@@ -773,11 +773,11 @@
 			return elt('br')
 		end
 
 		function span_renderers.macro(m,b,s)
-			local macroname = plainrdr.htmlSpan(
-				ct.parse_span(m.macro, b.origin), b,s)
-			local r = b.origin:ref(macroname)
+-- 			local macroname = plainrdr.htmlSpan(
+-- 				ct.parse_span(m.macro, b.origin), b,s)
+			local r = b.origin:ref(m.macro)
 			if type(r) ~= 'string' then
 				b.origin:fail('%s is an object, not a reference', r.id)
 			end
 			local mctx = b.origin:clone()