diff --git a/beautiful-racket-ragg/br/ragg/codegen/codegen.rkt b/beautiful-racket-ragg/br/ragg/codegen/codegen.rkt
index 583d517..11357b1 100755
--- a/beautiful-racket-ragg/br/ragg/codegen/codegen.rkt
+++ b/beautiful-racket-ragg/br/ragg/codegen/codegen.rkt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#lang racket/base
+#lang br
 
 (require (for-template racket/base)
          racket/list
@@ -38,9 +38,25 @@
        
        ;; We flatten the rules so we can use the yacc-style ruleset that parser-tools
        ;; supports.
+       
+       #|
+       MB: `rules` still carries 'hide syntax property
+       |#
+       #;(report flattened-rules)
+
+
+       #|
+       MB: `flattened-rules` still carries 'hide syntax property
+       |#
        (define flattened-rules (flatten-rules rules))
+       #;(report flattened-rules)
        
        (define generated-rule-codes (map flat-rule->yacc-rule flattened-rules))
+
+       #|
+       MB: `generated-rule-codes` loses the 'hide syntax property
+       |#
+       #;(report generated-rule-codes)
        
        ;; The first rule, by default, is the start rule.
        (define rule-ids (for/list ([a-rule (in-list rules)])
@@ -163,6 +179,7 @@
 ;;     stx :== (name (U tokens rule-stx) ...)
 ;;
 (define (flat-rule->yacc-rule a-flat-rule)
+  #;(report a-flat-rule)
   (syntax-case a-flat-rule ()
     [(rule-type origin name clauses ...)
      (begin
@@ -206,6 +223,7 @@
                             [$X-end-pos
                              (format-id translated-pattern "$~a-end-pos" pos)])
                 (syntax-case primitive-pattern (id lit token inferred-id)
+                  
                   ;; When a rule usage is inferred, the value of $X is a syntax object
                   ;; whose head is the name of the inferred rule . We strip that out,
                   ;; leaving the residue to be absorbed.
@@ -214,11 +232,13 @@
                        [(inferred-rule-name . rest)
                         (syntax->list #'rest)])]
                   [(id val)
-                   #`(list $X)]
+                   #'(list $X)]
+                  ;; move the 'hide syntax property into the translated-action
+                  ;; because syntax gets datum-ized
                   [(lit val)
-                   #`(list (atomic-datum->syntax $X $X-start-pos $X-end-pos))]
+                   #`(list (atomic-datum->syntax $X $X-start-pos $X-end-pos #,(syntax-property primitive-pattern 'hide)))]
                   [(token val)
-                   #`(list (atomic-datum->syntax $X $X-start-pos $X-end-pos))]))))
+                   #`(list (atomic-datum->syntax $X $X-start-pos $X-end-pos #,(syntax-property primitive-pattern 'hide)))]))))
   
   (define whole-rule-loc
     (if (empty? translated-patterns)
diff --git a/beautiful-racket-ragg/br/ragg/codegen/runtime.rkt b/beautiful-racket-ragg/br/ragg/codegen/runtime.rkt
index d38b244..5efc7e9 100755
--- a/beautiful-racket-ragg/br/ragg/codegen/runtime.rkt
+++ b/beautiful-racket-ragg/br/ragg/codegen/runtime.rkt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#lang racket/base
+#lang br
 
