From af16d3f18d73703e1c386528501fde4191a64692 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steve Nyemba <nyemba@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2025 00:33:53 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] bug fixes, version

---
 meta/__init__.py    |  2 +-
 plugins/registry.py | 16 +++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/meta/__init__.py b/meta/__init__.py
index 49b2209..85784ac 100644
--- a/meta/__init__.py
+++ b/meta/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 __author__="steve l. nyemba<steve@the-phi.com>"
-__version__="0.1"
+__version__="0.8"
 __app_name__="plugin-ix"
 __license__="""
 Copyright 2025, Steve L. Nyemba <steve@the-phi.com>
diff --git a/plugins/registry.py b/plugins/registry.py
index ad0ecd3..31c7952 100644
--- a/plugins/registry.py
+++ b/plugins/registry.py
@@ -7,12 +7,11 @@ import os
 import json
 import shutil
 import pandas as pd
-
+from . import loader
 #
 # we should have a way to register these functions using rudimentary means
 #
 
-REGISTRY_PATH=None
 class Registry :
 
     def __init__(self,folder=None,reader = None) :
@@ -24,6 +23,7 @@ class Registry :
         # self._context = self._folder.split(os.sep)[-1]
         self._reader = reader
         self._data = {}
+        
         self.make(self._folder) #-- making the folder just in case we need to
         # self.make(os.sep.join([self._folder,'code']))
         self.load()
@@ -88,7 +88,17 @@ class Registry :
         if _file in self._data :
             return _name in self._data[_file]['content']
         return False    
-        
+    def get(self,_key):
+        if '@' in _key :
+            _name,_file = _key.split('@')
+        else:
+            _name = _key
+            _file = None
+            if len(self._data.keys()) == 1 :
+                _file = list(self._data.keys())[0]
+        filename = self._data[_file]['path']
+        _loader = loader.Loader(file=filename)
+        return _loader.get(_name)
     def write (self):
         #
         # will only write the main