Hopefully this is a simple question. Is setitimer() the correct way to
implement timers in X? My first attempt at timers worked most of the time.
Before I entered into select(), I would find the timer that was nearest to
expiration and set the select() timeout to that value. All expired timers
would be handled and removed, all remaining timers would have their time
remaining decremented by the last timeout amount, X events, if any, would
be processed, and the loop would continue.

However, sometimes my timer timeouts didn't occur exactly in sync with the
select() timeout, so some would be left in permenant limbo. Also timers
started within code after all existing timers expired would not be
processed since the timout on the select() call would be null (infinite).

I noticed that the Qt docs briefly mention timer resolutions of ~20ms, which
is in the ballpark of the timer resolution mentioned in setitimer. That
Since setitimer() deals with asyncronous timer events, it seems to be the
ideal way to interrupt an infinitely blocking select() call. Is this a
standard/typical approach to implementing timers?