 (require racket/match 
          racket/list
@@ -45,86 +45,86 @@
 ;; FIXME: clean up code.
 (define (make-permissive-tokenizer tokenizer token-type-hash)
   (define tokenizer-thunk (cond
-                           [(sequence? tokenizer)
-                            (sequence->generator tokenizer)]
-                           [(procedure? tokenizer)
-                            tokenizer]))
-
+                            [(sequence? tokenizer)
+                             (sequence->generator tokenizer)]
+                            [(procedure? tokenizer)
+                             tokenizer]))
+  
   ;; lookup: symbol any pos pos -> position-token
   (define (lookup type val start-pos end-pos)
     (lex:position-token
      ((hash-ref token-type-hash type
-               (lambda ()
-                 ((current-tokenizer-error-handler) (format "~a" type) val
-                  (lex:position-offset start-pos)
-                  (lex:position-line start-pos)
-                  (lex:position-col start-pos)
-                  (and (number? (lex:position-offset start-pos))
-                       (number? (lex:position-offset end-pos))
-                       (- (lex:position-offset end-pos) 
-                          (lex:position-offset start-pos))))))
+                (lambda ()
+                  ((current-tokenizer-error-handler) (format "~a" type) val
+                                                     (lex:position-offset start-pos)
+                                                     (lex:position-line start-pos)
+                                                     (lex:position-col start-pos)
+                                                     (and (number? (lex:position-offset start-pos))
+                                                          (number? (lex:position-offset end-pos))
+                                                          (- (lex:position-offset end-pos) 
+                                                             (lex:position-offset start-pos))))))
       val)
      start-pos end-pos))
-
+  
   (define (permissive-tokenizer)
     (define next-token (tokenizer-thunk))
     (let loop ([next-token next-token])
-    (match next-token
-      [(or (? eof-object?) (? void?))
-       (lookup 'EOF eof no-position no-position)]
-
-      [(? symbol?)
-       (lookup next-token next-token no-position no-position)]
-
-      [(? string?)
-       (lookup (string->symbol next-token) next-token no-position no-position)]
-
-      [(? char?)
-       (lookup (string->symbol (string next-token)) next-token no-position no-position)]
-
-      ;; Compatibility 
-      [(? lex:token?)
-       (loop (token (lex:token-name next-token)
-                    (lex:token-value next-token)))]
-      
-      [(token-struct type val offset line column span skip?)
-       (cond [skip?
-              ;; skip whitespace, and just tokenize again.
-              (permissive-tokenizer)]
-             
-             [(hash-has-key? token-type-hash type)
-              (define start-pos (lex:position offset line column))
-              ;; try to synthesize a consistent end position.
-              (define end-pos (lex:position (if (and (number? offset) (number? span))
-                                                    (+ offset span)
-                                                    offset)
-                                                line
-                                                (if (and (number? column) (number? span))
-                                                    (+ column span)
-                                                    column)))
-              (lookup type val start-pos end-pos)]
-             [else
-              ;; We ran into a token of unrecognized type.  Let's raise an appropriate error.
-              ((current-tokenizer-error-handler) type val 
-               offset line column span)])]
-      
-      [(lex:position-token t s e)
-       (define a-position-token (loop t))
-       (lex:position-token (lex:position-token-token a-position-token)
-                           (if (no-position? (lex:position-token-start-pos a-position-token))
-                               s
-                               (lex:position-token-start-pos a-position-token))
-                           (if (no-position? (lex:position-token-end-pos a-position-token))
-                               e
-                               (lex:position-token-end-pos a-position-token)))]
-      
-      [else
-       ;; Otherwise, we have no idea how to treat this as a token.
-       ((current-tokenizer-error-handler) 'unknown-type (format "~a" next-token)
-        #f #f #f #f)])))
+      (match next-token
+        [(or (? eof-object?) (? void?))
+         (lookup 'EOF eof no-position no-position)]
+        
+        [(? symbol?)
+         (lookup next-token next-token no-position no-position)]
+        
+        [(? string?)
+         (lookup (string->symbol next-token) next-token no-position no-position)]
+        
+        [(? char?)
+         (lookup (string->symbol (string next-token)) next-token no-position no-position)]
+        
+        ;; Compatibility 
+        [(? lex:token?)
+         (loop (token (lex:token-name next-token)
+                      (lex:token-value next-token)))]
+        
+        [(token-struct type val offset line column span skip?)
+         (cond [skip?
+                ;; skip whitespace, and just tokenize again.
+                (permissive-tokenizer)]
+               
+               [(hash-has-key? token-type-hash type)
+                (define start-pos (lex:position offset line column))
+                ;; try to synthesize a consistent end position.
+                (define end-pos (lex:position (if (and (number? offset) (number? span))
+                                                  (+ offset span)
+                                                  offset)
+                                              line
+                                              (if (and (number? column) (number? span))
+                                                  (+ column span)
+                                                  column)))
+                (lookup type val start-pos end-pos)]
+               [else
+                ;; We ran into a token of unrecognized type.  Let's raise an appropriate error.
+                ((current-tokenizer-error-handler) type val 
+                                                   offset line column span)])]
+        
+        [(lex:position-token t s e)
+         (define a-position-token (loop t))
+         (lex:position-token (lex:position-token-token a-position-token)
+                             (if (no-position? (lex:position-token-start-pos a-position-token))
+                                 s
+                                 (lex:position-token-start-pos a-position-token))
+                             (if (no-position? (lex:position-token-end-pos a-position-token))
+                                 e
+                                 (lex:position-token-end-pos a-position-token)))]
+        
+        [else
+         ;; Otherwise, we have no idea how to treat this as a token.
+         ((current-tokenizer-error-handler) 'unknown-type (format "~a" next-token)
+                                            #f #f #f #f)])))
   permissive-tokenizer)
 
