Have a timeout in read_char to enable timed events

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diff --git a/src/timed_events.py b/src/timed_events.py
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+++ b/src/timed_events.py
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+# Copyright 2010-2011 Le Coz Florent <louiz@louiz.org>
+#
+# This file is part of Poezio.
+#
+# Poezio is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.
+#
+# Poezio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Poezio.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+class TimedEvent(object):
+    """
+    An event with a callback that is called when the specified time is passed
+    Note that these events can NOT be used for very small delay or a very
+    precise date, since the check for events is done once per second, as
+    a maximum
+    """
+    def __init__(self, callback, *args, **kwargs):
+        self._callback = callback
+        self.args = args
+