diff --git a/evt/Makefile b/evt/Makefile
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+##############################################################################
+##                         Hinterlib event facility                         ##
+##                                                                          ##
+##                         Copyright © 2021 Aquefir                         ##
+##                       Released under BSD-2-Clause.                       ##
+##############################################################################
+
+ifeq ($(strip $(AQ)),)
+$(error "AQ was not found in your environment. You need to install the Slick Makefiles from github.com/aquefir/slick to continue.")
+endif
+
+include $(AQ)/lib/slick/base.mk
+
+PROJECT := uni_futils
+
+# put a ‘1’ for the desired target types to compile
+SOFILE :=
+AFILE  := 1
+
+# space-separated path list for #includes
+# <system> includes
+INCLUDES := include ../decl/include ../err/include ../himem/include \
+	../log/include
+# "local" includes
+INCLUDEL := src
+
+# space-separated library name list
+LIBS    :=
+LIBDIRS :=
+
+# frameworks (macOS target only)
+FWORKS :=
+
+# ‘3P’ are in-tree 3rd-party dependencies
+# 3PLIBDIR is the base directory
+# 3PLIBS is the folder names in the base directory for each library
+3PLIBDIR := 3rdparty
+3PLIBS   := tes
+
+# sources
+SFILES    :=
+CFILES    := \
+	src/futils.c
+CPPFILES  :=
+PUBHFILES := \
+	include/uni/futils.h
+PRVHFILES :=
+
+# test suite sources
+TES_CFILES    :=
+TES_CPPFILES  :=
+TES_PUBHFILES :=
+TES_PRVHFILES :=
+
+# this defines all our usual targets
+include $(AQ)/lib/slick/targets.mk
diff --git a/evt/etc/BOILERPLATE b/evt/etc/BOILERPLATE
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+This file contains the project’s copypastable boilerplate comment headers.
+
+Boilerplate for C-like languages:
+
+/****************************************************************************\
+ *                         Hinterlib event facility                         *
+ *                                                                          *
+ *                         Copyright © 2021 Aquefir                         *
+ *                       Released under BSD-2-Clause.                       *
+\****************************************************************************/
+
+Hash-based boilerplate (Python, POSIX shell, Makefile):
+
+##############################################################################
+##                         Hinterlib event facility                         ##
+##                                                                          ##
+##                         Copyright © 2021 Aquefir                         ##
+##                       Released under BSD-2-Clause.                       ##
+##############################################################################
diff --git a/evt/include/uni/evt.h b/evt/include/uni/evt.h
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+++ b/evt/include/uni/evt.h
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+/****************************************************************************\
+ *                         Hinterlib event facility                         *
+ *                                                                          *
+ *                         Copyright © 2021 Aquefir                         *
+ *                       Released under BSD-2-Clause.                       *
+\****************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef INC_API__UNI_EVT_H
+#define INC_API__UNI_EVT_H
+
+struct uni_evt;
+
+#endif /* INC_API__UNI_EVT_H */
diff --git a/evt/src/evt.c b/evt/src/evt.c
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diff --git a/evt/src/evt.h b/evt/src/evt.h
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+++ b/evt/src/evt.h
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+/****************************************************************************\
+ *                         Hinterlib event facility                         *
+ *                                                                          *
+ *                         Copyright © 2021 Aquefir                         *
+ *                       Released under BSD-2-Clause.                       *
+\****************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef INC__UNI_EVT_H
+#define INC__UNI_EVT_H
+
+struct uni_evt
+{
+#ifdef CFG_LINUX
+	int fd;
+#endif /* CFG_LINUX */
+};
+
+#endif /* INC__UNI_EVT_H */