-                      
+
 
 ;; positions->srcloc: position position -> (list source line column offset span)
 ;; Given two positions, returns a srcloc-like structure, where srcloc is the value
@@ -140,19 +140,25 @@
                (lex:position-offset start-pos))
             #f)))
 
-
+#|
+MB: the next three functions control the parse tree output.
+This would be the place to check a syntax property for hiding.
+|#
 ;; We create a syntax using read-syntax; by definition, it should have the
 ;; original? property set to #t, which we then copy over to syntaxes constructed
 ;; with atomic-datum->syntax and rule-components->syntax.
 (define stx-with-original?-property
-  (read-syntax #f (open-input-string "original")))
+  (read-syntax #f (open-input-string "meaningless-string")))
 
+(define elided (gensym))
 
 ;; atomic-datum->syntax: datum position position
 ;; Helper that does the ugly work in wrapping a datum into a syntax
 ;; with source location.
-(define (atomic-datum->syntax d start-pos end-pos)
-  (datum->syntax #f d (positions->srcloc start-pos end-pos) stx-with-original?-property))
+(define (atomic-datum->syntax d start-pos end-pos [hide? #f])
+  (if hide?
+      elided
+      (datum->syntax #f d (positions->srcloc start-pos end-pos) stx-with-original?-property)))
 
 
 
@@ -160,11 +166,10 @@
 ;; Creates an stx out of the rule name and its components.
 ;; The location information of the rule spans that of its components.
 (define (rule-components->syntax rule-name/false #:srcloc [srcloc #f] . components)
-  (define flattened-components (apply append components))
+  (define flattened-elided-components (filter-not (λ(c) (eq? c elided)) (apply append components)))
   (datum->syntax #f 
-                 (apply append
-                        (list 
-                         (datum->syntax #f rule-name/false srcloc stx-with-original?-property))
-                        components)
+                 (cons
+                        (datum->syntax #f rule-name/false srcloc stx-with-original?-property)
+                        flattened-elided-components)
                  srcloc
                  stx-with-original?-property))
diff --git a/beautiful-racket-ragg/br/ragg/elider/json-elider-toy.rkt b/beautiful-racket-ragg/br/ragg/elider/json-elider-toy.rkt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fcb1040
--- /dev/null
+++ b/beautiful-racket-ragg/br/ragg/elider/json-elider-toy.rkt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#lang br/ragg
+
+;; Simple baby example of JSON structure
+json: ID <":"> ID
diff --git a/beautiful-racket-ragg/br/ragg/elider/json-elider.rkt b/beautiful-racket-ragg/br/ragg/elider/json-elider.rkt
index 2d51cc7..ce2c05e 100755
--- a/beautiful-racket-ragg/br/ragg/elider/json-elider.rkt
+++ b/beautiful-racket-ragg/br/ragg/elider/json-elider.rkt
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 #lang br/ragg
 
 ;; Simple baby example of JSON structure
-json: (number | string
+json: number
+    | string
     | array
-    | object)
+    | object
+
 number: NUMBER
 
 string: STRING
 
 array: "[" [json ("," json)*] "]"
 
-object: "{" [kvpair ("," kvpair)*] "}"
+object: <"{"> [kvpair ("," kvpair)*] <"}">
 
-kvpair: ID <":"> json
+kvpair: <ID> <":"> json
diff --git a/beautiful-racket-ragg/br/ragg/elider/test-json-elider.rkt b/beautiful-racket-ragg/br/ragg/elider/test-json-elider.rkt
index e7ed704..aeaad4f 100755
--- a/beautiful-racket-ragg/br/ragg/elider/test-json-elider.rkt
+++ b/beautiful-racket-ragg/br/ragg/elider/test-json-elider.rkt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#lang racket/base
+#lang br
 (require "json-elider.rkt"
          br/ragg/support
          rackunit)
@@ -10,15 +10,13 @@
                ":"
                (token 'STRING "'hello world'")
                "}")))
- '(json (object "{"
-                (kvpair "message" ":" (json (string "'hello world'")))
-                "}")))
+ '(json (object (kvpair (json (string "'hello world'"))))))
 
