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+# Open the ebuild with a specified command
+local ebuild sel
+local -a elist
+
+if [[ $# -lt 2 ]]; then
+    echo "No package name given."
+    return 4
+fi
+
+ebuild="$(equery w $2 2>&1 )"
+if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
+    if [[ $ebuild == *"Ambiguous"* ]]; then
+        elist=(${(f)ebuild})
+        
+        # remove the first line
+        shift elist
+
+        echo "Ambiguous package name '$2' -- choose from: "
+        cat -n <<< ${(F)elist}
+        read "sel?Selection: "
+        
+        if [[ -z $elist[$sel] ]]; then
+            echo "Invalid choice."
+            return 1
+        else
+            # the "=" is needed to strip the leading spaces and the quotes
+            open_ebuild $1 ${=elist[$sel]}
+            return $?
+        fi
+    
+    elif [[ $ebuild == *"No packages matching"* ]]; then
+        echo "Trying masked packages too..."
+        ebuild=$(equery  w -m $2 2>&1)
+    fi
+fi
+
+if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
+    $1 $ebuild
+else
+    echo "No ebuild found"
+fi
+
+# vim: ft=zsh