15:04:37jackdanielwell, read returns whatever you feed it with: a symbol, a string, whatever
15:05:03jackdanielis this snippet I'm supposed to read, or you have just pasted it to show that you have tried something? I'm quite loaded mentally atm to look at the code
15:05:30lokejackdaniel: That's the code I ended up having to use to make it work
15:52:22frgoPanes, gadgets, ... Woa - when to use what? That's the question ;-) Still *blood* *new* to CLIM. I'm trying to build this: https://i.imgur.com/hDdsE1v.png and I need to make pushbutton size and area sizes variable. Furthermore, I need to be able to draw figures and symbols / icons on all the pushbuttons.
16:05:53jackdanielregarding layout: http://hellsgate.pl/files/e57b0fdb this resembles more or less what you want
16:06:24jackdanielregarding push buttons, you'd have to subclass and customize handle-repaint for it so you can do this magic stuff you mention
16:06:43jackdaniel(see my latest video on creating new widgets)