 
 (check-equal? 
  (syntax->datum
   (parse "[[[{}]],[],[[{}]]]"))
- '(json (array #\[ (json (array #\[ (json (array #\[ (json (object #\{ #\})) #\])) #\])) #\, (json (array #\[ #\])) #\, (json (array #\[ (json (array #\[ (json (object #\{ #\})) #\])) #\])) #\])))
+ '(json (array #\[ (json (array #\[ (json (array #\[ (json (object)) #\])) #\])) #\, (json (array #\[ #\])) #\, (json (array #\[ (json (array #\[ (json (object )) #\])) #\])) #\])))
 
  
                
diff --git a/beautiful-racket-ragg/br/ragg/rules/stx.rkt b/beautiful-racket-ragg/br/ragg/rules/stx.rkt
index 6c68516..0317fcf 100755
--- a/beautiful-racket-ragg/br/ragg/rules/stx.rkt
+++ b/beautiful-racket-ragg/br/ragg/rules/stx.rkt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#lang racket/base
+#lang br
 
 (require "rule-structs.rkt"
          parser-tools/lex
diff --git a/beautiful-racket-ragg/br/ragg/test/test-all.rkt b/beautiful-racket-ragg/br/ragg/test/test-all.rkt
index b989dbb..9a2277d 100755
--- a/beautiful-racket-ragg/br/ragg/test/test-all.rkt
+++ b/beautiful-racket-ragg/br/ragg/test/test-all.rkt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#lang racket/base
+#lang br
 
 
 (require "test-0n1.rkt"
diff --git a/beautiful-racket-ragg/br/ragg/test/test-parser.rkt b/beautiful-racket-ragg/br/ragg/test/test-parser.rkt
index d57b5d4..d284832 100755
--- a/beautiful-racket-ragg/br/ragg/test/test-parser.rkt
+++ b/beautiful-racket-ragg/br/ragg/test/test-parser.rkt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#lang racket/base
+#lang br
 
 
 (require rackunit
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@
                                       1
                                       (pattern-lit (p 8) (p 15) "hello" #f)))))
 
-(check-equal? (grammar-parser (tokenize (open-input-string "expr : ['hello']")))
-              (list (rule (p 1) (p 17)
+(check-equal? (grammar-parser (tokenize (open-input-string "expr : [<'hello'>]")))
+              (list (rule (p 1) (p 19)
                           (lhs-id (p 1) (p 5) "expr" #f)
-                          (pattern-maybe (p 8) (p 17)
-                                     (pattern-lit (p 9) (p 16) "hello" #f)))))
+                          (pattern-maybe (p 8) (p 19)
+                                     (pattern-lit (p 9) (p 18) "hello" #t)))))
 
 (check-equal? (grammar-parser (tokenize (open-input-string "expr : COLON | BLAH")))
               (list (rule (p 1) (p 20)
@@ -70,12 +70,12 @@
                                                      (list (pattern-token (p 23) (p 26) "BAZ" #f)
                                                            (pattern-id (p 27) (p 31) "expr" #f))))))))
 
-(check-equal? (grammar-parser (tokenize (open-input-string "expr : one two three")))
-              (list (rule (p 1) (p 21)
+(check-equal? (grammar-parser (tokenize (open-input-string "expr : one two <three>")))
+              (list (rule (p 1) (p 23)
                           (lhs-id (p 1) (p 5) "expr" #f)
-                          (pattern-seq (p 8) (p 21) (list (pattern-id (p 8) (p 11) "one" #f)
+                          (pattern-seq (p 8) (p 23) (list (pattern-id (p 8) (p 11) "one" #f)
                                               (pattern-id (p 12) (p 15) "two" #f)
-                                              (pattern-id (p 16) (p 21) "three" #f))))))
+                                              (pattern-id (p 16) (p 23) "three" #t))))))
 
 
 (check-equal? (grammar-parser (tokenize (open-input-string "expr : (one two three)")))