path related, mostly cosmetic code

10 files changed, 254 insertions, 256 deletions

diff --git a/org/default_paths.org b/org/default_paths.org
index e4c6c8a..6fa9078 100644
--- a/org/default_paths.org
+++ b/org/default_paths.org
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ template PathMatters() {
             return (_manifest.pod_manifest_path.length > 0) ? true : false;
           }
           auto collection_root() {
-            auto _collection_root = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(_manifest.pod_manifest_path, "..")).array;
+            auto _collection_root = ((chainPath(_manifest.pod_manifest_path, "..")).asNormalizedPath).array;
             return _collection_root;
           }
           string manifest_filename() {
@@ -306,10 +306,10 @@ template PathMatters() {
               auto m = (absolute_path_to_src)
               .match(regex(r"[/](?P<dir>(?:[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+))/pod/" ~ filename.stripExtension))
             ) {
-              _dir = asNormalizedPath(path_and_fn.chainPath("../../")).array;
+              _dir = ((path_and_fn.chainPath("../../")).asNormalizedPath).array;
               assert(_dir == m.captures["dir"]);
             } else {
-              _dir = asNormalizedPath(path_and_fn.chainPath("../../../")).array;
+              _dir = ((path_and_fn.chainPath("../../../")).asNormalizedPath).array;
               assert(_dir == absolute_path_to_src
                 .match(rgx.src_base_parent_dir_name).captures["dir"]);
             }
@@ -324,9 +324,9 @@ template PathMatters() {
               auto m = (absolute_path_to_src)
               .match(regex(r"[/](?P<dir>(?:[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+))/pod/" ~ filename.stripExtension))
             ) {
-              _dir = asNormalizedPath(path_and_fn.chainPath("../../")).array;
+              _dir = ((path_and_fn.chainPath("../../")).asNormalizedPath).array;
             } else {
-              _dir = asNormalizedPath(path_and_fn.chainPath("../../../")).array;
+              _dir = ((path_and_fn.chainPath("../../../")).asNormalizedPath).array;
             }
             return _dir;
           }
@@ -336,14 +336,14 @@ template PathMatters() {
               auto m = (absolute_path_to_src)
               .match(rgx.src_formalised_file_path_parts)
             ) {
-              _dir = asNormalizedPath(m.captures["pth"]).array;
+              _dir = ((m.captures["pth"]).asNormalizedPath).array;
             } else if (
              auto m = (absolute_path_to_src)
              .match(regex(r"[/](?P<dir>(?:[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+))/pod/" ~ filename.stripExtension))
             ) {
-              _dir = asNormalizedPath(path_and_fn.chainPath("../")).array;
+              _dir = ((path_and_fn.chainPath("../")).asNormalizedPath).array;
             } else {
-              _dir = asNormalizedPath(path_and_fn.chainPath("../../")).array;
+              _dir = ((path_and_fn.chainPath("../../")).asNormalizedPath).array;
             }
             if (_opt_actions.debug_do) {
               writeln("--> (base_dir_path) ", _dir);
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ template PathMatters() {
             return _dir;
           }
           string media_dir_path() {
-            string _dir = asNormalizedPath(base_dir_path.chainPath("media")).array;
+            string _dir = ((base_dir_path.chainPath("media")).asNormalizedPath).array;
             return _dir;
           }
           string image_dir_path() {
@@ -359,10 +359,10 @@ template PathMatters() {
             string[] _possible_img_pths = [ "./image", "../image", "../../image" ];
             string _img_pth_found = "";
             if (is_pod) {
-              _img_pth_found = asNormalizedPath(file_with_absolute_path.dirName ~ "/../../image").array;
+              _img_pth_found = ((file_with_absolute_path.dirName ~ "/../../image").asNormalizedPath).array;
             } else {
               string _img_pth(string _possible_img_pth) {
-                return asNormalizedPath(file_with_absolute_path.dirName ~ "/" ~ _possible_img_pth).array;
+                return ((file_with_absolute_path.dirName ~ "/" ~ _possible_img_pth).asNormalizedPath).array;
               }
               foreach(_possible_img_pth; _possible_img_pths) {
                 if (exists(_img_pth(_possible_img_pth))) {
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ template PathMatters() {
             return _img_pth_found;
           }
           auto conf_dir_path() {
-            return asNormalizedPath(base_dir_path.chainPath("conf")).array;
+            return ((base_dir_path.chainPath("conf")).asNormalizedPath).array;
           }
           auto base_parent_dir() {
             string _dir;
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ template PathMatters() {
             if ((_opt_actions.output_dir_set.length > 0)
               && isValidPath(_opt_actions.output_dir_set)
             ) {
-              _output_path = asNormalizedPath(_opt_actions.output_dir_set).array;
+              _output_path = ((_opt_actions.output_dir_set).asNormalizedPath).array;
               if (!exists(_output_path)) {
                 try {
                   _output_path.mkdirRecurse;
@@ -489,11 +489,11 @@ template ConfigFilePaths() {
               ];
             } else {
               /+ config document (& or local site) on filesystem +/
-              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd   = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "dr_doc/conf")).array; // think about
-              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd_a = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "conf")).array;
-              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd_b = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "../conf")).array;
-              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd_c = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "../../conf")).array;
-              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd_d = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "../../../conf")).array;
+              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd   = ((chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "dr_doc/conf")).asNormalizedPath).array; // think about
+              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd_a = ((chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "conf")).asNormalizedPath).array;
+              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd_b = ((chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "../conf")).asNormalizedPath).array;
+              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd_c = ((chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "../../conf")).asNormalizedPath).array;
+              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd_d = ((chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "../../../conf")).asNormalizedPath).array;
               /+ return paths +/
               _possible_config_path_locations = [
                 _dr_doc_conf_pwd,
@@ -511,14 +511,14 @@ template ConfigFilePaths() {
           string[] config_local_site() {
             /+ FIX clean up conf paths ↓ +/
             /+ config local site (file system only, not in pod) +/
-            string _dot_pwd        = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), ".dr")).array;
-            string _underscore_pwd = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "_dr")).array;
-            string _dot_home       = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(to!string(_env["home"]), ".dr")).array;
+            string _dot_pwd        = ((chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), ".dr")).asNormalizedPath).array;
+            string _underscore_pwd = ((chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "_dr")).asNormalizedPath).array;
+            string _dot_home       = ((chainPath(to!string(_env["home"]), ".dr")).asNormalizedPath).array;
             /+ return paths +/
             string[] _possible_config_path_locations;
             if (_manifest.src.is_pod) {
-              string _collection_root_a = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(to!string(_manifest.pod.collection_root.to!string), ".dr")).array;
-              string _collection_root_b = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(to!string(_manifest.pod.collection_root.to!string), "_dr")).array;
+              string _collection_root_a = ((chainPath(to!string(_manifest.pod.collection_root.to!string), ".dr")).asNormalizedPath).array;
+              string _collection_root_b = ((chainPath(to!string(_manifest.pod.collection_root.to!string), "_dr")).asNormalizedPath).array;
               _possible_config_path_locations = [
                 _dot_pwd,
                 _underscore_pwd,
@@ -529,11 +529,11 @@ template ConfigFilePaths() {
               ];
             } else {
               /+ config document (& or local site) on filesystem +/
-              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd   = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "dr_doc/conf")).array;
-              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd_a = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "conf")).array;
-              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd_b = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "../conf")).array;
-              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd_c = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "../../conf")).array;
-              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd_d = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "../../../conf")).array;
+              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd   = ((chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "dr_doc/conf")).asNormalizedPath).array;
+              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd_a = ((chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "conf")).asNormalizedPath).array;
+              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd_b = ((chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "../conf")).asNormalizedPath).array;
+              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd_c = ((chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "../../conf")).asNormalizedPath).array;
+              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd_d = ((chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "../../../conf")).asNormalizedPath).array;
               _possible_config_path_locations = [
                 _dr_doc_conf_pwd,
                 _dr_doc_conf_pwd_a,
@@ -635,25 +635,25 @@ template DocReformPathsSRC() {
