diff --git a/daslib/imgui_node_editor_lint.das b/daslib/imgui_node_editor_lint.das
index d31559d..c4462f2 100644
--- a/daslib/imgui_node_editor_lint.das
+++ b/daslib/imgui_node_editor_lint.das
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ module imgui_node_editor_lint shared private
 //! lint / daspkg install).
 
 require daslib/ast_boost
-require strings
 
 let private ALLOWED_NE : table<string> <- {
     // Geometry / topology / selection reads — pure queries, no host needed (the
@@ -75,8 +74,9 @@ class NodeEditorLintVisitor : AstVisitor {
     }
 
     def override preVisitExprCall(var expr : ExprCall?) : void {
-        // Also skips macro-synthesized call sites: their `at` points at the macro template's file, not the user's.
+        // a spliced wrapper body is `generated` and carries the CALL SITE's location, so the file compare below cannot see it
         if (expr.func == null || expr.func._module == null
+                || expr.genFlags.generated
                 || (current_function != null
                     && (current_function.flags.generated
                         || (current_function.at.fileInfo != null
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class NodeEditorLintVisitor : AstVisitor {
             let fname = string(expr.func.name)
             if (!key_exists(ALLOWED_NE, fname)) {
                 compiling_program() |> macro_error(expr.at,
-                    "NODEEDITOR001: raw imgui_node_editor::{fname} is forbidden — use the wrapper in modules/dasImguiNodeEditor/daslib/imgui_node_editor_boost_v2.das (node/pin/link, begin_create/begin_delete + query/accept/reject, get_selected_*/select_*/clear_selection, create_node_editor/node_editor). Bypassing the create/delete wrappers breaks live-command queue injection. If {fname} is a genuinely host-agnostic read, extend ALLOWED_NE in imgui_node_editor_lint.das. Per-file escape: `options _allow_node_editor_native = true`.")
+                    "NODEEDITOR001: raw imgui_node_editor::{fname} is forbidden - use the wrapper in modules/dasImguiNodeEditor/daslib/imgui_node_editor_boost_v2.das (node/pin/link, begin_create/begin_delete + query/accept/reject, get_selected_*/select_*/clear_selection, create_node_editor/node_editor). Bypassing the create/delete wrappers breaks live-command queue injection. If {fname} is a genuinely host-agnostic read, extend ALLOWED_NE in imgui_node_editor_lint.das. Per-file escape: `options _allow_node_editor_native = true`.")
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/cb_dasIMGUI_NODE_EDITOR.h b/src/cb_dasIMGUI_NODE_EDITOR.h
index 48dfe67..2ad7ea1 100644
--- a/src/cb_dasIMGUI_NODE_EDITOR.h
+++ b/src/cb_dasIMGUI_NODE_EDITOR.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ namespace das {
 
 template <> struct typeFactory<ax::NodeEditor::NodeId> {
 	static TypeDeclPtr make(const ModuleLibrary &) {
-		auto t = new TypeDecl(Type::tInt);
+		auto t = new TypeDecl(Type::tInt, cppBindingLineInfo());
 		t->alias = "ax::NodeEditor::NodeId";
 		t->aotAlias = true;
 		return t;
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ template <> struct cast_res<ax::NodeEditor::NodeId> {
 
 template <> struct typeFactory<ax::NodeEditor::PinId> {
 	static TypeDeclPtr make(const ModuleLibrary &) {
-		auto t = new TypeDecl(Type::tInt);
+		auto t = new TypeDecl(Type::tInt, cppBindingLineInfo());
 		t->alias = "ax::NodeEditor::PinId";
 		t->aotAlias = true;
 		return t;
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ template <> struct cast_res<ax::NodeEditor::PinId> {
 
 template <> struct typeFactory<ax::NodeEditor::LinkId> {
 	static TypeDeclPtr make(const ModuleLibrary &) {
-		auto t = new TypeDecl(Type::tInt);
+		auto t = new TypeDecl(Type::tInt, cppBindingLineInfo());
 		t->alias = "ax::NodeEditor::LinkId";
 		t->aotAlias = true;
 		return t;
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_clipboard_tutorial.das b/tests/integration/test_clipboard_tutorial.das
index 8e322cf..b459c09 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_clipboard_tutorial.das
+++ b/tests/integration/test_clipboard_tutorial.das
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ require daslib/json_boost public
 //! it. The node count confirms the app's clipboard recreated the topology.
 //!
 //! imgui-node-editor checks io.KeyCtrl directly, so the user chord is Ctrl on every platform
-//! (NOT Cmd on macOS — unlike an ImGui InputText). The synthetic AddKeyEvent path swaps
-//! Ctrl/Super under ConfigMacOSXBehaviors, so this test feeds Super there to surface io.KeyCtrl.
+//! (NOT Cmd on macOS - unlike an ImGui InputText). Synth keys are LOGICAL: dasImgui pre-swaps
+//! Ctrl/Super under ConfigMacOSXBehaviors to cancel ImGui's own AddKeyEvent swap
+//! (imgui_boost_runtime.das), so feeding Ctrl lands as io.KeyCtrl everywhere - feeding Super
+//! there double-swaps and no chord fires.
 //! Distinct from test_clipboard.das / test_shortcuts.das, which drive shader_graph through the
 //! ne_shortcut INJECTION rail; this proves the real key chord routes through the same
 //! accept_<kind> path end to end.
@@ -31,9 +33,7 @@ def test_clipboard_tutorial(t : T?) {
         t |> success(s.handle != uint64(0), "editor handle present")
         if (s.handle == uint64(0)) return
         let canvas = s.canvas
-        var initial_snap = ne_snapshot(s)
-        let macos = initial_snap?["io"]?["config_macos_behaviors"] ?? false
-        let shortcut_mod = macos ? "Super" : "Ctrl"
+        let shortcut_mod = "Ctrl"
 
         t |> success(ne_wait_widget(s, "node_1", 15.0f) != null, "seed graph rendered")
         t |> equal(ne_node_count(s), 2, "2 seed nodes initially")