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#!/bin/sh

# xtopen -- run command in xterm

abbr() {
	case "$1" in
        /home/$USER/*)	a='~'${1#/home/$USER} ;;
        /home/$USER)	a='~' ;;
        /home/*)	a='~'${1#/home/} ;;
	*)		a=$1 ;;
	esac
	printf '%s\n' "$a"
}

if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
	xmessage -buttons sorry:0 -default sorry -nearmouse \
		"usage: $0 [-o xterm-opt] [-p prefix] cmd ..."
	exit 1
fi

o=
p=
while getopts o:p: opt; do
	case $opt in
	o)	o=$OPTARG ;;
	p)	p=$OPTARG ;;
	?)	xmessage -buttons sorry:0 -default sorry -nearmouse \
			error: "unknown flag $1"
		exit 1 ;;
	esac
done
shift $((OPTIND-1))

if ! which "$1" >/dev/null; then
	xmessage -default okay -nearmouse \
		error: "program $1 not found"
	exit 1
fi

export LC_ALL=en_US.ISO8859-1 # speed up xterm start
exec xterm -title "$* (`abbr "$PWD"`)" $o -e u $p "$@"