         return "dr_doc";
       }
       auto media_root() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(doc_root.chainPath("media")).array;
+        return ((doc_root.chainPath("media")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       auto conf_root() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(doc_root.chainPath("conf")).array;
+        return ((doc_root.chainPath("conf")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       auto text_root() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(media_root.chainPath("text")).array;
+        return ((media_root.chainPath("text")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       auto image_root() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(media_root.chainPath("image")).array;
+        return ((media_root.chainPath("image")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       auto doc_src_fn_with_path_for_text_root_and_lng() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(text_root.chainPath(language)).array;
+        return ((text_root.chainPath(language)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       auto doc_src_fn() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(_fn_src_and_path.baseName).array;
+        return ((_fn_src_and_path.baseName).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       auto doc_src_with_path() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(pwd.chainPath(_fn_src_and_path)).array;
+        return ((pwd.chainPath(_fn_src_and_path)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
     }
     return drSrcPaths();
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ template DocReformPathsPods() {
       }
       auto pod_root(string fn_src) {
         auto pth_1_ = "";
-        auto pth_2_ = asNormalizedPath(base(fn_src).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath("")).array;
+        auto pth_2_ = ((base(fn_src).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath("")).asNormalizedPath).array;
         struct _pods {
           auto zpod() {
             return pth_1_;
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ template DocReformPathsPods() {
       auto conf_root(string fn_src) {
         auto pod_root_ = pod_root(fn_src);
         auto pth_1_ = "conf";
-        auto pth_2_ = asNormalizedPath(pod_root(fn_src).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath("conf")).array;
+        auto pth_2_ = ((pod_root(fn_src).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath("conf")).asNormalizedPath).array;
         struct _pods {
           auto zpod() {
             return pth_1_;
@@ -770,8 +770,8 @@ template DocReformPathsPods() {
       }
       auto css(string fn_src) {
         auto pod_root_ = pod_root(fn_src);
-        auto pth_1_ = asNormalizedPath(conf_root(fn_src).zpod.chainPath("css")).array;
-        auto pth_2_ = asNormalizedPath(conf_root(fn_src).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath("css")).array;
+        auto pth_1_ = ((conf_root(fn_src).zpod.chainPath("css")).asNormalizedPath).array;
+        auto pth_2_ = ((conf_root(fn_src).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath("css")).asNormalizedPath).array;
         struct _pods {
           auto zpod() {
             return pth_1_;
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ template DocReformPathsPods() {
       auto media_root(string fn_src) {
         auto pod_root_ = pod_root(fn_src);
         auto pth_1_ = "media";
-        auto pth_2_ = asNormalizedPath(pod_root(fn_src).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath("media")).array;
+        auto pth_2_ = ((pod_root(fn_src).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath("media")).asNormalizedPath).array;
         struct _pods {
           auto zpod() {
             return pth_1_;
@@ -800,8 +800,8 @@ template DocReformPathsPods() {
       }
       auto text_root(string fn_src) {
         auto pod_root_ = pod_root(fn_src);
-        auto pth_1_ = asNormalizedPath(media_root(fn_src).zpod.chainPath("text")).array;
-        auto pth_2_ = asNormalizedPath(media_root(fn_src).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath("text")).array;
+        auto pth_1_ = ((media_root(fn_src).zpod.chainPath("text")).asNormalizedPath).array;
+        auto pth_2_ = ((media_root(fn_src).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath("text")).asNormalizedPath).array;
         struct _pods {
           auto zpod() {
             return pth_1_;
@@ -830,8 +830,8 @@ template DocReformPathsPods() {
       }
       auto doc_lng(string fn_src, string lng) {
         auto pod_root_ = pod_root(fn_src);
-        auto pth_1_ = asNormalizedPath(text_root(fn_src).zpod.chainPath(lng)).array;
-        auto pth_2_ = asNormalizedPath(text_root(fn_src).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath(lng)).array;
+        auto pth_1_ = ((text_root(fn_src).zpod.chainPath(lng)).asNormalizedPath).array;
+        auto pth_2_ = ((text_root(fn_src).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath(lng)).asNormalizedPath).array;
         struct _pods {
           auto zpod() {
             return pth_1_;
@@ -845,8 +845,8 @@ template DocReformPathsPods() {
       }
       auto image_root(string fn_src) {
         auto pod_root_ = pod_root(fn_src);
-        auto pth_1_ = asNormalizedPath(media_root(fn_src).zpod.chainPath("image")).array;
-        auto pth_2_ = asNormalizedPath(media_root(fn_src).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath("image")).array;
+        auto pth_1_ = ((media_root(fn_src).zpod.chainPath("image")).asNormalizedPath).array;
+        auto pth_2_ = ((media_root(fn_src).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath("image")).asNormalizedPath).array;
         struct _pods {
           auto zpod() {
             return pth_1_;
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ template DocReformPathsPods() {
         auto pod_root_ = pod_root(fn_src);
         auto _manifest = PodManifest!()(fn_src).pod_manifest_filename;
         auto pth_1_ = _manifest;
-        auto pth_2_ = asNormalizedPath(pod_root(fn_src).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath(_manifest)).array;
+        auto pth_2_ = ((pod_root(fn_src).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath(_manifest)).asNormalizedPath).array;
         struct _pods {
           auto zpod() {
             return pth_1_;
@@ -876,8 +876,8 @@ template DocReformPathsPods() {
       }
       auto fn_doc(string fn_src, string lng) {
         auto pod_root_ = pod_root(fn_src);
-        auto pth_1_ = asNormalizedPath(doc_lng(fn_src, lng).zpod.chainPath(fn_src.baseName)).array;
-        auto pth_2_ = asNormalizedPath(doc_lng(fn_src, lng).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath(fn_src.baseName)).array;
+        auto pth_1_ = ((doc_lng(fn_src, lng).zpod.chainPath(fn_src.baseName)).asNormalizedPath).array;
+        auto pth_2_ = ((doc_lng(fn_src, lng).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath(fn_src.baseName)).asNormalizedPath).array;
         struct _pods {
           auto zpod() {
             return pth_1_;
@@ -891,8 +891,8 @@ template DocReformPathsPods() {
       }
       auto fn_doc_insert(string fn_src, string fn_insert, string lng) {
         auto pod_root_ = pod_root(fn_src);
-        auto pth_1_ = asNormalizedPath(doc_lng(fn_src, lng).zpod.chainPath(fn_insert.baseName)).array;
-        auto pth_2_ = asNormalizedPath(doc_lng(fn_src, lng).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath(fn_insert.baseName)).array;
+        auto pth_1_ = ((doc_lng(fn_src, lng).zpod.chainPath(fn_insert.baseName)).asNormalizedPath).array;
+        auto pth_2_ = ((doc_lng(fn_src, lng).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath(fn_insert.baseName)).asNormalizedPath).array;
         struct _pods {
           auto zpod() {
             return pth_1_;
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ template DocReformOutPaths() {
         ? output_pth_root : "";
       }
       string output_base() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(output_root.chainPath(lng)).array;
+        return ((output_root.chainPath(lng)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
     }
     return _PathsStruct();
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ template DocReformOutPathSQLite() {
         ? output_pth_root : "";
       }
       string output_base() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(output_root).array;
+        return ((output_root).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
     }
     return _PathsStruct();
@@ -1039,37 +1039,37 @@ template DocReformDocRootTreeHTML() {
         return fn_src.baseName.stripExtension;
       }
       string base_filename_scroll(string fn_src) {
-        return base_filename(fn_src) ~ "." ~ lng;
+        return base_filename(fn_src);
       }
       string base_filename_seg(string fn_src) {
-        return base_filename(fn_src) ~ "." ~ lng;
+        return base_filename(fn_src);
       }
       string doc_root() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(lng_pth.output_root).array;
+        return ((lng_pth.output_root).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string base() {
-        return asNormalizedPath((lng).chainPath(base_dir)).array;
+        return (((lng).chainPath(base_dir)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string image() {
-        return asNormalizedPath("image").array;
+        return (("image").asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string css() {
-        return asNormalizedPath("css").array;
+        return (("css").asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string fn_seg_css() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(css.chainPath("html_seg.css")).array;
+        return ((css.chainPath("html_seg.css")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string fn_scroll_css() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(css.chainPath("html_scroll.css")).array;
+        return ((css.chainPath("html_scroll.css")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string seg(string fn_src) {
-        return asNormalizedPath(base.chainPath(base_filename_seg(fn_src))).array;
+        return ((base.chainPath(base_filename_seg(fn_src))).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string fn_scroll(string fn_src) {
-        return asNormalizedPath(base.chainPath(base_filename_scroll(fn_src) ~ suffix)).array;
+        return ((base.chainPath(base_filename_scroll(fn_src) ~ suffix)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string fn_seg(string fn_src, string seg_filename) {
-        return asNormalizedPath(seg(fn_src).chainPath(seg_filename ~ suffix)).array;
+        return ((seg(fn_src).chainPath(seg_filename ~ suffix)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string tail_seg(string fn_src) {
