bin: added the `e` script

This is a shortcut to be used for reaching out to the default editor from the
CLI. Notice that it also handles the root user.

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+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright (C) 2019 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/>.
+
+# A handy shortcut for opening up the default editor with the given
+# arguments. If this script is run by root, then it will start GNU Emacs with
+# the --quick flag.
+#
+# NOTE: this script is meant to be installed globally.
+
+if [[ $EUID -eq 0 ]]; then
+    exec emacs --quick --no-window-system "$@"
+else
+    exec "$EDITOR" "$@"
+fi