diff --git a/collects/honu/main.rkt b/collects/honu/main.rkt
index faa379c23b..f6291a468d 100644
--- a/collects/honu/main.rkt
+++ b/collects/honu/main.rkt
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@
          (for-template #%parens #%brackets #%braces)
          ;; (for-meta 2 (rename-out (honu-syntax syntax)))
          (rename-out
+           (syntax real-syntax)
            (honu-if if)
            (honu-provide provide)
            (honu-macro-item macroItem)
diff --git a/collects/honu/private/honu-typed-scheme.rkt b/collects/honu/private/honu-typed-scheme.rkt
index fd736cb281..f3b7a20268 100644
--- a/collects/honu/private/honu-typed-scheme.rkt
+++ b/collects/honu/private/honu-typed-scheme.rkt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
                      "parse.ss"
                      "literals.ss"
                      )
+         syntax/parse
          "literals.ss"
          ;; "typed-utils.ss"
          )
@@ -556,6 +557,10 @@ if (foo){
              #'(require (for-syntax what))))
          #'rest)])))
 
+#;
+(define-splicing-syntax-class unparsed
+  [pattern (~seq x ...) #:with result #'(honu-unparsed-begin x ...)])
+
 (define-syntax (honu-unparsed-begin stx)
   (printf "honu unparsed begin: ~a at phase ~a\n" (syntax->datum stx) (syntax-local-phase-level))
   (syntax-case stx ()
diff --git a/collects/honu/private/macro.rkt b/collects/honu/private/macro.rkt
index cdb97b87f1..480a1d2d50 100644
--- a/collects/honu/private/macro.rkt
+++ b/collects/honu/private/macro.rkt
@@ -503,6 +503,7 @@
                                         (with-syntax ([(real-out (... ...)) #'(code ...)])
                                           (let ([result (honu-unparsed-begin #'(real-out (... ...)))])
                                             (lambda () result)))
+                                        (printf "Macro transformer `~a'\n" (syntax->datum #'(code ...)))
                                         (let ([result (honu-unparsed-begin code ...)])
                                           (lambda () result))
                                         #'(rrest (... ...)))]))))))
diff --git a/collects/honu/private/more.ss b/collects/honu/private/more.ss
index 7e8b7d33d3..3e3ec66912 100644
--- a/collects/honu/private/more.ss
+++ b/collects/honu/private/more.ss
@@ -208,7 +208,8 @@
              (with-syntax ([a #'(fix-template #'(honu-unparsed-begin expr ...))])
                #'a)
 
-             (printf "Making unparsed syntax???\n")
+             (printf "Making unparsed syntax with `~a'\n" (syntax->datum #'(expr (... ...))))
+
              #;
              (with-syntax ([unparsed (make-unparsed #'(expr ...))])
                #'(fix-template unparsed))
@@ -232,7 +233,9 @@
              #;
              (with-syntax ([(out ...) (local-expand #'(expr ...) 'expression '())])
                #'(honu-unparsed-begin out ...)))
-           #'rest)]))))
+           #'rest)]
+        [else (raise-syntax-error 'maker "you have used this incorrectly")]
+        ))))
 
 (honu-syntax-maker honu-syntax honu-unparsed-begin)
 (honu-syntax-maker honu-expression-syntax honu-unparsed-expr)
diff --git a/collects/honu/private/parse.rkt b/collects/honu/private/parse.rkt
index 68d2772a5d..5a81250572 100644
--- a/collects/honu/private/parse.rkt
+++ b/collects/honu/private/parse.rkt
@@ -496,6 +496,11 @@
     [else (raise-syntax-error 'parse-an-expr "cant parse" stx)]
     ))
 
+(define-syntax (invoke-transformer stx)
+  (syntax-parse stx
+    [(_ all ...)
+     (parse #'(all ...))]))
+
 (define-splicing-syntax-class honu-body:class
                      #:literals (#%braces)
   [pattern (~seq (#%braces code ...))])
@@ -548,7 +553,14 @@
                                  (parse-block-one/2 #'(stuff ... more ...) context))])
                    (values out rest2))))
         ]
-    [(get-transformer stx) => (lambda (transformer)
+    [(get-transformer stx) => 
+                           (lambda (transformer)
+                             (values
+                               (with-syntax ([(all ...) stx])
+                                 #'(invoke-transformer all ...))
+                               #'()))
+                           #;
+                           (lambda (transformer)
                                 (define introducer (make-syntax-introducer))
                                 (define introduce introducer)
                                 (define unintroduce introducer)