3 files changed, 39 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 445a68c..27c9795 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ usage
 -----
     To load ariketa, source it into the bash session you wish to use for the
     presentation:
-        source ./ariketa.sh
+        # load examples from ariketa/config/examples.sh
+        source ariketa.sh
+
+        # load example file specified as argument
+        source ariketa.sh filename.sh
 
     When an example is displayed, it may be edited like any command line and
     executed normally by pressing enter.  Use the following key bindings to
diff --git a/USAGE b/USAGE
index 7403d76..75e92a3 100644
--- a/USAGE
+++ b/USAGE
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@ ariketa: bash example code quickloader for presentations
 usage
 -----
     To load ariketa, source it into the bash session you wish to use for the
-    presentation:
-        source ./ariketa.sh
+    presentation.  If no array name or filename is provided to source the
+    _examples array from, ariketa will attempt to load 'config/examples.sh'
+    from the ariketa directory:
+      source ariketa
+      source ariketa [-a|--array EXAMPLES_ARRAYNAME]
+      source ariketa [EXAMPLES_FILENAME]
 
     When an example is displayed, it may be edited like any command line and
     executed normally by pressing enter.  Use the following key bindings to
@@ -30,7 +34,5 @@ configuration
 -------------
     To load examples into ariketa, edit the 'examples.sh' file in the
     'config' directory.  This file should be a sourceable bash script which
-    creates an indexed array named '_examples', whose elements have values
-    beginning with a tag, delineated from the example itself by a ':' character
-    followed by a newline.  An sample config is located in
+    creates an indexed array named '_examples'. An sample config is located in
     'config/examples.sh.sample'.
diff --git a/ariketa.sh b/ariketa.sh
index 44b24ca..25df78f 100644
--- a/ariketa.sh
+++ b/ariketa.sh
@@ -10,9 +10,8 @@ _ariketa.dir () {
     printf "%s" "$_ariketa_dir"
 }
 
-
 _ariketa.help () {
-    >&2 printf "%s\n" "$(<USAGE)"
+    >&2 printf "%s\n" "$(<${ARIKETA_DIR:-.}${ARIKETA_DIR+/}USAGE)"
     return 1
 }
 
@@ -20,15 +19,38 @@ _sourced? () {
     [[ ${FUNCNAME[$(( ${#FUNCNAME[@]} - 1 ))]} == "source" ]]
 }
 
+ARIKETA_DIR=$(_ariketa.dir)
+
 _sourced? || {
     _ariketa.help
     exit $?
 }
 
-ARIKETA_DIR=$(_ariketa.dir)
+until [[ -z "$1" ]]; do
+    case "$1" in
+        -h|--help)
+            _ariketa.help
+            return $?;;
+        -a|--array)
+            # copy by indirection to set of discrete elements in named array
+            _ariketa_array_elements="${2:?Missing name parameter for '-a'}[@]"
+            _examples=( "${!_ariketa_array_elements}" )
+            shift 2;;
+        *)
+            _ariketa_examples_file="${1}"
+            [[ -r "${_ariketa_examples_file}" ]] || {
+                _ariketa.help
+                return $?
+            }
+            shift;;
+    esac
+done
 
-# load examples array
-source "${ARIKETA_DIR:?}/config/examples.sh"
+# load examples array from file if array not passed / copied from args
+[[ -z "${_ariketa_array_elements}" ]] && {
+    source "${_ariketa_examples_file:-${ARIKETA_DIR:?}/config/examples.sh}"
+}
+unset _ariketa_array_elements
 
 # if examples array has no content, bail with USAGE text
 (( ${#_examples[@]} )) || {