fix: a readout keeps its metric prefix when the stream declares no unit

The SI prefix ladder in format_measure() was gated on a non-empty unit, so two
decimals of a small unitless value printed `0.00` -- the reading gone, not merely
coarse. That is a whole class of channels rather than a corner: a CONFIG need not
declare a unit, and a math channel never has one. Below 1e-12 the same loss
happened even with a unit, so that range falls back to three significant digits.

With no unit the prefix goes tight against the number (`585.24m`), since the space
exists to separate the number from its unit and a spaced `m` alone reads as metres.

The mock declared `unit="V"` for every data signal, which is why no probe could see
this; it now takes `--unit ''`.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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`the_crosshair_mark_is_bigger_than_a_sample_dot`, plus `[cursors-probe]`'s `first mark at x=..
y=..` agreeing with the pane's first value.
- **`format_measure()` is the one formatter for both panes, and its SI prefix does not depend on
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it, so a change reaches both. The prefix ladder used to be inside `if (!unit.empty())`, which
made two decimals of a small unitless value read `0.00` — the reading gone, not merely coarse —
and that is a whole class of channels, not a corner: `measure_unit()` returns `""` for any signal
whose CONFIG declares no unit, and a **math channel never has one**. The regression net could not
see it because `tools/mock_udpstreamer.py` declared `unit="V"` for every data signal; it now takes
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