Index: README.md
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--- README.md
+++ README.md
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@
 # API
 
 Lookup configuration is currently just done through injection:
 
     plugin_base = [__package__, "myapp.plugins", "/usr/share/app/extensions"]
-    module_base = "pluginconf"  # or any top-level app module
+    data_base = "pluginconf"  # or any top-level app module
 
 Which declares module and plugin basenames, which get used for lookups by
 just module= names in e.g. `module_list()`. (Works for literal setups
 and within PYZ bundles).   
 This is unnecessary for plain `plugin_meta(fn=)` extraction.
@@ -85,11 +85,11 @@
 Populates your config_options{} and plugin_states{} list. Can be a classic dict,
 or one of the hundreds of config parser/managers. You might want to combine
 config options and plugin states in a single dict even:
 
     import pluginconf
-    pluginconf.module_base = __name__
+    pluginconf.data_base = __name__
     pluginconf.plugin_base = [__package__]
 
     conf = {
         "defaults": "123",
 	"plugins": {}       # โ† stores the activation states
@@ -185,13 +185,14 @@
 or even `python -m build`. Field mapping isn't very robust yet, and mercilessly
 flaunts the `dynamic=` directive.
 
 
 
-## other modules
+# other modules
 
  * `pluginconf.depends` provides `Check` for .valid() and .depends() probing
+ * `pluginconf.bind` is a simpler interface and basic plugin loader
  * argparse_map() might also end up in a separate module.
 