         return lng ~ "/html/" ~ base_filename_seg(fn_src);
@@ -1102,34 +1102,34 @@ template DocReformPathsHTML() {
     string suffix = ".html";
     struct _PathsStruct {
       string doc_root() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(root_pth.chainPath(doc_tree.doc_root)).array;
+        return ((root_pth.chainPath(doc_tree.doc_root)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string harvest(string fn_harvest) {
         return doc_root ~ "/" ~ fn_harvest;
       }
       string base() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(root_pth.chainPath(doc_tree.base)).array;
+        return ((root_pth.chainPath(doc_tree.base)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string image() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(root_pth.chainPath(doc_tree.image)).array;
+        return ((root_pth.chainPath(doc_tree.image)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string css() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(root_pth.chainPath(doc_tree.css)).array;
+        return ((root_pth.chainPath(doc_tree.css)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string fn_seg_css() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(root_pth.chainPath(doc_tree.fn_seg_css)).array;
+        return ((root_pth.chainPath(doc_tree.fn_seg_css)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string fn_scroll_css() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(root_pth.chainPath(doc_tree.fn_scroll_css)).array;
+        return ((root_pth.chainPath(doc_tree.fn_scroll_css)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string seg(string fn_src) {
-        return asNormalizedPath(root_pth.chainPath(doc_tree.seg(fn_src))).array;
+        return ((root_pth.chainPath(doc_tree.seg(fn_src))).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string fn_scroll(string fn_src) {
-        return asNormalizedPath(root_pth.chainPath(doc_tree.fn_scroll(fn_src))).array;
+        return ((root_pth.chainPath(doc_tree.fn_scroll(fn_src))).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string fn_seg(string fn_src, string seg_filename) {
-        return asNormalizedPath(root_pth.chainPath(doc_tree.fn_seg(fn_src, seg_filename))).array;
+        return ((root_pth.chainPath(doc_tree.fn_seg(fn_src, seg_filename))).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string tail_seg(string fn_src) {
         return doc_tree.tail_seg(fn_src);
@@ -1163,7 +1163,7 @@ template DocReformUrlsHTML() {
     string suffix = ".html";
     struct _PathsStruct {
       string doc_root() {
-        return url_doc_root ~ asNormalizedPath(doc_tree.doc_root).array;
+        return url_doc_root ~ ((doc_tree.doc_root).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string harvest(string fn_harvest) {
         return format(q"┃%s/%s┃",
@@ -1174,62 +1174,62 @@ template DocReformUrlsHTML() {
       string base() {
         return format(q"┃%s/%s┃",
           url_doc_root,
-          asNormalizedPath(doc_tree.base).array,
+          ((doc_tree.base).asNormalizedPath).array,
         );
       }
       string image() {
         return format(q"┃%s/%s┃",
           url_doc_root,
-          asNormalizedPath(doc_tree.image).array,
+          ((doc_tree.image).asNormalizedPath).array,
         );
       }
       string css() {
         return format(q"┃%s/%s┃",
           url_doc_root,
-          asNormalizedPath(doc_tree.css).array,
+          ((doc_tree.css).asNormalizedPath).array,
         );
       }
       string fn_seg_css() {
         return format(q"┃%s/%s┃",
           url_doc_root,
-          asNormalizedPath(doc_tree.fn_seg_css).array,
+          ((doc_tree.fn_seg_css).asNormalizedPath).array,
         );
       }
       string fn_scroll_css() {
         return format(q"┃%s/%s┃",
           url_doc_root,
-          asNormalizedPath(doc_tree.fn_scroll_css).array,
+          ((doc_tree.fn_scroll_css).asNormalizedPath).array,
         );
       }
       string seg(string fn_src) {
         return format(q"┃%s/%s┃",
           url_doc_root,
-          asNormalizedPath(doc_tree.seg(fn_src)).array,
+          ((doc_tree.seg(fn_src)).asNormalizedPath).array,
         );
       }
       string fn_scroll(string fn_src) {
         return format(q"┃%s/%s┃",
           url_doc_root,
-          asNormalizedPath(doc_tree.fn_scroll(fn_src)).array,
+          ((doc_tree.fn_scroll(fn_src)).asNormalizedPath).array,
         );
       }
       string fn_seg(string fn_src, string seg_filename) {
         return format(q"┃%s/%s┃",
           url_doc_root,
-          asNormalizedPath(doc_tree.fn_seg(fn_src, seg_filename)).array,
+          ((doc_tree.fn_seg(fn_src, seg_filename)).asNormalizedPath).array,
         );
       }
       string fn_scroll_obj_num(string fn_src, string obj_num) {
         return format(q"┃%s/%s#%s┃",
           url_doc_root,
-          asNormalizedPath(doc_tree.fn_scroll(fn_src)).array,
+          ((doc_tree.fn_scroll(fn_src)).asNormalizedPath).array,
           obj_num,
         );
       }
       string fn_seg_obj_num(string fn_src, string seg_filename, string obj_num) {
         return format(q"┃%s/%s#%s┃",
           url_doc_root,
-          asNormalizedPath(doc_tree.fn_seg(fn_src, seg_filename)).array,
+          ((doc_tree.fn_seg(fn_src, seg_filename)).asNormalizedPath).array,
           obj_num,
         );
       }
@@ -1263,7 +1263,7 @@ template DocReformPathsEPUB() {
     string base_dir = "epub";
     struct _PathsStruct {
       string base() {
-        return asNormalizedPath((out_pth.output_base).chainPath(base_dir)).array;
+        return (((out_pth.output_base).chainPath(base_dir)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string base_filename(string fn_src) {
         return fn_src.baseName.stripExtension;
@@ -1272,43 +1272,43 @@ template DocReformPathsEPUB() {
         return base_filename(fn_src) ~ "." ~ lng;
       }
       string doc_meta_inf() {
-        return asNormalizedPath("META-INF").array;
+        return (("META-INF").asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string doc_oebps() {
-        return asNormalizedPath("OEBPS").array;
+        return (("OEBPS").asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string doc_oebps_css() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(doc_oebps.chainPath("css")).array;
+        return ((doc_oebps.chainPath("css")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string doc_oebps_image() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(doc_oebps.chainPath("image")).array;
+        return ((doc_oebps.chainPath("image")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string epub_file(string fn_src) {
-        return asNormalizedPath(base.chainPath(base_filename_epub(fn_src) ~ ".epub")).array;
+        return ((base.chainPath(base_filename_epub(fn_src) ~ ".epub")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string dirtop() {
         return "".chainPath("").array;
       }
       string fn_mimetypes() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(dirtop.chainPath("mimetypes")).array;
+        return ((dirtop.chainPath("mimetypes")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string fn_dmi_container_xml() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(doc_meta_inf.chainPath("container.xml")).array;
+        return ((doc_meta_inf.chainPath("container.xml")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string fn_oebps_toc_nav_xhtml() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(doc_oebps.chainPath("toc_nav.xhtml")).array;
+        return ((doc_oebps.chainPath("toc_nav.xhtml")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string fn_oebps_toc_ncx() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(doc_oebps.chainPath("toc.ncx")).array;
+        return ((doc_oebps.chainPath("toc.ncx")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string fn_oebps_content_opf() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(doc_oebps.chainPath("content.opf")).array;
+        return ((doc_oebps.chainPath("content.opf")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string fn_oebps_content_xhtml(string seg_filename) {
-        return asNormalizedPath(doc_oebps.chainPath(seg_filename ~ ".xhtml")).array;
+        return ((doc_oebps.chainPath(seg_filename ~ ".xhtml")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string fn_oebps_css() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(doc_oebps_css.chainPath("epub.css")).array;
+        return ((doc_oebps_css.chainPath("epub.css")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       /+ debug +/
       string dbg_docdir(string fn_src) {
@@ -1370,55 +1370,55 @@ template DocReformPathsODT() {
     string base_dir = "odf";
     struct _PathsStruct {
       string base_pth() { // dir will contain odt document file (also debug file tree)
-        return asNormalizedPath((out_pth.output_base).chainPath(base_dir)).array;
+        return (((out_pth.output_base).chainPath(base_dir)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string odt_file() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(base_pth.chainPath(doc_matters.src.doc_uid_out ~ ".odt")).array;
+        return ((base_pth.chainPath(doc_matters.src.doc_uid_out ~ ".odt")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string dirtop(string type) {
         return (type == "zip")
         ? "".chainPath("").array
-        : asNormalizedPath(base_pth.chainPath(doc_matters.src.doc_uid_out)).array;
+        : ((base_pth.chainPath(doc_matters.src.doc_uid_out)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string mimetype(string type="fs") {
         assert(type == "zip" || "fs");
-        return asNormalizedPath(dirtop(type).chainPath("mimetype")).array;
+        return ((dirtop(type).chainPath("mimetype")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string manifest_rdf(string type="fs") {
         assert(type == "zip" || "fs");
-        return asNormalizedPath(dirtop(type).chainPath("manifest.rdf")).array;
+        return ((dirtop(type).chainPath("manifest.rdf")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string settings_xml(string type="fs") {
         assert(type == "zip" || "fs");
-        return asNormalizedPath(dirtop(type).chainPath("settings.xml")).array;
+        return ((dirtop(type).chainPath("settings.xml")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string styles_xml(string type="fs") {
         assert(type == "zip" || "fs");
-        return asNormalizedPath(dirtop(type).chainPath("styles.xml")).array;
+        return ((dirtop(type).chainPath("styles.xml")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string image_dir(string type="fs") {
         assert(type == "zip" || "fs");
-        return asNormalizedPath(dirtop(type).chainPath("Pictures")).array;
+        return ((dirtop(type).chainPath("Pictures")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string image(string image_fn_src, string type="fs") {
