#include "wx/x11/private.h"
 #include "X11/Xlib.h"
 
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // wxEventLoopImpl
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     // TODO allowing for threads, as per e.g. wxMSW
 
+#if 0
     XNextEvent((Display*) wxGetDisplay(), & event);
+#endif
+
+    // This now waits until either an X event is received,
+    // or the select times out. So we should now process
+    // wxTimers in a reasonably timely fashion. However it
+    // does also mean that idle processing will happen more
+    // often, so we should probably limit idle processing to
+    // not be repeated more than every N milliseconds.
+    
+    if (XPending((Display*) wxGetDisplay()) == 0)
+    {
+        struct timeval tv;
+        tv.tv_sec=0;
+        tv.tv_usec=10000; // TODO make this configurable
+        int fd = ConnectionNumber(dsp);
+        fd_set readset;
+        FD_ZERO(&readset);
+        FD_SET(fd, &readset);
+        if (select(fd+1, &readset, NULL, NULL, & tv) == 0)
+        {
+            // Timed out, so no event to process
+            return TRUE;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // An event was pending, so get it
+            XNextEvent((Display*) wxGetDisplay(), & event);
+        }
+    } else
+    {
+       XNextEvent((Display*) wxGetDisplay(), & event);
+    }
+    
     (void) m_impl->ProcessEvent(& event);
     return TRUE;
 }
 
     wm_protocols[0] = XInternAtom( xdisplay, "WM_DELETE_WINDOW", False );
     wm_protocols[1] = XInternAtom( xdisplay, "WM_TAKE_FOCUS", False );
     XSetWMProtocols( xdisplay, xwindow, wm_protocols, 2);
+
+#if 0 // TODO
+    // You will need a compliant window manager for this to work
+    // (e.g. sawfish/enlightenment/kde/icewm/windowmaker)
+    if (style & wxSTAY_ON_TOP)
+    {
+        CARD32 data = 4; // or should this be 6? According to http://developer.gnome.org/doc/standards/wm/c44.html
+        XChangeProperty (xdisplay,
+                    xwindow,
+                    XInternAtom (xdisplay, "_WIN_LAYER", False),
+                    XA_CARDINAL,
+                    32,
+                    PropModeReplace,
+                    (unsigned char *)&data,
+                    1);
+    }
+#endif
+
 #endif
     
     wxSetWMDecorations( xwindow, style);