 
 #### Caveats
 

ADDED   html/bind.html
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@@ -0,0 +1,239 @@
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+<header>
+<h1 class="title">Module <code>pluginconf.bind</code></h1>
+</header>
+<section id="section-intro">
+<p>Basic plugin loader implementation for flat namespaces. Ties together
+pluginconf lookups and config management for plugin loading in apps.
+It's rather basic, and subject to change. Does impose a config dict
+format, but no storage still.</p>
+<h3 id="usage-example">Usage example</h3>
+<pre><code># designate a plugins/*.py package as plugin_base
+import plugins
+import pluginconf.bind
+pluginconf.bind.base(plugins)
+
+# preset core app settings / load from json, add plugin options
+conf = {
+    "plugins": {
+    }
+}
+pluginconf.bind.defaults(conf)
+
+# load conf-enabled plugins, and register modules somehow
+for mod in pluginconf.bind.load_enabled(conf):
+    mod.init()
+</code></pre>
+<h3 id="find-by-type">Find by type</h3>
+<pre><code>for name, pmd in pluginconf.bind.find(type="effect").items():
+    mod = pluginconf.bind.load(name)
+    if pmd.category == "menu":
+        main_win.add_menu(mod.menu)
+</code></pre>
+<p>Note that this uses meta data extraction, so should best be confined
+for app setup/initialization, not used recurringly. The config state
+usage is the preferred method. (Only requires property loading
+once, for installation or with <code><a title="pluginconf.gui.window" href="gui.html#pluginconf.gui.window">window()</a></code> usage.)</p>
+<hr>
+<p>Method interactions: ๐Ÿš = import, ๐Ÿงฉ = meta, ๐Ÿงพ = config, ๐Ÿ› 
+= setup</p>
+</section>
+<section>
+</section>
+<section>
+</section>
+<section>
+<h2 class="section-title" id="header-functions">Functions</h2>
+<dl>
+<dt id="pluginconf.bind.base"><code class="name flex">
+<span>def <span class="ident">base</span></span>(<span>module, path=None)</span>
+</code></dt>
+<dd>
+<div class="desc"><p>Register module as package/plugin_base. Or expand its search path ๐Ÿ›  .</p>
+<h2 id="parameters">Parameters</h2>
+<dl>
+<dt><strong><code>module</code></strong> :&ensp;<code>module/str</code></dt>
+<dd>The package basename to later load plugins from (must be a package,
+like <code>plugins/__init__.py</code>, or be tied to a path= or zip). Ideally
+this module was already imported in main. But parameter may be a string.</dd>
+<dt><strong><code>path</code></strong> :&ensp;<code>str</code></dt>
+<dd>Add a directory or pyz/zip bundle to registered plugin_base. Could
+be invoked multiple times =./contrib/, =/usr/share/app/extenstions/,
+=~/.config/app/userplug/ (same as declaring the <code>__path__</code> in the
+base <code>package/__init__.py</code>.)</dd>
+</dl></div>
+</dd>
+<dt id="pluginconf.bind.defaults"><code class="name flex">
+<span>def <span class="ident">defaults</span></span>(<span>conf)</span>
+</code></dt>
+<dd>
+<div class="desc"><p>Traverse installed plugins and expand config dict with presets ๐Ÿงฉ ๐Ÿงพ</p>
+<h2 id="parameters">Parameters</h2>
+<dl>
+<dt><strong><code>conf</code></strong> :&ensp;<code>dict ๐Ÿ”</code></dt>
+<dd>Expands the top-level config dict with preset values from any plugins.</dd>
+</dl></div>
+</dd>
+<dt id="pluginconf.bind.find"><code class="name flex">
+<span>def <span class="ident">find</span></span>(<span>**kwargs)</span>
+</code></dt>
+<dd>
+<div class="desc"><p>Find plugins by e.g. type= or category= ๐Ÿงฉ</p>
+<h2 id="parameters">Parameters</h2>
+<dl>
+<dt><strong><code>type</code></strong> :&ensp;<code>str</code></dt>
+<dd>Usually you'd search on a designated plugin categorization, like type=
+and api=, or slot=, or class= or whatever is most consistent. Multiple
+attributes can be filtered on. (Version/title probably not useful here.)</dd>
+</dl>
+<h2 id="returns">Returns</h2>
+<dl>
+<dt><strong><code>dict</code></strong> :&ensp;<code>basename โ†’ PluginMeta dict</code></dt>
+<dd>&nbsp;</dd>
+</dl></div>
+</dd>
+<dt id="pluginconf.bind.load"><code class="name flex">
+<span>def <span class="ident">load</span></span>(<span>name)</span>
+</code></dt>
+<dd>
+<div class="desc"><p>Import individual plugin from any of the base paths ๐Ÿš</p>
+<h2 id="parameters">Parameters</h2>
+<dl>
+<dt><strong><code>name</code></strong> :&ensp;<code>str</code></dt>
+<dd>Plugin name in any of the registered plugin_baseยดs. (The whole
+namespace is assumed to be flat, and identifiers to be unique.)</dd>
+</dl></div>
+</dd>
+<dt id="pluginconf.bind.load_enabled"><code class="name flex">