         assert(type == "zip" || "fs");
-        return asNormalizedPath(image_dir(type).chainPath(image_fn_src)).array;
+        return ((image_dir(type).chainPath(image_fn_src)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string content_xml(string type="fs") {
         assert(type == "zip" || "fs");
-        return asNormalizedPath(dirtop(type).chainPath("content.xml")).array;
+        return ((dirtop(type).chainPath("content.xml")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string meta_inf_dir(string type="fs") {
         assert(type == "zip" || "fs");
-        return asNormalizedPath(dirtop(type).chainPath("META-INF")).array;
+        return ((dirtop(type).chainPath("META-INF")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string manifest_xml(string type="fs") {
         assert(type == "zip" || "fs");
-        return asNormalizedPath(meta_inf_dir(type).chainPath("manifest.xml")).array;
+        return ((meta_inf_dir(type).chainPath("manifest.xml")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string meta_xml(string type="fs") {
         assert(type == "zip" || "fs");
-        return asNormalizedPath(dirtop(type).chainPath("meta.xml")).array;
+        return ((dirtop(type).chainPath("meta.xml")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
     }
     return _PathsStruct();
@@ -1443,17 +1443,17 @@ template DocReformPathsLaTeX() {
       string base() {
         auto out_pth = DocReformOutPaths!()(doc_matters.output_path, doc_matters.src.language);
         string base_dir = "latex";
-        return asNormalizedPath((out_pth.output_root).chainPath(base_dir)).array;
+        return (((out_pth.output_root).chainPath(base_dir)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string latex_path_stuff() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(base.chainPath(base_filename(doc_matters.src.filename))).array;
+        return ((base.chainPath(base_filename(doc_matters.src.filename))).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string latex_file_with_path() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(base.chainPath(base_filename(doc_matters.src.filename) ~ "." ~ doc_matters.src.language ~ ".tex")).array;
+        return ((base.chainPath(base_filename(doc_matters.src.filename) ~ "." ~ doc_matters.src.language ~ ".tex")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string images() {
         string image_dir = "image";
-        return asNormalizedPath((base).chainPath(image_dir)).array;
+        return (((base).chainPath(image_dir)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
     }
     return _PathsStruct();
@@ -1480,13 +1480,13 @@ template DocReformPathsSQLiteDiscrete() {
       string base() {
         auto out_pth = DocReformOutPaths!()(output_pth_root, lng);
         string base_dir = "sqlite";
-        return asNormalizedPath((out_pth.output_base).chainPath(base_dir)).array;
+        return (((out_pth.output_base).chainPath(base_dir)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string seg(string fn_src) {
-        return asNormalizedPath(base.chainPath(base_filename(fn_src))).array;
+        return ((base.chainPath(base_filename(fn_src))).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string sqlite_file(string fn_src) {
-        return asNormalizedPath(base.chainPath(base_filename(fn_src) ~ ".sql.db")).array;
+        return ((base.chainPath(base_filename(fn_src) ~ ".sql.db")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
     }
     return _PathsStruct();
@@ -1512,10 +1512,10 @@ template DocReformPathsSQLite() {
       string base() {
         auto out_pth = DocReformOutPathSQLite!()(output_pth_root); // decide whether to have separate files for each language
         string base_dir = "sqlite";
-        return asNormalizedPath((out_pth.output_root).chainPath(base_dir)).array;
+        return (((out_pth.output_root).chainPath(base_dir)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string sqlite_file() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(base.chainPath(base_filename(db_name) ~ ".sql.db")).array;
+        return ((base.chainPath(base_filename(db_name) ~ ".sql.db")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
     }
     return _PathsStruct();
diff --git a/org/default_regex.org b/org/default_regex.org
index 34f6bae..63859f7 100644
--- a/org/default_regex.org
+++ b/org/default_regex.org
@@ -476,8 +476,8 @@ static special_markup_chars                           = ctRegex!(`[【】〖〗�
 #+name: prgmkup_rgx
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
 static src_pth_sst_or_ssm                             = ctRegex!(`^(?P<path>[/]?(?:[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+/)*)(?P<filename>[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+[.](?P<extension>ss[tm]))$`);
-static src_pth_pod_sst_or_ssm                         = ctRegex!(`^(?P<podpath>[/]?(?:[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+/)*)media/text/[a-z]{2}/(?P<filename>[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+[.]ss[tm])$`);
-static src_pth_contents                               = ctRegex!(`^(?P<path>[/]?(?:[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+/)*)(?P<filename>[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+)/pod[.]manifest$`);
+static src_pth_pod_sst_or_ssm                         = ctRegex!(`^(?P<podpath>[/]?(?:[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+/)*)media/text/[a-z]{2}/(?P<filename>[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9._-]*?[.]ss[tm])$`);
+static src_pth_contents                               = ctRegex!(`^(?P<path>[/]?(?:[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+/)*)(?P<filename>[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9._-]*)/pod[.]manifest$`);
 static src_pth_zip                                    = ctRegex!(`^(?P<path>[/]?(?:[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+/)*)(?P<filename>[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+[.]zip)$`);
 static src_pth_unzip_pod                              = ctRegex!(`^(?P<path>media/text/[a-z]{2}/)*(?P<filename>[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+[.]ss[im])$`);
 static src_pth_types                                  =
diff --git a/org/doc_reform.org b/org/doc_reform.org
index 35fe96d..a8fd2a6 100644
--- a/org/doc_reform.org
+++ b/org/doc_reform.org
@@ -790,11 +790,10 @@ auto _env = [
 
 #+NAME: doc_reform_args
 #+BEGIN_SRC d
-auto _manifest_start = PodManifest!()("");
 auto _manifest_matter = PathMatters!()(_opt_action, _env, "");
 auto _manifests = [ _manifest_matter ];
 foreach(arg; args[1..$]) {
-  _manifest_start = PodManifest!()(arg);
+  auto _manifest_start = PodManifest!()(arg);
   if (arg.match(rgx.flag_action)) {
     flag_action ~= " " ~ arg;   // flags not taken by getopt
   } else if (
diff --git a/org/source_files_read.org b/org/source_files_read.org
index 02e31e0..6106930 100644
--- a/org/source_files_read.org
+++ b/org/source_files_read.org
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static template readConfigSite() {
     string[] possible_config_path_locations = _conf_file_details.possible_config_path_locations.config_local_site;
     foreach(conf_fn; [_conf_file_details.config_filename_site]) {
       foreach(pth; possible_config_path_locations) {
-        char[] conf_file = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(pth.to!string, conf_fn)).array;
+        char[] conf_file = ((chainPath(pth.to!string, conf_fn)).asNormalizedPath).array;
         conf_filename = conf_fn;
         if (config_file_str.length > 0) {
           // conf_filename = conf_fn;
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ static template readConfigDoc() {
     string[] possible_config_path_locations = _conf_file_details.possible_config_path_locations.dr_document_make;
     foreach(conf_fn; [_conf_file_details.config_filename_document]) {
       foreach(pth; possible_config_path_locations) {
-        auto conf_file = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(pth.to!string, conf_fn)).array;
+        auto conf_file = ((chainPath(pth.to!string, conf_fn)).asNormalizedPath).array;
         conf_filename = conf_fn;
         if (config_file_str.length > 0) {
           // conf_filename = conf_fn;
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ static template configReadInSiteSTR() {
       writeln("WARNING (io debug) in config possible path locations: ", possible_config_path_locations);
     }
     foreach(pth; possible_config_path_locations) {
-      auto conf_file = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(pth.to!string, conf_toml)).array;
+      auto conf_file = ((chainPath(pth.to!string, conf_toml)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       if (config_file_str.length > 0) {
         break;
       }
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ static template configReadInDocSTR() {
       writeln("WARNING (io debug) in config possible path locations: ", possible_config_path_locations);
     }
     foreach(pth; possible_config_path_locations) {
-      auto conf_file = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(pth.to!string, conf_toml)).array;
+      auto conf_file = ((chainPath(pth.to!string, conf_toml)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       if (config_file_str.length > 0) {
         break;
       }
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/doc_reform.d b/src/doc_reform/doc_reform.d
index 58c55c8..9c41895 100755
--- a/src/doc_reform/doc_reform.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/doc_reform.d
@@ -563,11 +563,10 @@ void main(string[] args) {
     "pwd" :     environment["PWD"],
     "home" :    environment["HOME"],
   ];
-  auto _manifest_start = PodManifest!()("");
   auto _manifest_matter = PathMatters!()(_opt_action, _env, "");
   auto _manifests = [ _manifest_matter ];
   foreach(arg; args[1..$]) {
-    _manifest_start = PodManifest!()(arg);
+    auto _manifest_start = PodManifest!()(arg);
     if (arg.match(rgx.flag_action)) {
       flag_action ~= " " ~ arg;   // flags not taken by getopt
     } else if (
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/meta/rgx.d b/src/doc_reform/meta/rgx.d
index bad5b52..0168a08 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/meta/rgx.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/meta/rgx.d
@@ -221,8 +221,8 @@ static template DocReformRgxInit() {
     static nbsp_char_and_space                            = ctRegex!(`░[ ]`, "mg");
     static special_markup_chars                           = ctRegex!(`[【】〖〗┥┝┤├¤░┘┙┚┼┿╂┊┏┚┆■]`, "mg");
     static src_pth_sst_or_ssm                             = ctRegex!(`^(?P<path>[/]?(?:[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+/)*)(?P<filename>[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+[.](?P<extension>ss[tm]))$`);
