diff --git a/quad/quad/doclang-raw.rkt b/quad/quad/doclang-raw.rkt
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..f47f50a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quad/quad/doclang-raw.rkt
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+#lang racket/base
+
+(require (for-syntax racket/base
+                     syntax/kerncase))
+
+(provide (except-out (all-from-out racket/base) #%module-begin)
+         (rename-out [*module-begin #%module-begin]))
+
+;; Module wrapper ----------------------------------------
+
+(define-syntax (*module-begin stx)
+  (syntax-case stx ()
+    [(_ id post-process . body)
+     (with-syntax ([exprs #'()])
+       #'(#%module-begin
+          (doc-begin id post-process exprs . body)))]))
+
+(define-syntax (doc-begin stx)
+  (syntax-case stx ()
+    [(_ m-id post-process (expr ...))
+     ;; unlike regular doclang, don't `provide` m-id (we'll do that in main-base wrapper)
+     #`(define m-id (post-process (list . #,(reverse (syntax->list #'(expr ...))))))]
+    [(_ m-id post-process exprs . body)
+     ;; `body' probably starts with lots of string constants; it's
+     ;; slow to trampoline on every string, so do them in a batch
+     ;; here:
+     (let loop ([body #'body]
+                [accum null])
+       (syntax-case body ()
+         [(s . rest)
+          (string? (syntax-e #'s))
+          (loop #'rest (cons #'s accum))]
+         [()
+          (with-syntax ([(accum ...) accum])
+            #`(doc-begin m-id post-process (accum ... . exprs)))]
+         [(body1 . body)
+          (with-syntax ([exprs (append accum #'exprs)])
+            (let ([expanded (local-expand
+                             #'body1 'module
+                             (append (kernel-form-identifier-list)
+                                     (syntax->list #'(provide
+                                                      require
+                                                      #%provide
+                                                      #%require))))])
+              (syntax-case expanded (begin)
+                [(begin body1 ...)
+                 #`(doc-begin m-id post-process exprs body1 ... . body)]
+                [(id . rest)
+                 (and (identifier? #'id)
+                      (ormap (lambda (kw) (free-identifier=? #'id kw))
+                             (syntax->list #'(require
+                                               provide
+                                               define-values
+                                               define-syntaxes
+                                               begin-for-syntax
+                                               module
+                                               module*
+                                               #%require
+                                               #%provide))))
+                 #`(begin #,expanded (doc-begin m-id post-process exprs . body))]
+                [_else
+                 #`(doc-begin m-id post-process 
+                              ((pre-part #,expanded body1) . exprs) 
+                              . body)])))]))]))
+
+(define-syntax (pre-part stx)
+  (syntax-case stx ()
+    [(_ s e)
+     (if (string? (syntax-e #'s))
+         #'s
+         (with-syntax ([src (syntax-source #'e)]
+                       [line (syntax-line #'e)]
+                       [col (syntax-column #'e)]
+                       [pos (syntax-position #'e)]
+                       [span (syntax-column #'e)])
+           #'(check-pre-part e (vector 'src 'line 'col 'pos 'span))))]))
+
+(define (check-pre-part v s)
+  v)
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diff --git a/quad/quad/lang.rkt b/quad/quad/lang.rkt
index 356443f5..7131b691 100644
--- a/quad/quad/lang.rkt
+++ b/quad/quad/lang.rkt
@@ -1,8 +1,24 @@
 #lang racket/base
-(require (for-syntax racket/base))
+(require (for-syntax racket/base)
+         quad
+         (prefix-in doclang: "doclang-raw.rkt"))
 (provide (rename-out [quad-mb #%module-begin])
-         #%top-interaction)
+         #%top-interaction
+         #%top
+         #%app
+         #%datum
+         (except-out (all-from-out racket/base) #%module-begin))
 
+(define-for-syntax export-name 'quad)
 (define-syntax (quad-mb stx)
   (syntax-case stx ()
-    [(_ . ARGS) #'(#%module-begin . ARGS)]))
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+    [(_ . ARGS)
+     (with-syntax ([EXPORT (datum->syntax stx export-name)])
+       #'(doclang:#%module-begin
+          EXPORT ; positional arg for doclang-raw: name of export
+          (λ (xs)
+            (define x (q #:elems xs))
+            (println x)
+            x) ;  positional arg for doclang-raw: post-processor
+          (provide EXPORT)
+          (begin . ARGS)))]))
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