+<span>def <span class="ident">load_enabled</span></span>(<span>conf)</span>
+</code></dt>
+<dd>
+<div class="desc"><p>Import modules that are enabled in conf[plugins]={name:True,โ€ฆ} ๐Ÿงพ ๐Ÿš</p>
+<h2 id="parameters">Parameters</h2>
+<dl>
+<dt><strong><code>conf</code></strong> :&ensp;<code>dict</code></dt>
+<dd>Simple options-value dictionary, but with one conf["plugins"] = {} subdict,
+which holds plugin activation states. The config dict doesn't have to match
+the available plugin options (defaults can be added), but should focus on
+essential presets. Differentiation only might become relevant for storage.</dd>
+</dl></div>
+</dd>
+</dl>
+</section>
+<section>
+<h2 class="section-title" id="header-classes">Classes</h2>
+<dl>
+<dt id="pluginconf.bind.isolated"><code class="flex name class">
+<span>class <span class="ident">isolated</span></span>
+<span>(</span><span>package)</span>
+</code></dt>
+<dd>
+<div class="desc"><p>Context manager for isolated plugin structures.
+๐Ÿ› 
+This is a shallow alternative to pluginbase and library-level plugins.
+Temporarily swaps global settings, thus maps most static functions.</p>
+<pre><code>with pluginconf.bind.isolated("libplugins") as bound:
+    bound.modules2.init()
+    print(
+        bound.find(api="library")
+    )
+</code></pre></div>
+<h3>Static methods</h3>
+<dl>
+<dt id="pluginconf.bind.isolated.defaults"><code class="name flex">
+<span>def <span class="ident">defaults</span></span>(<span>)</span>
+</code></dt>
+<dd>
+<div class="desc"><p><em>return</em> defaults for isolated plugin structure ๐Ÿงฉ ๐Ÿงพ</p></div>
+</dd>
+<dt id="pluginconf.bind.isolated.find"><code class="name flex">
+<span>def <span class="ident">find</span></span>(<span>**kwargs)</span>
+</code></dt>
+<dd>
+<div class="desc"><p>find by meta attributes ๐Ÿงฉ</p></div>
+</dd>
+<dt id="pluginconf.bind.isolated.load"><code class="name flex">
+<span>def <span class="ident">load</span></span>(<span>name)</span>
+</code></dt>
+<dd>
+<div class="desc"><p>load module from wrapped package ๐Ÿš</p></div>
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<h3>Methods</h3>
+<dl>
+<dt id="pluginconf.bind.isolated.get_data"><code class="name flex">
+<span>def <span class="ident">get_data</span></span>(<span>self, *args, **kwargs)</span>
+</code></dt>
+<dd>
+<div class="desc"><p>get file relative to encapsulated plugins ๐Ÿš</p></div>
+</dd>
+</dl>
+</dd>
+</dl>
+</section>
+</article>
+<nav id="sidebar">
+<h1>Index</h1>
+<div class="toc">
+<ul>
+<li><a href="#usage-example">Usage example</a></li>
+<li><a href="#find-by-type">Find by type</a></li>
+</ul>
+</div>
+<ul id="index">
+<li><h3>Super-module</h3>
+<ul>
+<li><code><a title="pluginconf" href="index.html">pluginconf</a></code></li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li><h3><a href="#header-functions">Functions</a></h3>
+<ul class="">
+<li><code><a title="pluginconf.bind.base" href="#pluginconf.bind.base">base</a></code></li>
+<li><code><a title="pluginconf.bind.defaults" href="#pluginconf.bind.defaults">defaults</a></code></li>
+<li><code><a title="pluginconf.bind.find" href="#pluginconf.bind.find">find</a></code></li>
+<li><code><a title="pluginconf.bind.load" href="#pluginconf.bind.load">load</a></code></li>
+<li><code><a title="pluginconf.bind.load_enabled" href="#pluginconf.bind.load_enabled">load_enabled</a></code></li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li><h3><a href="#header-classes">Classes</a></h3>
+<ul>
+<li>
+<h4><code><a title="pluginconf.bind.isolated" href="#pluginconf.bind.isolated">isolated</a></code></h4>
+<ul class="">
+<li><code><a title="pluginconf.bind.isolated.defaults" href="#pluginconf.bind.isolated.defaults">defaults</a></code></li>
+<li><code><a title="pluginconf.bind.isolated.find" href="#pluginconf.bind.isolated.find">find</a></code></li>
+<li><code><a title="pluginconf.bind.isolated.get_data" href="#pluginconf.bind.isolated.get_data">get_data</a></code></li>
+<li><code><a title="pluginconf.bind.isolated.load" href="#pluginconf.bind.isolated.load">load</a></code></li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+</ul>
+</nav>
+</main>
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--- html/flit.html
+++ html/flit.html
@@ -26,28 +26,28 @@
 <p>monkeypatches flit to use pluginconf sources for packaging with a
 <code>pyproject.toml</code> like:</p>
 <table>
 <tr><th>pyproject.toml</th>
 <th>foobar/__init__.py</th></tr>
-<tr><td><pre>
+<tr><td><code><pre>
 [build-system]
 requires = ["pluginconf", "flit]
 build-backend = "pluginconf.flit"
 