-    static src_pth_pod_sst_or_ssm                         = ctRegex!(`^(?P<podpath>[/]?(?:[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+/)*)media/text/[a-z]{2}/(?P<filename>[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+[.]ss[tm])$`);
-    static src_pth_contents                               = ctRegex!(`^(?P<path>[/]?(?:[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+/)*)(?P<filename>[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+)/pod[.]manifest$`);
+    static src_pth_pod_sst_or_ssm                         = ctRegex!(`^(?P<podpath>[/]?(?:[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+/)*)media/text/[a-z]{2}/(?P<filename>[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9._-]*?[.]ss[tm])$`);
+    static src_pth_contents                               = ctRegex!(`^(?P<path>[/]?(?:[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+/)*)(?P<filename>[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9._-]*)/pod[.]manifest$`);
     static src_pth_zip                                    = ctRegex!(`^(?P<path>[/]?(?:[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+/)*)(?P<filename>[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+[.]zip)$`);
     static src_pth_unzip_pod                              = ctRegex!(`^(?P<path>media/text/[a-z]{2}/)*(?P<filename>[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+[.]ss[im])$`);
     static src_pth_types                                  =
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/output/paths_output.d b/src/doc_reform/output/paths_output.d
index ba72bfb..048f9e9 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/output/paths_output.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/output/paths_output.d
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ template DocReformOutPaths() {
         ? output_pth_root : "";
       }
       string output_base() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(output_root.chainPath(lng)).array;
+        return ((output_root.chainPath(lng)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
     }
     return _PathsStruct();
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ template DocReformOutPathSQLite() {
         ? output_pth_root : "";
       }
       string output_base() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(output_root).array;
+        return ((output_root).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
     }
     return _PathsStruct();
@@ -90,37 +90,37 @@ template DocReformDocRootTreeHTML() {
         return fn_src.baseName.stripExtension;
       }
       string base_filename_scroll(string fn_src) {
-        return base_filename(fn_src) ~ "." ~ lng;
+        return base_filename(fn_src);
       }
       string base_filename_seg(string fn_src) {
-        return base_filename(fn_src) ~ "." ~ lng;
+        return base_filename(fn_src);
       }
       string doc_root() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(lng_pth.output_root).array;
+        return ((lng_pth.output_root).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string base() {
-        return asNormalizedPath((lng).chainPath(base_dir)).array;
+        return (((lng).chainPath(base_dir)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string image() {
-        return asNormalizedPath("image").array;
+        return (("image").asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string css() {
-        return asNormalizedPath("css").array;
+        return (("css").asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string fn_seg_css() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(css.chainPath("html_seg.css")).array;
+        return ((css.chainPath("html_seg.css")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string fn_scroll_css() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(css.chainPath("html_scroll.css")).array;
+        return ((css.chainPath("html_scroll.css")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string seg(string fn_src) {
-        return asNormalizedPath(base.chainPath(base_filename_seg(fn_src))).array;
+        return ((base.chainPath(base_filename_seg(fn_src))).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string fn_scroll(string fn_src) {
-        return asNormalizedPath(base.chainPath(base_filename_scroll(fn_src) ~ suffix)).array;
+        return ((base.chainPath(base_filename_scroll(fn_src) ~ suffix)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string fn_seg(string fn_src, string seg_filename) {
-        return asNormalizedPath(seg(fn_src).chainPath(seg_filename ~ suffix)).array;
+        return ((seg(fn_src).chainPath(seg_filename ~ suffix)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string tail_seg(string fn_src) {
         return lng ~ "/html/" ~ base_filename_seg(fn_src);
@@ -147,34 +147,34 @@ template DocReformPathsHTML() {
     string suffix = ".html";
     struct _PathsStruct {
       string doc_root() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(root_pth.chainPath(doc_tree.doc_root)).array;
+        return ((root_pth.chainPath(doc_tree.doc_root)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string harvest(string fn_harvest) {
         return doc_root ~ "/" ~ fn_harvest;
       }
       string base() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(root_pth.chainPath(doc_tree.base)).array;
+        return ((root_pth.chainPath(doc_tree.base)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string image() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(root_pth.chainPath(doc_tree.image)).array;
+        return ((root_pth.chainPath(doc_tree.image)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string css() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(root_pth.chainPath(doc_tree.css)).array;
+        return ((root_pth.chainPath(doc_tree.css)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string fn_seg_css() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(root_pth.chainPath(doc_tree.fn_seg_css)).array;
+        return ((root_pth.chainPath(doc_tree.fn_seg_css)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string fn_scroll_css() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(root_pth.chainPath(doc_tree.fn_scroll_css)).array;
+        return ((root_pth.chainPath(doc_tree.fn_scroll_css)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string seg(string fn_src) {
-        return asNormalizedPath(root_pth.chainPath(doc_tree.seg(fn_src))).array;
+        return ((root_pth.chainPath(doc_tree.seg(fn_src))).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string fn_scroll(string fn_src) {
-        return asNormalizedPath(root_pth.chainPath(doc_tree.fn_scroll(fn_src))).array;
+        return ((root_pth.chainPath(doc_tree.fn_scroll(fn_src))).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string fn_seg(string fn_src, string seg_filename) {
-        return asNormalizedPath(root_pth.chainPath(doc_tree.fn_seg(fn_src, seg_filename))).array;
+        return ((root_pth.chainPath(doc_tree.fn_seg(fn_src, seg_filename))).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string tail_seg(string fn_src) {
         return doc_tree.tail_seg(fn_src);
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ template DocReformUrlsHTML() {
     string suffix = ".html";
     struct _PathsStruct {
       string doc_root() {
-        return url_doc_root ~ asNormalizedPath(doc_tree.doc_root).array;
+        return url_doc_root ~ ((doc_tree.doc_root).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string harvest(string fn_harvest) {
         return format(q"┃%s/%s┃",
@@ -213,62 +213,62 @@ template DocReformUrlsHTML() {
       string base() {
         return format(q"┃%s/%s┃",
           url_doc_root,
-          asNormalizedPath(doc_tree.base).array,
+          ((doc_tree.base).asNormalizedPath).array,
         );
       }
       string image() {
         return format(q"┃%s/%s┃",
           url_doc_root,
-          asNormalizedPath(doc_tree.image).array,
+          ((doc_tree.image).asNormalizedPath).array,
         );
       }
       string css() {
         return format(q"┃%s/%s┃",
           url_doc_root,
-          asNormalizedPath(doc_tree.css).array,
+          ((doc_tree.css).asNormalizedPath).array,
         );
       }
       string fn_seg_css() {
         return format(q"┃%s/%s┃",
           url_doc_root,
-          asNormalizedPath(doc_tree.fn_seg_css).array,
+          ((doc_tree.fn_seg_css).asNormalizedPath).array,
         );
       }
       string fn_scroll_css() {
         return format(q"┃%s/%s┃",
           url_doc_root,
-          asNormalizedPath(doc_tree.fn_scroll_css).array,
+          ((doc_tree.fn_scroll_css).asNormalizedPath).array,
         );
       }
       string seg(string fn_src) {
         return format(q"┃%s/%s┃",
           url_doc_root,
-          asNormalizedPath(doc_tree.seg(fn_src)).array,
+          ((doc_tree.seg(fn_src)).asNormalizedPath).array,
         );
       }
       string fn_scroll(string fn_src) {
         return format(q"┃%s/%s┃",
           url_doc_root,
-          asNormalizedPath(doc_tree.fn_scroll(fn_src)).array,
+          ((doc_tree.fn_scroll(fn_src)).asNormalizedPath).array,
         );
       }
       string fn_seg(string fn_src, string seg_filename) {
         return format(q"┃%s/%s┃",
           url_doc_root,
-          asNormalizedPath(doc_tree.fn_seg(fn_src, seg_filename)).array,
+          ((doc_tree.fn_seg(fn_src, seg_filename)).asNormalizedPath).array,
         );
       }
       string fn_scroll_obj_num(string fn_src, string obj_num) {
         return format(q"┃%s/%s#%s┃",
           url_doc_root,
-          asNormalizedPath(doc_tree.fn_scroll(fn_src)).array,
+          ((doc_tree.fn_scroll(fn_src)).asNormalizedPath).array,
           obj_num,
         );
       }
       string fn_seg_obj_num(string fn_src, string seg_filename, string obj_num) {
         return format(q"┃%s/%s#%s┃",
           url_doc_root,
-          asNormalizedPath(doc_tree.fn_seg(fn_src, seg_filename)).array,
+          ((doc_tree.fn_seg(fn_src, seg_filename)).asNormalizedPath).array,
           obj_num,
         );
       }
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ template DocReformPathsEPUB() {
     string base_dir = "epub";
     struct _PathsStruct {
       string base() {
-        return asNormalizedPath((out_pth.output_base).chainPath(base_dir)).array;
+        return (((out_pth.output_base).chainPath(base_dir)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string base_filename(string fn_src) {
         return fn_src.baseName.stripExtension;
@@ -305,43 +305,43 @@ template DocReformPathsEPUB() {
         return base_filename(fn_src) ~ "." ~ lng;
       }
       string doc_meta_inf() {
-        return asNormalizedPath("META-INF").array;
+        return (("META-INF").asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string doc_oebps() {
