--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2001/08/07 09:47:53	1.140
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2001/08/08 17:56:57	1.144
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
 # 5/30 H. K. Ng
 # 6/1 Gerd Kortemeyer
 # July Guy Albertelli
-# 8/4,8/7 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# 8/4,8/7,8/8 Gerd Kortemeyer
 
 package Apache::lonnet;
 
@@ -1823,6 +1823,12 @@ sub EXT {
       $metadata=&metadata($ENV{'request.filename'},
                                          'parameter_'.$spacequalifierrest);
       if ($metadata) { return $metadata; }
+      
+      $spacequalifierrest=~/[^\_]+$/;
+      
+      $metadata=&metadata($ENV{'request.filename'},'parameter_0'.$1);
+
+      if ($metadata) { return $metadata; }
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------- Any other user namespace
     } elsif ($realm eq 'environment') {
@@ -1872,14 +1878,18 @@ sub metadata {
 		  if ($_=~/^$package\&/) {
 		      my ($pack,$name,$subp)=split(/\&/,$_);
                       my $value=$packagetab{$_};
+		      my $part=$keyroot;
+                      $part=~s/^\_//;
                       if ($subp eq 'display') {
-			  my $part=$keyroot;
-                          $part=~s/^\_//;
 			  $value.=' [Part: '.$part.']';
                       }
                       my $unikey='parameter'.$keyroot.'_'.$name;
                       $metathesekeys{$unikey}=1;
-                      $metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.'.$subp}=$value;
+                      $metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.part'}=$part;
+                      unless 
+                       (defined($metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.'.$subp})) {
+                         $metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.'.$subp}=$value;
+		      }
                   }
               } keys %packagetab;
              } else {
@@ -2194,7 +2204,11 @@ if ($readit ne 'done') {
     while (my $configline=<$config>) {
        chomp($configline);
        my ($short,$plain)=split(/:/,$configline);
-       if ($plain ne '') { $packagetab{$short}=$plain; }
+       my ($pack,$name)=split(/\&/,$short);
+       if ($plain ne '') {
+          $packagetab{$pack.'&'.$name.'&name'}=$name; 
+          $packagetab{$short}=$plain; 
+       }
     }
 }