diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6efbab3..a1ff052 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # MkDocs semiliterate Plugin
 
-This plugin for MkDocs is an extension of Allison Thackston's excellent [mkdocs-simple-plugin](https://athackst.github.io/mkdocs-simple-plugin). It adds `{! ... !}` syntax for including content from one file into another (and a couple of other small ease-of-use tweaks).<!-- repo: --><!-- site: The current version of mkdocs-semiliterate is {! setup.cfg {start: name, terminate: '(\d*\.\d*\.\d*)'} !}. -->
+This plugin for MkDocs is an extension of Allison Thackston's excellent [mkdocs-simple-plugin](https://athackst.github.io/mkdocs-simple-plugin). It adds `{! ... !}` syntax for including content from one file into another (and a couple of other small ease-of-use tweaks).
+<!-- repo: --><!-- site: The current version of mkdocs-semiliterate is {! setup.cfg { extract: {start: name}, terminate: '(\d*\.\d*\.\d*)'} !}. -->
 
 ## Rationale
 
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index f1450b9..b79e254 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -12,21 +12,23 @@ plugins:
     include_extensions: [LICENSE]
     report_docs_build: true
     extract_standard_markdown:
+      extract:
         replace: [['^(.*)<!-- repo: -->.*<!-- site:(.*?) -->(.*\s*)$', '\1\2\3']]
     semiliterate:
-      - pattern: '(\.py)$'
-        start: '"""\smd'
-        stop: '"""'
+      - pattern: '\.py$'
+        extract: {start: '"""\smd', stop: '"""'}
       - pattern: '.drone.yml'
         destination: 'drone_develop.md'
-        start: '### develop'
-        stop: '^\s*###'
-        replace: ['^# (.*\s*)$', '^\s*-(.*\s*)$']
+        extract:
+          start: '### develop'
+          stop: '^\s*###'
+          replace: ['^# (.*\s*)$', '^\s*-(.*\s*)$']
       - pattern: '.drone.yml'
         destination: 'drone_install.md'
-        start: '### install'
-        stop: '^\s*###'
-        replace: ['^# (.*\s*)$', '^\s*-(.*\s*)$']
+        extract:
+          start: '### install'
+          stop: '^\s*###'
+          replace: ['^# (.*\s*)$', '^\s*-(.*\s*)$']
 markdown_extensions:
 - abbr
 - def_list
diff --git a/mkdocs_semiliterate/plugin.py b/mkdocs_semiliterate/plugin.py
index 78a9bbc..9e24926 100644
--- a/mkdocs_semiliterate/plugin.py
+++ b/mkdocs_semiliterate/plugin.py
@@ -41,36 +41,14 @@ is interpolated at the current location in the file currently being written.
 Recursive inclusion is supported.
 
 Note that the `{! ... !}` directive must be in lines that semiliterate would
-normally copy. That is, it does not examine lines before the `start` regexp
-is encountered, or after the `terminate` regexp, or between instances of
-`stop` and `start`. It also doesn't check any text written from lines that
-match these special expressions. Moreover, on such normally-transcribed lines,
+normally copy. That is, it does not examine lines after the `terminate` regexp,
+or when no mode of extraction is active. It also doesn't check any text written
+from lines that match these special expressions like `start` and `stop`.
+Moreover, on such normally-transcribed lines,
 it's the text **after** the application of any semiliterate `replace`ments that
 is checked for `{! ... !}`.
      """
 
-    def __init__(self, input_stream, output_stream, **kwargs):
-        """ md
-### Adjusted semiliterate options
-
-The `start` regular-expression parameter to a `semiliterate` file-inclusion
-pattern is now optional. If omitted, it means that extraction begins immediately
-with the first line of a file; in this case, `pause` and `terminate` retain
-their usual meanings, although there is not currently any way to resume from a
-`pause` when `start` is not specified. This adjustment to `semiliterate`
-parameters makes it easier to extract "front-matter" style documentation from
-files. It also means that a plain `{! file.md !}` directive will simply
-incorporate the full contents of `file.md`.
-        """
-        start_hot = False
-        if 'start' not in kwargs:
-            kwargs['start'] = 'dummy'
-            start_hot = True
-        super().__init__(input_stream, output_stream, **kwargs)
-        if start_hot:
-            self.extracting = True
-            self.start = False
-
     include_open = re.compile(r'''(?<![`\\])(\{\!\s*)([\s'"])''')
     include_quoted_file = re.compile(
         r'''(['"])(?P<fn>.*?)\1\s+(?P<yml>[\s\S]*?)\s?\!\}''')
@@ -138,19 +116,19 @@ disparate languages.
 behavior as compared to `simple`. They are described in this section, with
 default values in parentheses at the beginning of each entry.
 
-{! plugin.py ---
+{! plugin.py extract:
   start: '[*]altered_config_scheme'
-  terminate: '^\s*\)'
   replace:
   - ["\\('(.*)',\\s*$", '\1\n']
   - ['config_options.Type.*?default=([^\)]*)', ':  (\1)']
   - '^\s*#(.*\s*)$'
+terminate: '^\s*\)'
 !}
     """
 
     super_sdict = dict(SimplePlugin.config_scheme)
     super_semi_dflt = super_sdict['semiliterate'].default
-    semi_dflt = [b if r'\*' not in b['stop'] else dict(b, pattern=r'\.')
+    semi_dflt = [b if 'js' not in b['pattern'] else dict(b, pattern=r'\.')
                  for b in super_semi_dflt]
     altered_config_scheme = dict(
         super_sdict,
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 22926a2..c734d18 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = mkdocs-semiliterate
-version = 0.0.10
+version = 0.0.11
 
 [options]
 packages = mkdocs_semiliterate
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/recursive-inclusion/baz.qux b/tests/fixtures/recursive-inclusion/baz.qux
index 2ee818c..7826096 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/recursive-inclusion/baz.qux
+++ b/tests/fixtures/recursive-inclusion/baz.qux
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ I'd like you to know that
 really just about anything can go up here.
 START right here, because everything else on this line is ignored:
 | file
- in{! xyzzy start: '(.*)' !}ion
+ in{! xyzzy extract: {start: '(.*)'} !}ion
 STOP that distraction!
 Now we can get back to our originally
 scheduled qux.
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/recursive-inclusion/foo.bar b/tests/fixtures/recursive-inclusion/foo.bar
index 7045796..3c32a0c 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/recursive-inclusion/foo.bar
+++ b/tests/fixtures/recursive-inclusion/foo.bar
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ Point: This should be ignored by semiliterate extraction.
 ---
 And other features, such as extraction resumption.
 
-Not to mention{! baz.qux start: START
-terminate: STOP
-replace: ['^\|(.*)$'] !}syntax and `{! escaped syntax !}`.
+Not to mention{! baz.qux extract:
+  start: START
+  replace: ['^\|(.*)$']
+terminate: STOP !}syntax and `{! escaped syntax !}`.
 ---
 
 Unfortunate: the bar language has no real structure
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/recursive-inclusion/mkdocs.yml b/tests/fixtures/recursive-inclusion/mkdocs.yml
index 151026f..c442e43 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/recursive-inclusion/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/tests/fixtures/recursive-inclusion/mkdocs.yml
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ plugins:
     copy_standard_markdown: true
     semiliterate:
     - pattern: '(\.bar)$'
-      start: '---'
-      stop: '---'
+      extract: {start: '---', stop: '---'}
       terminate: '!!!'
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