-        return asNormalizedPath("OEBPS").array;
+        return (("OEBPS").asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string doc_oebps_css() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(doc_oebps.chainPath("css")).array;
+        return ((doc_oebps.chainPath("css")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string doc_oebps_image() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(doc_oebps.chainPath("image")).array;
+        return ((doc_oebps.chainPath("image")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string epub_file(string fn_src) {
-        return asNormalizedPath(base.chainPath(base_filename_epub(fn_src) ~ ".epub")).array;
+        return ((base.chainPath(base_filename_epub(fn_src) ~ ".epub")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string dirtop() {
         return "".chainPath("").array;
       }
       string fn_mimetypes() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(dirtop.chainPath("mimetypes")).array;
+        return ((dirtop.chainPath("mimetypes")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string fn_dmi_container_xml() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(doc_meta_inf.chainPath("container.xml")).array;
+        return ((doc_meta_inf.chainPath("container.xml")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string fn_oebps_toc_nav_xhtml() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(doc_oebps.chainPath("toc_nav.xhtml")).array;
+        return ((doc_oebps.chainPath("toc_nav.xhtml")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string fn_oebps_toc_ncx() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(doc_oebps.chainPath("toc.ncx")).array;
+        return ((doc_oebps.chainPath("toc.ncx")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string fn_oebps_content_opf() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(doc_oebps.chainPath("content.opf")).array;
+        return ((doc_oebps.chainPath("content.opf")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string fn_oebps_content_xhtml(string seg_filename) {
-        return asNormalizedPath(doc_oebps.chainPath(seg_filename ~ ".xhtml")).array;
+        return ((doc_oebps.chainPath(seg_filename ~ ".xhtml")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string fn_oebps_css() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(doc_oebps_css.chainPath("epub.css")).array;
+        return ((doc_oebps_css.chainPath("epub.css")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       /+ debug +/
       string dbg_docdir(string fn_src) {
@@ -397,55 +397,55 @@ template DocReformPathsODT() {
     string base_dir = "odf";
     struct _PathsStruct {
       string base_pth() { // dir will contain odt document file (also debug file tree)
-        return asNormalizedPath((out_pth.output_base).chainPath(base_dir)).array;
+        return (((out_pth.output_base).chainPath(base_dir)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string odt_file() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(base_pth.chainPath(doc_matters.src.doc_uid_out ~ ".odt")).array;
+        return ((base_pth.chainPath(doc_matters.src.doc_uid_out ~ ".odt")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string dirtop(string type) {
         return (type == "zip")
         ? "".chainPath("").array
-        : asNormalizedPath(base_pth.chainPath(doc_matters.src.doc_uid_out)).array;
+        : ((base_pth.chainPath(doc_matters.src.doc_uid_out)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string mimetype(string type="fs") {
         assert(type == "zip" || "fs");
-        return asNormalizedPath(dirtop(type).chainPath("mimetype")).array;
+        return ((dirtop(type).chainPath("mimetype")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string manifest_rdf(string type="fs") {
         assert(type == "zip" || "fs");
-        return asNormalizedPath(dirtop(type).chainPath("manifest.rdf")).array;
+        return ((dirtop(type).chainPath("manifest.rdf")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string settings_xml(string type="fs") {
         assert(type == "zip" || "fs");
-        return asNormalizedPath(dirtop(type).chainPath("settings.xml")).array;
+        return ((dirtop(type).chainPath("settings.xml")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string styles_xml(string type="fs") {
         assert(type == "zip" || "fs");
-        return asNormalizedPath(dirtop(type).chainPath("styles.xml")).array;
+        return ((dirtop(type).chainPath("styles.xml")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string image_dir(string type="fs") {
         assert(type == "zip" || "fs");
-        return asNormalizedPath(dirtop(type).chainPath("Pictures")).array;
+        return ((dirtop(type).chainPath("Pictures")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string image(string image_fn_src, string type="fs") {
         assert(type == "zip" || "fs");
-        return asNormalizedPath(image_dir(type).chainPath(image_fn_src)).array;
+        return ((image_dir(type).chainPath(image_fn_src)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string content_xml(string type="fs") {
         assert(type == "zip" || "fs");
-        return asNormalizedPath(dirtop(type).chainPath("content.xml")).array;
+        return ((dirtop(type).chainPath("content.xml")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string meta_inf_dir(string type="fs") {
         assert(type == "zip" || "fs");
-        return asNormalizedPath(dirtop(type).chainPath("META-INF")).array;
+        return ((dirtop(type).chainPath("META-INF")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string manifest_xml(string type="fs") {
         assert(type == "zip" || "fs");
-        return asNormalizedPath(meta_inf_dir(type).chainPath("manifest.xml")).array;
+        return ((meta_inf_dir(type).chainPath("manifest.xml")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string meta_xml(string type="fs") {
         assert(type == "zip" || "fs");
-        return asNormalizedPath(dirtop(type).chainPath("meta.xml")).array;
+        return ((dirtop(type).chainPath("meta.xml")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
     }
     return _PathsStruct();
@@ -464,17 +464,17 @@ template DocReformPathsLaTeX() {
       string base() {
         auto out_pth = DocReformOutPaths!()(doc_matters.output_path, doc_matters.src.language);
         string base_dir = "latex";
-        return asNormalizedPath((out_pth.output_root).chainPath(base_dir)).array;
+        return (((out_pth.output_root).chainPath(base_dir)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string latex_path_stuff() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(base.chainPath(base_filename(doc_matters.src.filename))).array;
+        return ((base.chainPath(base_filename(doc_matters.src.filename))).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string latex_file_with_path() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(base.chainPath(base_filename(doc_matters.src.filename) ~ "." ~ doc_matters.src.language ~ ".tex")).array;
+        return ((base.chainPath(base_filename(doc_matters.src.filename) ~ "." ~ doc_matters.src.language ~ ".tex")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string images() {
         string image_dir = "image";
-        return asNormalizedPath((base).chainPath(image_dir)).array;
+        return (((base).chainPath(image_dir)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
     }
     return _PathsStruct();
@@ -494,13 +494,13 @@ template DocReformPathsSQLiteDiscrete() {
       string base() {
         auto out_pth = DocReformOutPaths!()(output_pth_root, lng);
         string base_dir = "sqlite";
-        return asNormalizedPath((out_pth.output_base).chainPath(base_dir)).array;
+        return (((out_pth.output_base).chainPath(base_dir)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string seg(string fn_src) {
-        return asNormalizedPath(base.chainPath(base_filename(fn_src))).array;
+        return ((base.chainPath(base_filename(fn_src))).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string sqlite_file(string fn_src) {
-        return asNormalizedPath(base.chainPath(base_filename(fn_src) ~ ".sql.db")).array;
+        return ((base.chainPath(base_filename(fn_src) ~ ".sql.db")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
     }
     return _PathsStruct();
@@ -520,10 +520,10 @@ template DocReformPathsSQLite() {
       string base() {
         auto out_pth = DocReformOutPathSQLite!()(output_pth_root); // decide whether to have separate files for each language
         string base_dir = "sqlite";
-        return asNormalizedPath((out_pth.output_root).chainPath(base_dir)).array;
+        return (((out_pth.output_root).chainPath(base_dir)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       string sqlite_file() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(base.chainPath(base_filename(db_name) ~ ".sql.db")).array;
+        return ((base.chainPath(base_filename(db_name) ~ ".sql.db")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
     }
     return _PathsStruct();
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/output/rgx.d b/src/doc_reform/output/rgx.d
index c7896ac..89d5858 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/output/rgx.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/output/rgx.d
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ static template DocReformOutputRgxInit() {
     static nbsp_char_and_space                            = ctRegex!(`░[ ]`, "mg");
     static special_markup_chars                           = ctRegex!(`[【】〖〗┥┝┤├¤░┘┙┚┼┿╂┊┏┚┆■]`, "mg");
     static src_pth_sst_or_ssm                             = ctRegex!(`^(?P<path>[/]?(?:[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+/)*)(?P<filename>[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+[.](?P<extension>ss[tm]))$`);
-    static src_pth_pod_sst_or_ssm                         = ctRegex!(`^(?P<podpath>[/]?(?:[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+/)*)media/text/[a-z]{2}/(?P<filename>[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+[.]ss[tm])$`);
-    static src_pth_contents                               = ctRegex!(`^(?P<path>[/]?(?:[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+/)*)(?P<filename>[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+)/pod[.]manifest$`);
+    static src_pth_pod_sst_or_ssm                         = ctRegex!(`^(?P<podpath>[/]?(?:[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+/)*)media/text/[a-z]{2}/(?P<filename>[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9._-]*?[.]ss[tm])$`);
+    static src_pth_contents                               = ctRegex!(`^(?P<path>[/]?(?:[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+/)*)(?P<filename>[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9._-]*)/pod[.]manifest$`);