 [project]
 name = "foobar"
 dynamic = ["*"]
-</pre></td>
-<td><pre>
+</pre></code></td>
+<td><code><pre>
 # title: foobar
 # description: package summary
 # version: 2.5.0
 # depends: python:requests >= 2.25
 # license: MITL
 # classifiers: backend, text
 # url: http;//example.org
-</pre></td></tr>
+</pre></code></td></tr>
 </table>
 <p>Can be invoked per <code>flit-pluginconf build</code> or <code>python -m build</code>.</p>
 <p><img src="/pluginspec/doc/tip/html/flit.gif" alt="flit - can't believe it's not setup.py!!"></p>
 </section>
 <section>

Index: html/index.html
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--- html/index.html
+++ html/index.html
@@ -20,23 +20,32 @@
 <article id="content">
 <header>
 <h1 class="title">Package <code>pluginconf</code></h1>
 </header>
 <section id="section-intro">
-<p>Plugin meta extraction and module lookup</p>
-<ul>
-<li>Main function <code>plugin_meta(filename=โ€ฆ)</code> unpacks
-<a href="https://fossil.include-once.org/pluginspec/">meta fields</a>
-into dictionaries.</li>
-<li>Other utility code is about module location, but requires
-some initialization.</li>
-</ul>
-<p><img alt="#" src="https://fossil.include-once.org/pluginspec/logo"></p>
+<p>Plugin meta extraction and module lookup.</p>
+<table><tr><td>
+<img src="https://fossil.include-once.org/pluginspec/logo">
+</td>
+<td>
+<li> Main function <a href="#pluginconf.plugin_meta">plugin_meta()</a> unpacks meta fields
+into dictionaries.
+<li> Other utility code is about module listing, relative to
+<a href="#pluginconf.plugin_base">plugin_base</a> anchors.
+<li> <a href="https://pypi.org/project/pluginconf/">//pypi.org/project/pluginconf/</a>
+<li> <a href="https://fossil.include-once.org/pluginspec/">//fossil.include-once.org/pluginspec/</a>
+</td></tr></table>
 </section>
 <section>
 <h2 class="section-title" id="header-submodules">Sub-modules</h2>
 <dl>
+<dt><code class="name"><a title="pluginconf.bind" href="bind.html">pluginconf.bind</a></code></dt>
+<dd>
+<div class="desc"><p>Basic plugin loader implementation for flat namespaces. Ties together
+pluginconf lookups and config management for plugin loading in apps.
+It's rather โ€ฆ</p></div>
+</dd>
 <dt><code class="name"><a title="pluginconf.depends" href="depends.html">pluginconf.depends</a></code></dt>
 <dd>
 <div class="desc"><p>Dependency validation and consistency checker for updates</p></div>
 </dd>
 <dt><code class="name"><a title="pluginconf.flit" href="flit.html">pluginconf.flit</a></code></dt>
@@ -48,15 +57,33 @@
 <dd>
 <div class="desc"><p>PySimpleGUI window to populate config dict via plugin options โ€ฆ</p></div>
 </dd>
 <dt><code class="name"><a title="pluginconf.setup" href="setup.html">pluginconf.setup</a></code></dt>
 <dd>
-<div class="desc"><p>Simulates setuptools.setup()</p></div>
+<div class="desc"><p>Expands setuptools.setup() with automatic package description lookup</p></div>
 </dd>
 </dl>
 </section>
 <section>
+<h2 class="section-title" id="header-variables">Global variables</h2>
+<dl>
+<dt id="pluginconf.config_opt_type_map"><code class="name">var <span class="ident">config_opt_type_map</span></code></dt>
+<dd>
+<div class="desc"><p>normalize config type: names to <code>str</code>, <code>text</code>, <code>bool</code>, <code>int</code>, <code>select</code>, <code>dict</code></p></div>
+</dd>
+<dt id="pluginconf.data_root"><code class="name">var <span class="ident">data_root</span></code></dt>
+<dd>
+<div class="desc"><p>File lookup relation for get_data(), should name a top-level package.
+(Equivalent to <code>PluginBase(package=โ€ฆ)</code>)</p></div>
+</dd>
+<dt id="pluginconf.plugin_base"><code class="name">var <span class="ident">plugin_base</span></code></dt>
+<dd>
+<div class="desc"><p>Package/module names (or directories) for module_list() and plugin_meta()
+lookups. Associated paths (<code>__path__</code>) will be scanned for module/plugin
+basenames. (Similar to <code>PluginBase(searchpath=โ€ฆ)</code>)</p></div>
+</dd>
+</dl>
 </section>
 <section>
 <h2 class="section-title" id="header-functions">Functions</h2>
 <dl>
 <dt id="pluginconf.add_plugin_defaults"><code class="name flex">
@@ -90,27 +117,27 @@
 <dt><strong><code>dict</code></strong> :&ensp;<code>names to meta data dict</code></dt>
 <dd>&nbsp;</dd>
 </dl></div>
 </dd>
 <dt id="pluginconf.get_data"><code class="name flex">
-<span>def <span class="ident">get_data</span></span>(<span>filename, decode=False, gzip=False, file_base=None)</span>
+<span>def <span class="ident">get_data</span></span>(<span>filename, decode=False, gzip=False, file_root=None)</span>
 </code></dt>
 <dd>
 <div class="desc"><p>Fetches file content from install path or from within PYZ
 archive. This is just an alias and convenience wrapper for
 pkgutil.get_data().
-Utilizes the module_base / plugin_base as top-level reference.</p>
+Utilizes the data_root as top-level reference.</p>
 <h2 id="parameters">Parameters</h2>
 <dl>
 <dt><strong><code>filename</code></strong> :&ensp;<code> str</code></dt>
 <dd>filename in pyz or bundle</dd>
 <dt><strong><code>decode</code></strong> :&ensp;<code>bool</code></dt>
 <dd>text file decoding utf-8</dd>
 <dt><strong><code>gzip</code></strong> :&ensp;<code>bool</code></dt>
