--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/sdlterm/tests/test_sdl_events.cc	Wed Jan 30 19:44:01 2013 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+#include <SDL/SDL.h>
+
+Uint32 timeout_callback(Uint32 interval, void *param)
+{
+    SDL_Event event;
+    event.type = SDL_USEREVENT;
+    event.user.code = 1;
+    SDL_PushEvent(&event);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+bool handle_events(Uint32 timeout)
+{
+    SDL_Event event;
+    SDL_TimerID timer_id = NULL;
+    bool done = false;
+
+    if (timeout)
+    {
+        timer_id = SDL_AddTimer(timeout, timeout_callback, NULL);
+    }
+
+    // wait for events and handle them
+    if (SDL_WaitEvent(&event))
+    {
+        do
+        {
+            switch (event.type)
+            {
+            case SDL_USEREVENT:
+                // timeout
+                if (event.user.code == 1)
+                {
+                    SDL_RemoveTimer(timer_id);
+                    printf("timeout\n");
+                }
+                break; // continue loop
+
+            case SDL_QUIT:
+                printf("quit\n");
+                done = true;
+                break;
+
+            case SDL_KEYUP:
+                printf("keyup\n");
+                if (event.key.keysym.sym == SDLK_ESCAPE)
+                {
+                    done = true;
+                }
+                break;
+
+            case SDL_MOUSEBUTTONDOWN:
+                printf("mouse button down\n");
+                break;
+
+            case SDL_MOUSEBUTTONUP:
+                printf("mouse button up\n");
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        while (SDL_PollEvent(&event));
+    }
+    // remove timer when other event came before timeout
+    if (timeout)
+    {
+        SDL_RemoveTimer(timer_id);
+    }
+    return done;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    SDL_Surface* screen = NULL;
+
+    if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO | SDL_INIT_TIMER) == -1)
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "SDL_Init: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    atexit(SDL_Quit);
+
+    screen = SDL_SetVideoMode(800, 480, 16, SDL_SWSURFACE);
+    if (screen == NULL)
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "SDL_SetVideoMode: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    bool done = false;
+    while (!done)
+    {
+        done = handle_events(1000);
+    }
+
+    return (0);
+}