Help with shaped widgets

["Adam Watson" <a1c_watson hotmail com>]

Hi,

 I am trying to shape a canvas, animator or a drawing area widget to fit 
inside a graphical border I am working on for a game project.  My problem 
is:

I load XBM data into a GtkBitmap and then use 
gtk_widget_shape_combine_mask() to mask the widget shape but it seems to 
mask the reverse of what I want.  I have two bitmaps, on is for the center 
and the other is for the frame.  I have tried to use one or the other to 
mask the widget but one allows the graphics to appear but the area I want to 
exist in the app is not clickable.  If I use the bitmap, just the opposite 
happens.  The graphical border is blotted out but the area I want to use is 
clickable.

My question is:  Am I missing something?  And, if I am, how can I get the 
desired result?  And, which kind of widget should I use for a 2D ISOMETRIC 
playing area?  Canvas?  Animator?  GtkDrawingArea?  or a combination of two 
or more of them?

Thanks in advance for your advice,
Adam Watson
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