Support passphrase-protected SSH identity files on non-CLI clients

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## Known Bugs - libmutton
- On Windows, GPG is sometimes (seems unpredictable) incredibly slow to start (often after a reboot), leading to many operations seemingly hanging
- **This will be addressed** in the migration off of GPG that will take place before v1.0.0
- Password-protected SSH identity files currently only prompt for password entry in the CLI, and thus they are not yet supported in GUI/TUI implementations
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- `wsl`: Allows creating a Linux binary that can interact with the Windows clipboard (for WSL)
- `termux`: Allows creating a Linux binary that can interact with the Termux clipboard (for Android)
## Required Global Variable Manipulation
libmutton provides a `PassphraseInputFunction` global variable that all clients must set to support passphrase-protected SSH identity files. This approach allows for different types of clients (CLI, GUI, TUI) to prompt for the passphrase in the most appropriate way.
## Required Arguments
Some arguments should be accepted by all/most libmutton-based password managers. These are as follows:
- `clipclear`: This argument is required for correct functionality of non-interactive CLI implementations (not needed for interactive GUI/TUI implementations). In order to clear the clipboard on a timer, libmutton-based password managers call another instance of their executable with the `clipclear` argument (e.g. `mutn clipclear`) with the intended clipboard contents provided via STDIN. If after 30 seconds the clipboard contents have not changed, they are cleared. Please accept a `clipclear` argument that calls `core.ClipClearArgument()`.