 <dd>automatic gzdecode</dd>
-<dt><strong><code>file_base</code></strong> :&ensp;<code>list</code></dt>
-<dd>alternative base module reference</dd>
+<dt><strong><code>file_root</code></strong> :&ensp;<code>list</code></dt>
+<dd>alternative base module (application or pyz root)</dd>
 </dl>
 <h2 id="returns">Returns</h2>
 <dl>
 <dt><strong><code>str</code></strong> :&ensp;<code>file contents</code></dt>
 <dd>&nbsp;</dd>
@@ -135,11 +162,11 @@
 </dd>
 <dt id="pluginconf.plugin_meta"><code class="name flex">
 <span>def <span class="ident">plugin_meta</span></span>(<span>filename=None, src=None, module=None, frame=1, **kwargs)</span>
 </code></dt>
 <dd>
-<div class="desc"><p>Extract plugin meta data block from different sources:</p>
+<div class="desc"><p>Extract plugin meta data block from specified source.</p>
 <h2 id="parameters">Parameters</h2>
 <dl>
 <dt><strong><code>filename</code></strong> :&ensp;<code>str</code></dt>
 <dd>Read literal files, or .pyz contents.</dd>
 <dt><strong><code>src</code></strong> :&ensp;<code>str</code></dt>
@@ -149,31 +176,45 @@
 <dt><strong><code>frame</code></strong> :&ensp;<code>int</code></dt>
 <dd>Extract comment header of caller (default).</dd>
 <dt><strong><code>extra_base</code></strong> :&ensp;<code>list</code></dt>
 <dd>Additional search directories.</dd>
 <dt><strong><code>max_length</code></strong> :&ensp;<code>list</code></dt>
-<dd>Maximum size to read from files.</dd>
+<dd>Maximum size to read from files (6K default).</dd>
 </dl>
 <h2 id="returns">Returns</h2>
 <dl>
 <dt><strong><code>dict</code></strong> :&ensp;<code>Extracted comment fields, with config: preparsed</code></dt>
 <dd>&nbsp;</dd>
-</dl></div>
+</dl>
+<p>The result dictionary has fields accessible as e.g. <code>pmd["title"]</code>
+or <code>pmd.version</code>. The documentation block after all fields: is called
+["doc"]<code>. And </code>pmd.config` already parsed as a list of dictionaries.</p></div>
 </dd>
 </dl>
 </section>
 <section>
 <h2 class="section-title" id="header-classes">Classes</h2>
 <dl>
+<dt id="pluginconf.OptionList"><code class="flex name class">
+<span>class <span class="ident">OptionList</span></span>
+<span>(</span><span>*args, **kwargs)</span>
+</code></dt>
+<dd>
+<div class="desc"><p>List of <code>config:</code> options, with alernative <code>.name</code> access (lookup by name= from option entry).</p></div>
+<h3>Ancestors</h3>
+<ul class="hlist">
+<li>builtins.list</li>
+</ul>
+</dd>
 <dt id="pluginconf.PluginMeta"><code class="flex name class">
 <span>class <span class="ident">PluginMeta</span></span>
 <span>(</span><span>*args, **kwargs)</span>
 </code></dt>
 <dd>
-<div class="desc"><p>Plugin meta data, as dictionary with alternative .property access.
-Returned for each <code><a title="pluginconf.plugin_meta" href="#pluginconf.plugin_meta">plugin_meta()</a></code> result, and config: options.
-Non-existent .fieldnames just resolve to <code>""</code>.</p></div>
+<div class="desc"><p>Plugin meta data as dictionary<code>{}</code>, or alternatively <code>.property</code> access.
+Returned for each <code><a title="pluginconf.plugin_meta" href="#pluginconf.plugin_meta">plugin_meta()</a></code> result, and individual <code>config:</code> options.
+Absent <code>.field</code> access resolves to <code>""</code>.</p></div>
 <h3>Ancestors</h3>
 <ul class="hlist">
 <li>builtins.dict</li>
 </ul>
 </dd>
@@ -186,15 +227,23 @@
 <ul></ul>
 </div>
 <ul id="index">
 <li><h3><a href="#header-submodules">Sub-modules</a></h3>
 <ul>
+<li><code><a title="pluginconf.bind" href="bind.html">pluginconf.bind</a></code></li>
 <li><code><a title="pluginconf.depends" href="depends.html">pluginconf.depends</a></code></li>
 <li><code><a title="pluginconf.flit" href="flit.html">pluginconf.flit</a></code></li>
 <li><code><a title="pluginconf.gui" href="gui.html">pluginconf.gui</a></code></li>
 <li><code><a title="pluginconf.setup" href="setup.html">pluginconf.setup</a></code></li>
 </ul>
+</li>
+<li><h3><a href="#header-variables">Global variables</a></h3>
+<ul class="">
+<li><code><a title="pluginconf.config_opt_type_map" href="#pluginconf.config_opt_type_map">config_opt_type_map</a></code></li>
+<li><code><a title="pluginconf.data_root" href="#pluginconf.data_root">data_root</a></code></li>
+<li><code><a title="pluginconf.plugin_base" href="#pluginconf.plugin_base">plugin_base</a></code></li>
+</ul>
 </li>
 <li><h3><a href="#header-functions">Functions</a></h3>
 <ul class="">
 <li><code><a title="pluginconf.add_plugin_defaults" href="#pluginconf.add_plugin_defaults">add_plugin_defaults</a></code></li>
 <li><code><a title="pluginconf.all_plugin_meta" href="#pluginconf.all_plugin_meta">all_plugin_meta</a></code></li>
@@ -203,10 +252,13 @@
 <li><code><a title="pluginconf.plugin_meta" href="#pluginconf.plugin_meta">plugin_meta</a></code></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
 <li><h3><a href="#header-classes">Classes</a></h3>
 <ul>
+<li>
+<h4><code><a title="pluginconf.OptionList" href="#pluginconf.OptionList">OptionList</a></code></h4>
+</li>
 <li>
 <h4><code><a title="pluginconf.PluginMeta" href="#pluginconf.PluginMeta">PluginMeta</a></code></h4>
 </li>
 </ul>
 </li>

