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> I've wondered if it is possible to embed emacs in other applications,
> so for example that I can edit textfields in my browser using emacs.
> I quickly found this NEWS entry for emacs 23.
>
> | *** Emacs now supports the XEmbed specification.
>
> But this --parent-id option is only available to emacs, not
> emacsclient.  Is that intended or technically not feasible otherwise?

I've just added a --parent-id option to emacsclient.  Thanks to Jan for
a helpful testcase.