Just to report back I took the easy way out and it's just too easy to not use it: (I'm using chiccup.)
(raw ,(cmark->html ... )) So I lose the "sxml" but that was mostly because I am using chiccup, NOT because I have a need to modify it or something. thannks, -- paul PS. I did start to work on both cmark and lowdown, but got lost in the weeds. It did help me to learn to install local eggs (with modifications).
