QB64 Bounty List

[wiggins]

M1 Support is needed
Generate a smaller executable

[wiggins]

I just remembered that there is a bug list out there. 

[madscijr]

One wish list item I'd offer a bounty for (if it's within my modest means!) would be getting QB64 to read separate input from multiple USB mice plugged into the computer.

Preferably this would be cross-platform (I did research a while back and it looked like it was possible for PC, Linux and Mac using different methods, not sure about DOS) but at least for Windows.

Microsoft's RawInput API can do it, and I found a ton of examples, but alas this is just beyond my capabilities and/or free time :-( so to anyone who can get it done, what's it worth to ya? LoL

Here are the discussions about it with links to research findings / related libraries / sample code / etc.:

reading multiple mice input with _DEVICES and _DEVICE$, or RawInput ?:

https://qb64forum.alephc.xyz/index.php?topic=3348.0

reading multiple mice input revisited / external library question:

https://qb64forum.alephc.xyz/index.php?topic=3695.0

events and malloc in QB64?:

https://qb64forum.alephc.xyz/index.php?topic=3766.0

[mdijkens]

1. A good Inkey$ like alternative for $console:only on Win and Linux would give much business value for me
2. Shell with stdin and stdout; preferably with _Nowait (to get some multitasking functionality)

[SMcNeill]

1. A good Inkey$ like alternative for $console:only on Win and Linux would give much business value for me

There's _CINP for Windows, which does what you're talking about, though it's never been ported into Linux yet.