Index: pluginconf/__init__.py
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--- pluginconf/__init__.py
+++ pluginconf/__init__.py
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
 # url: http://fossil.include-once.org/streamtuner2/wiki/plugin+meta+data
 # config: -
 # format: off
 # permissive: 0.75
 # pylint: disable=invalid-name
-# console-scripts: flit-pluginconf=pluginconf.flit:main, pluginconf.flit=pluginconf.flit:main
+# console-scripts: flit-pluginconf=pluginconf.flit:main
 #
 # Provides plugin lookup and meta data extraction utility functions.
 # It's used to abstract module+option management in applications.
 # For consolidating internal use and external/tool accessibility.
 # Generally these functions are highly permissive / error tolerant,
@@ -109,10 +109,11 @@
 import sys
 import os
 import os.path
 import re
 import functools
+import itertools
 import pkgutil
 import inspect
 try:
     from gzip import decompress as gzip_decode  # Py3 only
 except ImportError:
@@ -275,27 +276,29 @@
     | frame       | int     | Extract comment header of caller (default).     |
     | extra_base  | list    | Additional search directories.                  |
     | max_length  | list    | Maximum size to read from files (6K default).   |
     | **Returns** | dict    | Extracted comment fields, with config: preparsed|
 
-    The result dictionary (`PluginMeta`) has fields accessible as e.g. `pmd["title"]`
-    or `pmd.version`. The documentation block after all fields: is called
-    `["doc"]`. And `pmd.config` already parsed as a list (`OptionList`) of dictionaries.
+    The result dictionary (`PluginMeta`) has fields accessible as e.g. `meta["title"]`
+    or `meta.version`. The documentation block after all fields: is called
+    `meta["doc"]`.
+    And `meta.config` already parsed as a list (`OptionList`) of dictionaries.
     """
 
     # Try via pkgutil first,
     # find any plugins.* modules, or main packages
     if module:
-        filename = module
-        for base in plugin_base + kwargs.get("extra_base", []):
+        search = plugin_base + kwargs.get("extra_base", [])
+        for base, sfx in itertools.product(search, [".py"]):
             try:
                 #log.debug(f"mod={base} fn={filename}.py")
-                src = get_data(filename=filename+".py", decode=True, file_root=base)
+                src = get_data(filename=module+sfx, decode=True, file_root=base)
                 if src:
                     break
             except (IOError, OSError, FileNotFoundError):
                 continue  # plugin_meta_extract() will print a notice later
+        filename = module
 
     # Real filename/path
     elif filename and os.path.exists(filename):
         src = open(filename).read(kwargs.get("max_length", 6144))
 
@@ -303,11 +306,11 @@
     elif not src and not filename:
         module = inspect.getmodule(sys._getframe(frame+1)) # decorator+1
         filename = inspect.getsourcefile(module)
         src = inspect.getcomments(module)
 
-    # Assume it's a filename matches …/base.zip/…/int.py
+    # Assume it's a filename matching …/base.zip/…/int.py
     elif filename:
         int_fn = ""
         while len(filename) and not os.path.exists(filename): # pylint: disable=len-as-condition
             filename, add = os.path.split(filename)
             int_fn = add + "/" + int_fn
@@ -315,12 +318,15 @@
             src = zipfile.ZipFile(filename, "r").read(int_fn.strip("/"))
 
     # Extract source comment into meta dict
     if not src:
         src = ""
-    if isinstance(src, bytes):
-        src = src.decode("utf-8", errors='replace')
+    if hasattr(src, "decode"):
+        try:
+            src = src.decode("utf-8", errors='replace')
+        except UnicodeDecodeError:
+            pass
     return plugin_meta_extract(src, filename)
 
 
 # Comment and field extraction logic
 # ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
@@ -333,11 +339,11 @@
 
     | Parameters  | | |
     |-------------|---------|---------------------------------|
     | src         | str     | from existing source code       |
     | filename    | str     | set filename attribute          |
-    | literls     | bool    | just split comment from doc     |
+    | literal     | bool    | just split comment from doc     |
     | **Returns** | dict    | fields                          |
     """
 
     # Defaults
     meta = {
@@ -557,14 +563,14 @@
     a config store. Which in the case of streamtuner2 is really just a
     dictionary `conf{}` and a plugin list in `conf.plugins{}`.
 
     | Parameters  | | |
     |-------------|---------|--------------------------------------|
-    |conf_options | dict 🔁 | storage for amassed options          |
-    |conf_plugins | dict 🔁 | enable status based on plugin state/priority: |
-    |meta         | dict    | input plugin meta data (invoke once per plugin)|
-    |module       | str     | basename of meta: blocks plugin file |
+    | conf_options| dict 🔁 | storage for amassed options          |
+    | conf_plugins| dict 🔁 | enable status based on plugin state/priority: |
+    | meta        | dict    | input plugin meta data (invoke once per plugin)|
+    | module      | str     | basename of meta: blocks plugin file |
     | **Returns** | None    | -                                    |
     """
 
     # Option defaults, if not yet defined
     for opt in meta.get("config", []):