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> I just wrote a thin wrapper around the somewhat verbose JS Canvas API that lets me write code such as

As I said at the start of OP, I want to draw by doodling. So writing code would seem to be disqualified.

> Why use a new format instead of SVG or JS+canvas? It avoids reinventing the wheel and a webbrower is installed on almost every computer with a display.

My goal is to move off browsers. Reinventing the wheel can also often be a good thing.

I do have tools to export documents to html/markdown/SVG: https://git.sr.ht/~akkartik/lines2.love#associated-tools But I myself am trying to live outside the browser as much as possible.





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