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+The protocol is little endian.
+
+Each event is prefixed by 9 null bytes, and an event type, which is 1 byte.
+
+A key-press event would look like this:
+0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
+* 9 padding nulls, 1 = event id (keyboard), 5 = button
+
+KEYBOARD (1):
+* uint8 pressed: If the button is pressed (1) or released (0)
+* uint8 keycode: The keycode of the button
+
+MOUSE_MOVE (2):
+* int32 x: Relative X movement (negative numbers move to the left)
+* int32 y: Relative Y movement (negative numbers move to the top)
+
+MOUSE_PRESS (3):
+* uint8 pressed: If the button is pressed (1) or released (0)
+* uint8 keycode: The keycode of the button
+
+MOUSE_WHEEL (4):
+* int32 x: Wheel X roll (negative numbers move to the left)
+* int32 y: Wheel Y roll (negative numbers move to the top)