Fix crash on startup when focus index is out of range #1599
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Background
On a fresh setup, zulip-terminal may crash at startup with an "index out of range" error when setting the initial focus.
Root Cause
During early UI initialization the focus index can be computed before the message list is populated, or exceed bounds.
Fix
Tests
tests/local/test_modlistwalker_focus_guard.py(empty/negative/oob focus).3 passed(see artifacts).