diff -r 537d7c6b48a2 -r 1f00e90fd72a sdlterm/cython/sdlterm.pyx
--- a/sdlterm/cython/sdlterm.pyx	Sat Jan 05 00:40:27 2013 +0100
+++ b/sdlterm/cython/sdlterm.pyx	Sat Jan 05 12:40:32 2013 +0100
@@ -10,11 +10,27 @@
 
 
 cdef extern from "sdlterm.h":
-    enum EventType:
-        pass
+    cdef struct Event_key:
+        char *keyname
+        Py_UNICODE unicode
+
+    cdef struct Event_mouse:
+        int x, y
+        int button
 
-    union Event:
-        EventType type
+    cdef struct Event:
+        # enum
+        int QUIT
+        int RESIZE
+        int KEYPRESS
+        int MOUSEDOWN
+        int MOUSEUP
+        int MOUSEMOVE
+        int MOUSEWHEEL
+
+        int type
+        Event_key key
+        Event_mouse mouse
 
     cdef cppclass Terminal:
         Terminal() except +
@@ -34,6 +50,9 @@
 
         void get_next_event(Event event)
 
+        int get_width()
+        int get_height()
+
 
 cdef class SDLTerminal:
     cdef Terminal *thisptr      # hold a C++ instance which we're wrapping
@@ -60,5 +79,28 @@
     def get_next_event(self):
         cdef Event event
         self.thisptr.get_next_event(event)
-        return dict()
+        if event.type == event.MOUSEMOVE:
+            return ('mousemove', event.mouse.x, event.mouse.y)
+        if event.type == event.MOUSEDOWN:
+            return ('mousedown', event.mouse.x, event.mouse.y, event.mouse.button)
+        if event.type == event.MOUSEUP:
+            return ('mouseup', event.mouse.x, event.mouse.y, event.mouse.button)
+        if event.type == event.KEYPRESS:
+            keyname = event.key.keyname
+            if keyname:
+                keyname = keyname.decode()
+            else:
+                keyname = None
+            char = event.key.unicode
+            if char == '\x00':
+                char = None
+            return ('keypress', keyname, char)
+        if event.type == event.QUIT:
+            return ('quit',)
+        return ('unknown',)
 
+    property width:
+        def __get__(self): return self.thisptr.get_width()
+    property height:
+        def __get__(self): return self.thisptr.get_height()
+