Index: html/setup.html
==================================================================
--- html/setup.html
+++ html/setup.html
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 <head>
 <meta charset="utf-8">
 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, minimum-scale=1" />
 <meta name="generator" content="pdoc 0.10.0" />
 <title>pluginconf.setup API documentation</title>
-<meta name="description" content="Simulates setuptools.setup()" />
+<meta name="description" content="Expands setuptools.setup() with automatic package description lookup" />
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@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
 <article id="content">
 <header>
 <h1 class="title">Module <code>pluginconf.setup</code></h1>
 </header>
 <section id="section-intro">
-<p>Simulates setuptools.setup()</p>
+<p>Expands setuptools.setup() with automatic package description lookup</p>
 </section>
 <section>
 </section>
 <section>
 </section>
@@ -69,11 +69,11 @@
 <dt id="pluginconf.setup.MetaUtils"><code class="flex name class">
 <span>class <span class="ident">MetaUtils</span></span>
 <span>(</span><span>*args, **kwargs)</span>
 </code></dt>
 <dd>
-<div class="desc"><p>convenience access to PMD fields</p></div>
+<div class="desc"><p>Convenience access to PMD fields and conversion functions</p></div>
 <h3>Ancestors</h3>
 <ul class="hlist">
 <li>builtins.dict</li>
 </ul>
 <h3>Static methods</h3>

