Add "every quality" as an quality option in signals

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Add "every quality" as an quality option in signals

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TL;DR
I want to be able to use every quality in a signal. I can use them in filters (inserters, splitters, storage slots in {steel boxes, cargo wagons, etc}, etc) but I can't set them as names for trains, train stations, or send/receive them over circuit networks/radars. hopefully the screenshots make sense.

What?
This is what I currently do to say "this is a loading/unloading station for materials of a certain quality":
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you can see that I have stations for loading different quality holmium ore. however, at my scrap recycling plant I have mixed quality holmium ore from using quality modules and recycling mixed quality scrap. on fulgora islands are small, and I want to quickly train the mixed ore to a different island to sort/upcycle the ore. currently I use this naming convention:
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I know that these symbols already exist in the UI:
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let me use these anywhere that I could use circuits.
Why?
I use trains to deliver materials around my factories. I have set up circuit networks to control trains with dynamic schedules to go to pickup and dropoff stations when supply_of_item >= 1 and demand_of_item >= 1.

with abundant items like iron plates and copper plates I can easily do supply_of_normal_iron, supply_of_legendary_iron, etc and destroy/recycle the intermediate quality levels.

with bottlenecked items like ice or holmium I want to keep every quality level and use that signal in circuits/names
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