diff --git a/include/event.h b/include/event.h
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+typedef struct	Event Event;
+typedef struct	Menu Menu;
+
+enum
+{
+	Emouse		= 1,
+	Ekeyboard	= 2,
+};
+
+enum
+{
+	MAXSLAVE = 32,
+	EMAXMSG = 128+8192,	/* size of 9p header+data */
+};
+
+struct	Mouse
+{
+	int	buttons;	/* bit array: LMR=124 */
+	Point	xy;
+	ulong	msec;
+};
+
+struct	Event
+{
+	int	kbdc;
+	Mouse	mouse;
+	int	n;		/* number of characters in message */
+	void	*v;		/* data unpacked by general event-handling function */
+	uchar	data[EMAXMSG];	/* message from an arbitrary file descriptor */
+};
+
+struct Menu
+{
+	char	**item;
+	char	*(*gen)(int);
+	int	lasthit;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Events
+ */
+extern void	 einit(ulong);
+extern ulong	 estart(ulong, int, int);
+extern ulong	 estartfn(ulong, int, int, int (*fn)(int, Event*, uchar*, int));
+extern ulong	 etimer(ulong, int);
+extern ulong	 event(Event*);
+extern ulong	 eread(ulong, Event*);
+extern Mouse	 emouse(void);
+extern int	 ekbd(void);
+extern int	 ecanread(ulong);
+extern int	 ecanmouse(void);
+extern int	 ecankbd(void);
+extern void	 eresized(int);	/* supplied by user */
+extern int	 emenuhit(int, Mouse*, Menu*);
+extern int	eatomouse(Mouse*, char*, int);
+extern Rectangle	getrect(int, Mouse*);
+struct Cursor;
+extern void	 esetcursor(struct Cursor*);
+extern void	 emoveto(Point);
+extern Rectangle	egetrect(int, Mouse*);
+extern void		edrawgetrect(Rectangle, int);
+extern int		ereadmouse(Mouse*);
+extern int		eatomouse(Mouse*, char*, int);