diff --git a/src/keyboard.c b/src/keyboard.c
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+/* ncmpc (Ncurses MPD Client)
+ * (c) 2004-2017 The Music Player Daemon Project
+ * Project homepage: http://musicpd.org
+ *
+ * This program 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; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program 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 this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ */
+
+#include "keyboard.h"
+#include "command.h"
+#include "ncmpc.h"
+#include "Compiler.h"
+
+#include <glib.h>
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+static gboolean
+keyboard_event(gcc_unused GIOChannel *source,
+ gcc_unused GIOCondition condition,
+ gcc_unused gpointer data)
+{
+ begin_input_event();
+
+ command_t cmd = get_keyboard_command();
+ if (cmd != CMD_NONE)
+ if (do_input_event(cmd) != 0)
+ return FALSE;
+
+ end_input_event();
+ return TRUE;
+}
+
+void
+keyboard_init(void)
+{
+ GIOChannel *channel = g_io_channel_unix_new(STDIN_FILENO);
+ g_io_add_watch(channel, G_IO_IN, keyboard_event, NULL);
+ g_io_channel_unref(channel);
+}