bin: introducing the xo binary

This is just a dumb replacement for the previous `xo` shell alias, so I can
avoid some of the shortcomings of `xdg-open`.

Signed-off-by: Miquel Sabaté Solà <msabate@suse.com>

2 files changed, 38 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index 9619507..3122124 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@ export EDITOR=emacsclient-a-nw
 export VISUAL=emacsclient-a-nw
 alias vi=vim
 
-# Alias xdg-open to just xo
-alias xo=xdg-open
-
 # We want a full-fledged 256-color terminal.
 TERM=xterm-256color
 
diff --git a/bin/xo b/bin/xo
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8f9cec5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/xo
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright (C) 2020 Miquel Sabaté Solà <mikisabate@gmail.com>
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+set -e
+
+# Before creating this script I used to have a shell alias called `xo` for
+# `xdg-open`. This worked well and all, but it failed to open multiple files or
+# shell expressions in general (as `xdg-open` does). I used to workaround this
+# with piping and shit, but I'm really tired of it. Thus, I've created this
+# script which basically does what `xdg-open` was supposed to do (and
+# failed). Thus, the usage:
+#
+#   $ xo [files/shell expression/whatever]
+#
+# This script will error out if no arguments were given. Other than that, you
+# are more than welcome to shoot yourself at the foot.
+
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo "Give me at least one argument!"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+for f in "$@"; do
+  xdg-open "$f" &> /dev/null
+done