Compass Menu class been improved and is no longer view specific. It can be created for any window, whether it actually fit into the canvas of the window or not.

    // to create a compass 

    #include <real/gadget/r3compassgd.h>

    char *my_labels[] = {
      "North",
      "North-West",
      "West",
      "Souht-West",
      "South",
      "South-East",
      "East",
      "North-East",
      NULL
    };

    compass = R3New(R3CLID_COMPASSGADGET,
		    R3WGA_Parent, window,
		    R3CMPSGA_Rings, 1,
		    R3CMPSGA_Labels, my_labels,
		    R3RA_Hook, my_hook,
		    R3TAG_END);

The SDK contains a new example samples/applications/gadgets/compass.c demonstrating the usage of compass menus.