@Elle Thanks for piecing it together for me. I read things over and over again but sometimes it doesn’t click (because of the stressful life I have 
; this forum has been a good distraction). That last point about sRGB is disappointing but once I figure this out I guess it is only the last step that clips.
I sometimes use PhotoFlow but to me — maybe out of habit — it is convenient to use dcraw and G’MIC together. Maybe if @Carmelo_DrRaw can guide me through the raw development steps (or if there is a tutorial handy), I would feel more confident using PF more often; but currently I feel that I don’t know what I am doing.