diff --git a/quad/quad/lang/buttons.rkt b/quad/quad/lang/buttons.rkt
index 588711b6..3fc9eb9b 100644
--- a/quad/quad/lang/buttons.rkt
+++ b/quad/quad/lang/buttons.rkt
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
          racket/gui/base
          racket/class
          quad/render
-         quad)
+         quad
+         racket/system)
 
 (provide make-drracket-buttons)
-
+(define-namespace-anchor cache-module-ns)
 (module test racket/base) ; suppress testing by `raco test`
 
 (define-runtime-path html-png-path "cmd-char.png")
@@ -17,12 +18,24 @@ http://pkg-build.racket-lang.org/doc/tools/drracket_module-language-tools.html#%
 
 |#
 
+
 (define (make-command-char-button command-char)
   (let ([label "Render PDF"]
         [bitmap (make-object bitmap% html-png-path 'png/mask)]
         [callback (λ (drr-frame)
-                    (time (send (new pdf-renderer%) render-to-file (typeset 'boom) "f2-test.pdf")))]
+                    (define fn (send (send drr-frame get-definitions-text) get-filename))
+                    (define pdfn (path-replace-suffix fn #".pdf"))
+                    (define fn-out (parameterize ([current-namespace (make-base-namespace)])
+                                     (namespace-attach-module (namespace-anchor->namespace cache-module-ns) 'quad)
+                                     (dynamic-require fn 'out)))
+                    (when fn-out
+                      (define-values (fn-dir name dir?) (split-path fn))
+                      (parameterize ([current-directory fn-dir])
+                        (send (new pdf-renderer%) render-to-file (typeset fn-out) pdfn))
+                      (parameterize ([current-input-port (open-input-string "")])
+                        (system (format "open \"~a\"" (path->string pdfn))))))]
         [number 99])
+    
     (list label bitmap callback number)))
 
 (define (make-drracket-buttons command-char)