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README: add a graphic to illustrate how XWayland looks like

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Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>
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@ -231,6 +231,25 @@ connecting it to a `libeis` context in the compositor (PoC with Weston).
This allows Xwayland to intercept XTEST events and route those through
the compositor instead.
```
+--------------------+ +------------------+
| Wayland compositor |---wayland---| Wayland client B |
+--------------------+\ +------------------+
| libinput | libeis | \_wayland______
+----------+---------+ \
| | +-------+------------------+
/dev/input/ +---brei----| libei | XWayland |
+-------+------------------+
|
| XTEST
|
+-----------+
| X client |
+-----------+
```
Of course, XWayland is just another Wayland compositor, so the connection
between libei and libeis could be handled through a portal.
### Short-lived applications
**libei** is not designed for short-lived fire-and-forget-type applications