Browse status.rubygems.org when there's a network error.

info.plist

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 				<key>plusspaces</key>
 				<false/>
 				<key>url</key>
-				<string>http://rubygems.org/gems/{query}</string>
+				<string>{query}</string>
 				<key>utf8</key>
 				<true/>
 			</dict>

lib/alfred_feedback_item.rb

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ def initialize(title, options = {})
     @title = title
     @subtitle = options[:subtitle]
     @valid = options[:valid].nil? ? true : !!options[:valid]
+    @arg = options[:arg] || @title
   end
 
   def valid?
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ def to_xml
     REXML::Element.new('item').tap do |xml_item|
       xml_item.add_attributes({
         'uid' => @title,
-        'arg' => @title,
+        'arg' => @arg,
         'valid' => valid? ? 'yes' : 'no'
       })
 

rubygems-search.rb

@@ -8,20 +8,27 @@
 query = ARGV[0]
 
 feedback = AlfredFeedback.new
-gem_results = Gems.search(query)
 
-if gem_results.any?
+begin
+  gem_results = Gems.search(query)
 
-  gem_results.each do |gem_data|
-    name    = gem_data['name']
-    info    = gem_data['info']
-    version = gem_data['version']
-    subtitle = "#{version} - #{info}"
+  if gem_results.any?
 
-    feedback << AlfredFeedBackItem.new(name, :subtitle => subtitle)
+    gem_results.each do |gem_data|
+      name    = gem_data['name']
+      info    = gem_data['info']
+      version = gem_data['version']
+      arg     = ""
+      subtitle = "#{version} - #{info}"
+
+      feedback << AlfredFeedBackItem.new(name, :subtitle => subtitle, :arg => "http://rubygems.org/gems/#{name}")
+    end
+  else
+    feedback << AlfredFeedBackItem.new("No gems found for '#{query}'.", :subtitle => "Are you sure you're looking for the right thing?", :valid => false)
   end
-else
-  feedback << AlfredFeedBackItem.new("No gems found for '#{query}'.", :subtitle => "Are you sure you're looking for the right thing?", :valid => false)
+rescue SocketError => e
+  rubygems_status_url = 'http://status.rubygems.org'
+  feedback << AlfredFeedBackItem.new("Error: RubyGems seems unavailable.", :subtitle => "SocketError occurred: #{e}", :arg => rubygems_status_url)
 end
 
 puts feedback