     static src_pth_zip                                    = ctRegex!(`^(?P<path>[/]?(?:[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+/)*)(?P<filename>[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+[.]zip)$`);
     static src_pth_unzip_pod                              = ctRegex!(`^(?P<path>media/text/[a-z]{2}/)*(?P<filename>[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+[.]ss[im])$`);
     static src_pth_types                                  =
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/source/paths_source.d b/src/doc_reform/source/paths_source.d
index 1bf3af1..b1622bd 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/source/paths_source.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/source/paths_source.d
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ template PathMatters() {
             return (_manifest.pod_manifest_path.length > 0) ? true : false;
           }
           auto collection_root() {
-            auto _collection_root = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(_manifest.pod_manifest_path, "..")).array;
+            auto _collection_root = ((chainPath(_manifest.pod_manifest_path, "..")).asNormalizedPath).array;
             return _collection_root;
           }
           string manifest_filename() {
@@ -252,10 +252,10 @@ template PathMatters() {
               auto m = (absolute_path_to_src)
               .match(regex(r"[/](?P<dir>(?:[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+))/pod/" ~ filename.stripExtension))
             ) {
-              _dir = asNormalizedPath(path_and_fn.chainPath("../../")).array;
+              _dir = ((path_and_fn.chainPath("../../")).asNormalizedPath).array;
               assert(_dir == m.captures["dir"]);
             } else {
-              _dir = asNormalizedPath(path_and_fn.chainPath("../../../")).array;
+              _dir = ((path_and_fn.chainPath("../../../")).asNormalizedPath).array;
               assert(_dir == absolute_path_to_src
                 .match(rgx.src_base_parent_dir_name).captures["dir"]);
             }
@@ -270,9 +270,9 @@ template PathMatters() {
               auto m = (absolute_path_to_src)
               .match(regex(r"[/](?P<dir>(?:[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+))/pod/" ~ filename.stripExtension))
             ) {
-              _dir = asNormalizedPath(path_and_fn.chainPath("../../")).array;
+              _dir = ((path_and_fn.chainPath("../../")).asNormalizedPath).array;
             } else {
-              _dir = asNormalizedPath(path_and_fn.chainPath("../../../")).array;
+              _dir = ((path_and_fn.chainPath("../../../")).asNormalizedPath).array;
             }
             return _dir;
           }
@@ -282,14 +282,14 @@ template PathMatters() {
               auto m = (absolute_path_to_src)
               .match(rgx.src_formalised_file_path_parts)
             ) {
-              _dir = asNormalizedPath(m.captures["pth"]).array;
+              _dir = ((m.captures["pth"]).asNormalizedPath).array;
             } else if (
              auto m = (absolute_path_to_src)
              .match(regex(r"[/](?P<dir>(?:[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+))/pod/" ~ filename.stripExtension))
             ) {
-              _dir = asNormalizedPath(path_and_fn.chainPath("../")).array;
+              _dir = ((path_and_fn.chainPath("../")).asNormalizedPath).array;
             } else {
-              _dir = asNormalizedPath(path_and_fn.chainPath("../../")).array;
+              _dir = ((path_and_fn.chainPath("../../")).asNormalizedPath).array;
             }
             if (_opt_actions.debug_do) {
               writeln("--> (base_dir_path) ", _dir);
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ template PathMatters() {
             return _dir;
           }
           string media_dir_path() {
-            string _dir = asNormalizedPath(base_dir_path.chainPath("media")).array;
+            string _dir = ((base_dir_path.chainPath("media")).asNormalizedPath).array;
             return _dir;
           }
           string image_dir_path() {
@@ -305,10 +305,10 @@ template PathMatters() {
             string[] _possible_img_pths = [ "./image", "../image", "../../image" ];
             string _img_pth_found = "";
             if (is_pod) {
-              _img_pth_found = asNormalizedPath(file_with_absolute_path.dirName ~ "/../../image").array;
+              _img_pth_found = ((file_with_absolute_path.dirName ~ "/../../image").asNormalizedPath).array;
             } else {
               string _img_pth(string _possible_img_pth) {
-                return asNormalizedPath(file_with_absolute_path.dirName ~ "/" ~ _possible_img_pth).array;
+                return ((file_with_absolute_path.dirName ~ "/" ~ _possible_img_pth).asNormalizedPath).array;
               }
               foreach(_possible_img_pth; _possible_img_pths) {
                 if (exists(_img_pth(_possible_img_pth))) {
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ template PathMatters() {
             return _img_pth_found;
           }
           auto conf_dir_path() {
-            return asNormalizedPath(base_dir_path.chainPath("conf")).array;
+            return ((base_dir_path.chainPath("conf")).asNormalizedPath).array;
           }
           auto base_parent_dir() {
             string _dir;
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ template PathMatters() {
             if ((_opt_actions.output_dir_set.length > 0)
               && isValidPath(_opt_actions.output_dir_set)
             ) {
-              _output_path = asNormalizedPath(_opt_actions.output_dir_set).array;
+              _output_path = ((_opt_actions.output_dir_set).asNormalizedPath).array;
               if (!exists(_output_path)) {
                 try {
                   _output_path.mkdirRecurse;
@@ -429,11 +429,11 @@ template ConfigFilePaths() {
               ];
             } else {
               /+ config document (& or local site) on filesystem +/
-              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd   = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "dr_doc/conf")).array; // think about
-              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd_a = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "conf")).array;
-              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd_b = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "../conf")).array;
-              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd_c = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "../../conf")).array;
-              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd_d = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "../../../conf")).array;
+              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd   = ((chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "dr_doc/conf")).asNormalizedPath).array; // think about
+              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd_a = ((chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "conf")).asNormalizedPath).array;
+              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd_b = ((chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "../conf")).asNormalizedPath).array;
+              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd_c = ((chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "../../conf")).asNormalizedPath).array;
+              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd_d = ((chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "../../../conf")).asNormalizedPath).array;
               /+ return paths +/
               _possible_config_path_locations = [
                 _dr_doc_conf_pwd,
@@ -451,14 +451,14 @@ template ConfigFilePaths() {
           string[] config_local_site() {
             /+ FIX clean up conf paths ↓ +/
             /+ config local site (file system only, not in pod) +/
-            string _dot_pwd        = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), ".dr")).array;
-            string _underscore_pwd = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "_dr")).array;
-            string _dot_home       = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(to!string(_env["home"]), ".dr")).array;
+            string _dot_pwd        = ((chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), ".dr")).asNormalizedPath).array;
+            string _underscore_pwd = ((chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "_dr")).asNormalizedPath).array;
+            string _dot_home       = ((chainPath(to!string(_env["home"]), ".dr")).asNormalizedPath).array;
             /+ return paths +/
             string[] _possible_config_path_locations;
             if (_manifest.src.is_pod) {
-              string _collection_root_a = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(to!string(_manifest.pod.collection_root.to!string), ".dr")).array;
-              string _collection_root_b = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(to!string(_manifest.pod.collection_root.to!string), "_dr")).array;
+              string _collection_root_a = ((chainPath(to!string(_manifest.pod.collection_root.to!string), ".dr")).asNormalizedPath).array;
+              string _collection_root_b = ((chainPath(to!string(_manifest.pod.collection_root.to!string), "_dr")).asNormalizedPath).array;
               _possible_config_path_locations = [
                 _dot_pwd,
                 _underscore_pwd,
@@ -469,11 +469,11 @@ template ConfigFilePaths() {
               ];
             } else {
               /+ config document (& or local site) on filesystem +/
-              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd   = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "dr_doc/conf")).array;
-              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd_a = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "conf")).array;
-              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd_b = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "../conf")).array;
-              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd_c = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "../../conf")).array;
-              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd_d = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "../../../conf")).array;
+              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd   = ((chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "dr_doc/conf")).asNormalizedPath).array;
+              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd_a = ((chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "conf")).asNormalizedPath).array;
+              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd_b = ((chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "../conf")).asNormalizedPath).array;
