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 libev \- a high performance full\-featured event loop written in C
 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
 .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
-.Vb 1
+.Vb 2
+\&  /* this is the only header you need */
 \&  #include <ev.h>
 .Ve
+.PP
+.Vb 3
+\&  /* what follows is a fully working example program */
+\&  ev_io stdin_watcher;
+\&  ev_timer timeout_watcher;
+.Ve
+.PP
+.Vb 8
+\&  /* called when data readable on stdin */
+\&  static void
+\&  stdin_cb (EV_P_ struct ev_io *w, int revents)
+\&  {
+\&    /* puts ("stdin ready"); */
+\&    ev_io_stop (EV_A_ w); /* just a syntax example */
+\&    ev_unloop (EV_A_ EVUNLOOP_ALL); /* leave all loop calls */
+\&  }
+.Ve
+.PP
+.Vb 6
+\&  static void
+\&  timeout_cb (EV_P_ struct ev_timer *w, int revents)
+\&  {
+\&    /* puts ("timeout"); */
+\&    ev_unloop (EV_A_ EVUNLOOP_ONE); /* leave one loop call */
+\&  }
+.Ve
+.PP
+.Vb 4
+\&  int
+\&  main (void)
+\&  {
+\&    struct ev_loop *loop = ev_default_loop (0);
+.Ve
+.PP
+.Vb 3
+\&    /* initialise an io watcher, then start it */
+\&    ev_io_init (&stdin_watcher, stdin_cb, /*STDIN_FILENO*/ 0, EV_READ);
+\&    ev_io_start (loop, &stdin_watcher);
+.Ve
+.PP
+.Vb 3
+\&    /* simple non-repeating 5.5 second timeout */
+\&    ev_timer_init (&timeout_watcher, timeout_cb, 5.5, 0.);
+\&    ev_timer_start (loop, &timeout_watcher);
+.Ve
+.PP
+.Vb 2
+\&    /* loop till timeout or data ready */
+\&    ev_loop (loop, 0);
+.Ve
+.PP
+.Vb 2
+\&    return 0;
+\&  }
+.Ve
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
 Libev is an event loop: you register interest in certain events (such as a