Gdk_Region (Gtkmm question)

["Charles Petersen" <mauddib hotmail com>]

I asked this question first on the gtkmm list, but have gotten zero 
responses so far, and it reccomends that, for a faster response, I might 
want to pose my question on this list.  So...
I'm having problems with the Gdk_Region wrapper.  I'm trying to use it to 
make a hexagonal area to clip with, but it doesn't seem that the wrapper 
does anything it all.  It exists, but the only way to create a Gdk_Region is 
to pass it another Gdk_Region...so I can't really create one of my own at 
all.  The headers say "this needs work", so has it been implemented at all 
yet?  Searching through the archives I found a similar complaint, and an 
attached implementation (which i havn't been able to get to compile), but is 
there a standard fix?
If not, I figure I could simply use a rectangular clip and draw in the extra 
stuff around the hex (i'm making a hexboard for a turn based strategy game) 
but that would /really/ suck.

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charles petersen


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