Index: pluginconf/gui.py
==================================================================
--- pluginconf/gui.py
+++ pluginconf/gui.py
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@
 #
 
 """
 PySimpleGUI window to populate config dict via plugin options
 
-![](http://fossil.include-once.org/streamtuner2/raw/st2-plugins.png?name=946c0e32c868a22facd7498250451723a50ab00a)
+![config window](/pluginspec/doc/tip/html/config.png)
 """
 
 
 #import os
 import re

Index: pluginconf/setup.py
==================================================================
--- pluginconf/setup.py
+++ pluginconf/setup.py
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@
 # Classifiers and license matching is very crude, just for
 # the most common cases. Type:, Category: and Classifiers:
 # or Keywords: are also scanned for trove classifers.
 #
 
-""" Simulates setuptools.setup() """
+""" Expands setuptools.setup() with automatic package description lookup """
 
 
 import os
 import re
 import glob
@@ -76,11 +76,11 @@
         "long_description_content_type": "text/plain",
     }
 
 
 class MetaUtils(dict):
-    """ convenience access to PMD fields """
+    """ Convenience access to PMD fields and conversion functions """
 
     def __getattr__(self, name):
         """ dict into properties """
         return self.get(name, "")
 

Index: test/pyz.py
==================================================================
--- test/pyz.py
+++ test/pyz.py
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@
 sys.path.insert(0, f"{os.path.dirname(__file__)}/.pyz.pyz")
 #os.chdir(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def init():
-    print(pluginconf.module_base)
-    pluginconf.module_base = ["config"]    # must be one of the .pyz-contained modules (should be a dir/submodule for real uses)
-    pluginconf.plugin_base = ["inner"]     # relative, must declare __path__, can't be __main__.py
+    print(pluginconf.plugin_base)
+    pluginconf.data_root = ["config"]    # must be one of the .pyz-contained modules (should be a dir/submodule for real uses)
+    pluginconf.plugin_base = ["inner"]   # relative, must declare __path__, can't be __main__.py
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def pmd():
     return pluginconf.plugin_meta(module="inner")
 
@@ -37,9 +37,10 @@
     assert pmd["category"] == "complex"
     assert pmd["title"] == "pyz module"
     assert pmd["config"][0]["name"] == "relation"
     assert pmd["state"] == "alpha"
 
-#def tearDown():
+def tearDown(reset):
+    pass
 #    pass#pluginconf.plugin_base = [".", "test", os.path.dirname(__file__), "."]
 #    #pluginconf.module_base = "all_plugin_meta"
 #    sys.path.pop(0)

Index: test/setup.py
==================================================================
--- test/setup.py
+++ test/setup.py
@@ -23,14 +23,15 @@
 def attributes(mocker, pmd):
 
     stop = mocker.patch('setuptools.setup', _record)
     pluginconf.setup.setup(
         fn="pluginconf/__init__.py",
+        packages = ["pluginconf"],
     )
     
     assert attr["classifiers"]
     assert attr["project_urls"]
-    assert attr["packages"] == ['pluginconf', 'test']
+    assert attr["packages"] == ['pluginconf']
     assert attr["long_description_content_type"] == 'text/markdown'
     assert attr["license"] == 'PD'
     assert attr["keywords"] == 'config'
     assert attr["long_description"].find("meta data") > 0