Add option to accept an X11 window id and draw in it rather than opening a new window.#121
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With X11 getting more and more phased out on Linux, I'd be more interested in a solution that works on Wayland too. Besides that, I think it might be a better idea to create a more lightweight frontend (without the UI, hotkeys etc.) than using this one for the specific purpose of being integrated into other applications via different window managers, possibly even working on Windows as well. |
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