new setup for how I'm trying to tackle this

app/Markdown.hs

@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-module Markdown
-  ( module Markdown.Parser,
-    module Markdown.Data,
-  )
-where
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
 
-import Markdown.Data
-import Markdown.Parser
+module Markdown () where
 
+import CMark

app/Markdown/Data.hs

@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-{-# LANGUAGE RankNTypes, FlexibleContexts #-}
-
-module Markdown.Data
-  ( MarkDownElement,
-    MListItem,
-    Parser,
-  )
-where
-
-import Data.Text
-import Text.Parsec
-
---  modified version of https://github.com/tusharad/markdown-parser
-data MarkDownElement
-  = MHeading Int MarkDownElement
-  | MParagraph MarkDownElement
-  | MBold MarkDownElement
-  | MItalic MarkDownElement
-  | MBoldItalic MarkDownElement
-  | MLink MarkDownElement Text
-  | MLine [MarkDownElement]
-  | MUnorderedList [MListItem]
-  | MOrderedList [MListItem]
-  | Only Text -- Bottom of all types
-  deriving (Eq, Show)
-
-data MListItem = MListItem MarkDownElement [MarkDownElement]
-  deriving (Eq, Show)
-
-type Parser v = forall s u m. (Monad m, Stream s m Char) => ParsecT s u m v

app/Markdown/Parser.hs

@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-}
-
-module Markdown.Parser
-  ( Markdown.Parser.lines,
-  )
-where
-
-import Data.Functor (void)
-import Data.Text (Text, pack)
-import Text.Parsec
-
--- https://spec.commonmark.org/0.31.2/
--- https://hackage.haskell.org/package/parsec
-
-linebreak ::
-  (Monad m, Stream s m Char) =>
-  ParsecT s u m ()
--- 2 newlines due to mark
-linebreak = void (newline *> newline)
-
-emptyParse ::
-  (Monad m, Stream s m Char) =>
-  ParsecT s u m String
-emptyParse = "" <$ notFollowedBy anyChar
-
-line ::
-  (Monad m, Stream s m Char) =>
-  ParsecT s u m Text
-line = fmap pack $ many $ notFollowedBy linebreak *> anyChar
-
-lines ::
-  (Monad m, Stream s m Char) =>
-  ParsecT s u m [Text]
-lines = line `sepBy` linebreak
-
-heading ::
-  (Monad m, Stream s m Char) =>
-  ParsecT s u m (Int, Text)
-heading = do
-  level <- fmap length $ many1 $ char '#'
-  text <- line
-  pure (level, text)
-
--- TODO: blockquote, single backticks, triple backticks, links, arb HTML

app/Restruct.hs

@@ -2,3 +2,34 @@ module Restruct where
 
 -- https://docutils.sourceforge.io/rst.html
 -- https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/restructuredtext/basics.html
+
+-- https://hackage.haskell.org/package/parsec-3.1.18.0/docs/doc-index-All.html
+
+import Data.Text (Text)
+import Data.Void (Void)
+import Text.Parsec as P
+
+data RestElement
+  = RBody RestBody
+  | RTransition
+  | -- list of integers is the location in the section heirachy it is, Text is the title
+    -- NOTE: future me don't bother with proper restext convention do header depth via #n prefix to the title
+    RSection [Int] Text RestBody
+
+data RestBody
+  = RParagraph [RInlineText]
+  | RBulletList Void
+  | REnumList Void
+  | RDefinitionList Void
+  | RFieldList Void
+  | ROptionList Void
+  | RLiteralBlock Void
+  | RLineBlock Void
+  | RBlockQuote Void
+  | -- skipping doctest blocks because no I'll just use a literal block thanks
+    RTable Void
+  | RExplicit Void
+
+data MarkupModifier = Underline | Bold | Italic
+
+data RInlineText = RInLineText {text :: Text, modifiers :: [MarkupModifier]}

psb.cabal

@@ -29,13 +29,14 @@ executable psb
     -- .hs or .lhs file containing the Main module.
     main-is:          Main.hs
 
-    other-modules: Config Utilities Templates Types IR Markdown Markdown.Data Markdown.Parser Restruct
+    other-modules: Config Utilities Templates Types IR Markdown Restruct
 
     default-extensions: ApplicativeDo DataKinds NamedFieldPuns DerivingVia LambdaCase TypeApplications DeriveGeneric
 
     -- Other library packages from which modules are imported.
     -- https://hackage.haskell.org/package/texmath
-    build-depends:    base >=4.17.2.1, mustache >=2.4.2, pandoc >=3.2.1, shake >= 0.19.8, deriving-aeson >= 0.2.9, aeson, text, time, unordered-containers, yaml, parsec >= 3.1.18.0, typst >= 0.6.1, typst-symbols >= 0.1.7
+    -- cmark is pinned because I don't want to touch it unless I rewrite to my own code
+    build-depends:    base >=4.17.2.1, mustache >=2.4.2, pandoc >=3.2.1, shake >= 0.19.8, deriving-aeson >= 0.2.9, aeson, text, time, unordered-containers, yaml, parsec >= 3.1.18.0, typst >= 0.6.1, typst-symbols >= 0.1.7, cmark == 0.6.1
 
     -- Directories containing source files.
     hs-source-dirs:   app