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#!/bin/sh
# elvis: ads		-- Search SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System
# jrollins@finestructure.net 20100819
. surfraw || exit 1

w3_usage_hook () {
    cat <<EOF
Usage: $w3_argv0 [options] [search words]...
Description:
  Surfraw search the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System
EOF
    w3_global_usage
}

w3_config
w3_parse_args "$@"
# w3_args now contains a list of arguments
if test -z "$w3_args"; then
    w3_browse_url "http://adsabs.harvard.edu/"
else
    escaped_args=`w3_url_of_arg $w3_args`

    # not direct to ads, construct url from options
    url="http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-basic_connect?qsearch=${escaped_args}&version=1"

    w3_browse_url "$url"
fi