child output reaches only the scrollback. Output
after a settle still reaches the scrollback and whichever send is active when
it arrives — appendOutput writes both (session.ts:302-307), and settleActive
clears `active` rather than suppressing delivery. Only the settled operation
stops receiving it, which is what the timing bound protects.
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@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ On macOS there is no exact syscall tier. Output silence returns `inferred_idle`
Tier 2 returns `inferred_idle` after `idleSilenceMs` without output. A sleeping or network-blocked command can therefore look ready. Tier 3 returns `timeout` after `timeoutMs` so a foreground tool call cannot hold the agent indefinitely. The result preserves the distinction; callers may wait through `ctx.tasks`, signal the foreground group, or inspect from another session.
Once a send settles under any tier, `PtySendOperation.append` stops accepting output, so later child output reaches only the scrollback. A test that waits for a marker on the operation must therefore set `idleSilenceMs` and `timeoutMs` above the child's own startup latency; interpreter startup on a loaded macOS runner otherwise ends the send before the marker is printed.
Once a send settles under any tier, `PtySendOperation.append` stops accepting output, so later child output no longer reaches that settled operation; it still reaches the scrollback, and any send that is active when it arrives. A test that waits for a marker on the operation it started must therefore set `idleSilenceMs` and `timeoutMs` above the child's own startup latency; interpreter startup on a loaded macOS runner otherwise ends the send before the marker is printed.
`node-pty` data notifications feed one terminal parser. Parser carry state handles control sequences and a trailing carriage return split across callbacks, so a divided CRLF produces one newline rather than a pagination-changing blank line. The implementation normalizes line-oriented output, but it does not promise correct interaction with a full-screen application.