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+--[[
+ Copyright (c) 2005, Niels Martin Hansen
+ All rights reserved.
+
+ Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+   * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
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+ ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
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+ ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
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+ ]]
+
+-- Aegisub Automation factory-brewed script
+-- "Template-based multiple-lines-per-syllable karaoke effects"
+
+-- Use karaskel.lua for skeleton code
+include("karaskel-adv.lua")
+
+-- Define the name of the script
+name = "Template-based effects"
+-- Define a description of the script
+description = "Makes advanced effects using templates embedded into the subtitle script. Please see the help for information on how to use this script."
+-- Only one config option here.
+-- Everything else is defined in the subtitle script
+configuration  = {
+	-- Allow the user to specify whether to strip tags or not
+	[1] = {
+		name = "striptags";
+		kind = "bool";
+		label = "Strip all tags";
+		hint = "Strip all formatting tags apart from the processed karaoke tags?";
+		default = false
+	},
+	[2] = {
+		name = "skipunknown";
+		kind = "bool";
+		label = "Remove unknown lines";
+		hint = "Removes all lines without a defined template";
+		default = false
+	}
+}
+-- Mandatory values
+version, kind= 3, 'basic_ass'
+
+function do_syllable(meta, styles, config, line, syl)
+	-- text is the replacement text for the syllable
+	-- ktext is the karaoke effect string
+	local text, ktext
+	
+	-- Prepare the stripped or unstripped main text
+	if config.striptags then
+		text = syl.text_stripped
+	else
+		text = syl.text
+	end
+	
+	local result = { n=0 }
+	
+	-- Don't bother with empty syllables
+	if syl.text == "" then
+		return result
+	end
+	
+	-- Add the variable names to the syllable data
+	syl["dur"] = syl.duration
+	syl["start"] = syl.start_time
+	syl["end"] = syl.end_time
+	syl["mid"] = syl.start_time + syl.duration*5
+	syl["x"] = syl.center + line.centerleft
+	
+	-- Prepare the karaoke effect string
+	for templateid, template in template_data[line.style] do
+		local ktext = template.text
+		
+		-- do_repeat is global on purpose
+		_G.do_repeat = false
+	
+		repeat
+			-- Function for replacing the variables
+			local function var_replacer(varname)
+				varname = string.lower(varname)
+				if syl[varname] ~= nil then
+					return syl[varname]
+				else
+					aegisub.output_debug(string.format("Unknown variable name: %s", varname))
+					return "$" .. varname
+				end
+			end
+			-- Replace the variables in the ktext
+			ktext = string.gsub(ktext, "$(%a+)", var_replacer)
+	
+			local skipline = false
+			local newline = copy_line(line)
+			newline.layer = template.layer
+			A = { meta = meta, styles = styles, line = line, syl = syl, newline = newline }
+
+			-- Function for evaluating expressions
+			local function expression_evaluator(expression)
+				if string.find(expression, "return") then
+					chunk, err = loadstring(expression)
+				else
+					chunk, err = loadstring(string.format("return (%s)", expression))
+				end
+				if (err) ~= nil then
+					aegisub.output_debug(string.format("Error parsing expression:\n%s", expression, err))
+					return "%" .. expression .. "%"
+				else
+					local result = chunk(meta, styles, line, syl, newline)
+					if result then
+						return result
+					else
+						skipline = true
+						return ""
+					end
+				end
+			end
+			-- Find and evaluate expressions
+			ktext = string.gsub(ktext, "%%([^%%]*)%%", expression_evaluator)
+	
+			newline.text = ktext .. text
+			if not (kline == "" or skipline) then
+				table.insert(result, newline)
+			end
+		until not do_repeat
+	end
+	
+	return result
+end
+
+function do_line(meta, styles, config, line)
+	if line.kind == "comment" and line.name == "template" then
+		if not template_data[line.style] then
+			template_data[line.style] = {}
+		end
+		table.insert(template_data[line.style], line)
+		return { n=0 }
+	elseif line.kind == "dialogue" and template_data[line.style] then
+		return karaskel.do_line(meta, styles, config, line)
+	elseif not config.skipunknown then
+		return { n=1, [1]=line }
+	else
+		return { n=0 }
+	end
+	if config.workstyle == "" or config.workstyle == line.style then
+		return adv_do_line(meta, styles, config, line)
+	else
+		return { n=1, [1]=line }
+	end
+end
+
+function process_lines(meta, styles, lines, config)
+	template_data = {}
+	return karaskel.process_lines(meta, styles, lines, config)
+end