MODX Tags Alternatives

Hi,

I currently evaluating CMS and I like what I'm seeing in MODX. One thing I don't like tho: tags syntax.

Here is a library with a different syntax: https://github.com/pyrocms/lex

Some advantages in my view:

1) easier to read
2) don't have special chars (like & and `) that won't be "reinterpreted" by WYSIWYG editors
3) you don't need to specify your template outside of context (unless you want it):
{{resources parents="2"}}
<a href="{{id}}">{{title}}</a>
{{/resources}}
It's specially useful when dealing with more complex tags that may need lots of templates/chunks to customize (like wayfinder and breadcrumbs from what I saw).
4) it's +- the same as handlebars that I'm using in the client-side (javascript) on other sites. That's may be just an advantage for people that uses handlebars, but that's a lot of people. Syntax used by other libraries as well, like emberjs and angularjs.

I've seen posts like:
https://forums.modx.com/thread/?thread=36725&page=1
https://forums.modx.com/forums/thread/24582/template-engine-modx-underlying-framework#dis-post-125655

But there are almost a decade old.

So, my question is: how hard is it use something like https://github.com/pyrocms/lex in MODX today?

And if the template engine is so hard-code into the core, is any plan for implementing something else other than the current syntax? in MODX3 or something.

The wysiwyg mangling problem is very easily solved by using property sets.

This probably isn't the answer you're looking for, but you can make your default template blank and do any templating/formatting/parsing you want in a plugin before MODX touches the page (at which point the tags would be gone). The Smarty template engine is also built-in, although it's rarely used outside the Manager.