little alias helper

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import subprocess as sp
+import argparse
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+parser.add_argument("alias", nargs="?",
+                    help="the replacement for the command")
+parser.add_argument("arguments", nargs="*", default=[],
+                    help="arguments that will be added to the argument")
+
+parser.add_argument("-l", "--list", dest="list", action="store_true",
+                    help="list mappings")
+ag = parser.parse_args()
+
+CFG = {
+    "offset": 10,
+    "mapping": {
+        "document": {"cmd":   "sioyek",   "pre_args": []},
+        "pdf":      {"alias": "document", "pre_args": []},
+
+        "image":    {"cmd":   "nomacs",   "pre_args": []},
+
+        "audio":    {"cmd":   "amberol",  "pre_args": []},
+        "music":    {"alias": "audio",    "pre_args": []},
+
+        "video":    {"cmd":   "mpv",      "pre_args": []}
+    }
+}
+
+def run(command, pre_args):
+    cmd_list = [command]
+    cmd_list.extend(pre_args)
+    cmd_list.extend(ag.arguments)
+    return sp.run(cmd_list)
+
+def offset(element, offset=CFG["offset"]):
+    """
+    calculates the amount of spaces until `offset` is reached for `element` length
+    """
+    element_length = len(element.strip(""))
+    if element_length >= offset:
+        return ""
+    else:
+        return " " * (offset - element_length)
+
+
+
+if ag.list:
+    for key, value in CFG["mapping"].items():
+        value_str = ""
+        for e_key, e_value in value.items():
+            value_str += e_key + ": " + str(e_value) + ", "
+        print(key, end="")
+        print(offset(key), value_str.rstrip(", "))
+else:
+    for key, value in CFG["mapping"].items():
+        if ag.alias in key: # matching
+            if "alias" in value.keys():
+                cmd = CFG["mapping"][value["alias"]]["cmd"]
+            else:
+                cmd = value["cmd"]
+
+            run(cmd, value["pre_args"])