diff --git a/compiler/res/version.txt b/compiler/res/version.txt
index 8dce890fd..3ec71e525 100644
--- a/compiler/res/version.txt
+++ b/compiler/res/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7.10-dev
+8.0-dev
diff --git a/docs/source/todo.rst b/docs/source/todo.rst
index dc0383359..23a95ab9b 100644
--- a/docs/source/todo.rst
+++ b/docs/source/todo.rst
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ TODO
 
 For next release
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+- x16: screen_set_mode -> screen_mode + other args https://github.com/commanderx16/x16-docs/blob/master/Commander%20X16%20Programmer's%20Reference%20Guide.md#function-name-screen_mode
+- x16: change mouse_config API https://github.com/commanderx16/x16-docs/blob/master/Commander%20X16%20Programmer's%20Reference%20Guide.md#function-name-mouse_config
+   also add mouse_config2() ? that does the screen_mode() trick internally for you?
 - x16: check additional FP lib changes https://github.com/commanderx16/x16-rom/commit/ae608673f0210953172d6837acfbb231d62ddbd1
     and https://github.com/commanderx16/x16-docs/commit/21238aedc641da91df88e04c4ce9bf3324a3c12d
 - x16: check joystick support (petaxian, own stuff) because of api change in r39 kernal https://github.com/commanderx16/x16-docs/blob/master/Commander%20X16%20Programmer's%20Reference%20Guide.md#function-name-joystick_get
-- x16: screen_set_mode -> screen_mode + other args https://github.com/commanderx16/x16-docs/blob/master/Commander%20X16%20Programmer's%20Reference%20Guide.md#function-name-screen_mode
 - x16: new vera memory layout https://github.com/commanderx16/x16-rom/issues/185 this may break certain things in gfx2 and elsewhere. Such as font rendering
    broken examples: amiga, colorbars, cube3d, highresbitmap, rasterbars, tehtriz, testgfx2, testvtui
    can we make the code read the new layout from vera registers instead of hardcoding it?
@@ -14,7 +16,6 @@ For next release
     and https://www.commanderx16.com/forum/index.php?/topic/363-keep-zero-page-empty-as-much-as-possible/#comment-18561
 - x16: optimize diskio load_raw because headerless files are now supported https://github.com/commanderx16/x16-rom/pull/216
   note: must still work on c64/c128 that don't have this!
-- major compiler version bump once X16 r39 rom is officially finalized
 - vm codegen: ForLoop
 - vm codegen: When
 - vm codegen: Pipe expression