+              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd_c = ((chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "../../conf")).asNormalizedPath).array;
+              string _dr_doc_conf_pwd_d = ((chainPath(to!string(_env["pwd"]), "../../../conf")).asNormalizedPath).array;
               _possible_config_path_locations = [
                 _dr_doc_conf_pwd,
                 _dr_doc_conf_pwd_a,
@@ -523,25 +523,25 @@ template DocReformPathsSRC() {
         return "dr_doc";
       }
       auto media_root() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(doc_root.chainPath("media")).array;
+        return ((doc_root.chainPath("media")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       auto conf_root() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(doc_root.chainPath("conf")).array;
+        return ((doc_root.chainPath("conf")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       auto text_root() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(media_root.chainPath("text")).array;
+        return ((media_root.chainPath("text")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       auto image_root() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(media_root.chainPath("image")).array;
+        return ((media_root.chainPath("image")).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       auto doc_src_fn_with_path_for_text_root_and_lng() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(text_root.chainPath(language)).array;
+        return ((text_root.chainPath(language)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       auto doc_src_fn() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(_fn_src_and_path.baseName).array;
+        return ((_fn_src_and_path.baseName).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
       auto doc_src_with_path() {
-        return asNormalizedPath(pwd.chainPath(_fn_src_and_path)).array;
+        return ((pwd.chainPath(_fn_src_and_path)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       }
     }
     return drSrcPaths();
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ template DocReformPathsPods() {
       }
       auto pod_root(string fn_src) {
         auto pth_1_ = "";
-        auto pth_2_ = asNormalizedPath(base(fn_src).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath("")).array;
+        auto pth_2_ = ((base(fn_src).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath("")).asNormalizedPath).array;
         struct _pods {
           auto zpod() {
             return pth_1_;
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ template DocReformPathsPods() {
       auto conf_root(string fn_src) {
         auto pod_root_ = pod_root(fn_src);
         auto pth_1_ = "conf";
-        auto pth_2_ = asNormalizedPath(pod_root(fn_src).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath("conf")).array;
+        auto pth_2_ = ((pod_root(fn_src).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath("conf")).asNormalizedPath).array;
         struct _pods {
           auto zpod() {
             return pth_1_;
@@ -654,8 +654,8 @@ template DocReformPathsPods() {
       }
       auto css(string fn_src) {
         auto pod_root_ = pod_root(fn_src);
-        auto pth_1_ = asNormalizedPath(conf_root(fn_src).zpod.chainPath("css")).array;
-        auto pth_2_ = asNormalizedPath(conf_root(fn_src).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath("css")).array;
+        auto pth_1_ = ((conf_root(fn_src).zpod.chainPath("css")).asNormalizedPath).array;
+        auto pth_2_ = ((conf_root(fn_src).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath("css")).asNormalizedPath).array;
         struct _pods {
           auto zpod() {
             return pth_1_;
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ template DocReformPathsPods() {
       auto media_root(string fn_src) {
         auto pod_root_ = pod_root(fn_src);
         auto pth_1_ = "media";
-        auto pth_2_ = asNormalizedPath(pod_root(fn_src).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath("media")).array;
+        auto pth_2_ = ((pod_root(fn_src).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath("media")).asNormalizedPath).array;
         struct _pods {
           auto zpod() {
             return pth_1_;
@@ -684,8 +684,8 @@ template DocReformPathsPods() {
       }
       auto text_root(string fn_src) {
         auto pod_root_ = pod_root(fn_src);
-        auto pth_1_ = asNormalizedPath(media_root(fn_src).zpod.chainPath("text")).array;
-        auto pth_2_ = asNormalizedPath(media_root(fn_src).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath("text")).array;
+        auto pth_1_ = ((media_root(fn_src).zpod.chainPath("text")).asNormalizedPath).array;
+        auto pth_2_ = ((media_root(fn_src).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath("text")).asNormalizedPath).array;
         struct _pods {
           auto zpod() {
             return pth_1_;
@@ -714,8 +714,8 @@ template DocReformPathsPods() {
       }
       auto doc_lng(string fn_src, string lng) {
         auto pod_root_ = pod_root(fn_src);
-        auto pth_1_ = asNormalizedPath(text_root(fn_src).zpod.chainPath(lng)).array;
-        auto pth_2_ = asNormalizedPath(text_root(fn_src).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath(lng)).array;
+        auto pth_1_ = ((text_root(fn_src).zpod.chainPath(lng)).asNormalizedPath).array;
+        auto pth_2_ = ((text_root(fn_src).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath(lng)).asNormalizedPath).array;
         struct _pods {
           auto zpod() {
             return pth_1_;
@@ -729,8 +729,8 @@ template DocReformPathsPods() {
       }
       auto image_root(string fn_src) {
         auto pod_root_ = pod_root(fn_src);
-        auto pth_1_ = asNormalizedPath(media_root(fn_src).zpod.chainPath("image")).array;
-        auto pth_2_ = asNormalizedPath(media_root(fn_src).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath("image")).array;
+        auto pth_1_ = ((media_root(fn_src).zpod.chainPath("image")).asNormalizedPath).array;
+        auto pth_2_ = ((media_root(fn_src).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath("image")).asNormalizedPath).array;
         struct _pods {
           auto zpod() {
             return pth_1_;
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ template DocReformPathsPods() {
         auto pod_root_ = pod_root(fn_src);
         auto _manifest = PodManifest!()(fn_src).pod_manifest_filename;
         auto pth_1_ = _manifest;
-        auto pth_2_ = asNormalizedPath(pod_root(fn_src).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath(_manifest)).array;
+        auto pth_2_ = ((pod_root(fn_src).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath(_manifest)).asNormalizedPath).array;
         struct _pods {
           auto zpod() {
             return pth_1_;
@@ -760,8 +760,8 @@ template DocReformPathsPods() {
       }
       auto fn_doc(string fn_src, string lng) {
         auto pod_root_ = pod_root(fn_src);
-        auto pth_1_ = asNormalizedPath(doc_lng(fn_src, lng).zpod.chainPath(fn_src.baseName)).array;
-        auto pth_2_ = asNormalizedPath(doc_lng(fn_src, lng).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath(fn_src.baseName)).array;
+        auto pth_1_ = ((doc_lng(fn_src, lng).zpod.chainPath(fn_src.baseName)).asNormalizedPath).array;
+        auto pth_2_ = ((doc_lng(fn_src, lng).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath(fn_src.baseName)).asNormalizedPath).array;
         struct _pods {
           auto zpod() {
             return pth_1_;
@@ -775,8 +775,8 @@ template DocReformPathsPods() {
       }
       auto fn_doc_insert(string fn_src, string fn_insert, string lng) {
         auto pod_root_ = pod_root(fn_src);
-        auto pth_1_ = asNormalizedPath(doc_lng(fn_src, lng).zpod.chainPath(fn_insert.baseName)).array;
-        auto pth_2_ = asNormalizedPath(doc_lng(fn_src, lng).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath(fn_insert.baseName)).array;
+        auto pth_1_ = ((doc_lng(fn_src, lng).zpod.chainPath(fn_insert.baseName)).asNormalizedPath).array;
+        auto pth_2_ = ((doc_lng(fn_src, lng).filesystem_open_zpod.chainPath(fn_insert.baseName)).asNormalizedPath).array;
         struct _pods {
           auto zpod() {
             return pth_1_;
diff --git a/src/doc_reform/source/read_config_files.d b/src/doc_reform/source/read_config_files.d
index 96f604b..93f8a35 100644
--- a/src/doc_reform/source/read_config_files.d
+++ b/src/doc_reform/source/read_config_files.d
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ static template configReadInSiteSTR() {
       writeln("WARNING (io debug) in config possible path locations: ", possible_config_path_locations);
     }
     foreach(pth; possible_config_path_locations) {
-      auto conf_file = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(pth.to!string, conf_toml)).array;
+      auto conf_file = ((chainPath(pth.to!string, conf_toml)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       if (config_file_str.length > 0) {
         break;
       }
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static template configReadInDocSTR() {
       writeln("WARNING (io debug) in config possible path locations: ", possible_config_path_locations);
     }
     foreach(pth; possible_config_path_locations) {
-      auto conf_file = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(pth.to!string, conf_toml)).array;
+      auto conf_file = ((chainPath(pth.to!string, conf_toml)).asNormalizedPath).array;
       if (config_file_str.length > 0) {
         break;
       }
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ static template readConfigSite() {
     string[] possible_config_path_locations = _conf_file_details.possible_config_path_locations.config_local_site;
     foreach(conf_fn; [_conf_file_details.config_filename_site]) {
       foreach(pth; possible_config_path_locations) {
-        char[] conf_file = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(pth.to!string, conf_fn)).array;
+        char[] conf_file = ((chainPath(pth.to!string, conf_fn)).asNormalizedPath).array;
         conf_filename = conf_fn;
         if (config_file_str.length > 0) {
           // conf_filename = conf_fn;
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ static template readConfigDoc() {
     string[] possible_config_path_locations = _conf_file_details.possible_config_path_locations.dr_document_make;
     foreach(conf_fn; [_conf_file_details.config_filename_document]) {
       foreach(pth; possible_config_path_locations) {
-        auto conf_file = asNormalizedPath(chainPath(pth.to!string, conf_fn)).array;
+        auto conf_file = ((chainPath(pth.to!string, conf_fn)).asNormalizedPath).array;
         conf_filename = conf_fn;
         if (config_file_str.length > 0) {
           // conf_filename = conf_fn;