timerAndTouch

--Other events
function processEvents(event)
  if event[1] == "monitor_touch" then
   local xPos = event[3]
	local yPos = event[4]
	-- Check if it in a certain range and handle
	processTouchEvents(xPos, yPos)
  end
end

local function wait (time)
  local timer = os.startTimer(time)
  while true do
    local event = {os.pullEvent()}
    if (event[1] == "timer" and event[2] == timer) then
      break
    else
      processEvents(event) -- a custom function in which you would deal with received events
    end
  end
end