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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use warnings;
+use strict;
+use Aegisub; # don't forget this
+
+$script_name = "Add/remove edgeblur macro (Perl version)";
+$script_description = "A demo macro showing how to do simple macros in Auto4-Perl";
+$script_author = "Karl Blomster";
+$script_version = "1";
+
+
+# this is a line-by-line translation of the Lua macro of the same name.
+sub add_edgeblur {
+	# get the arguments; they are all references (important later)
+	my ($subtitles, $selected_lines, $active_line) = @_;
+	
+	# loop over the selected lines (note the dereferencing)
+	foreach my $lineno ( @{$selected_lines} ) {
+		# $line now contains a reference to the line we're working on.
+		# Note that the "line" is actually a hash with the dialogue line fields as keys.
+		my $line = $subtitles->[$lineno];
+		# Tack on {\be1} to the start of the "text" field...
+		$line->{"text"} = '{\\be1}' . $line->{"text"};
+		# And write our $line back to the file.
+		$subtitles->[$lineno] = $line;
+	}
+	
+	# This ain't implemented yet :(
+	# Aegisub::Script::set_undo_point("Add edgeblur");
+}
+
+
+# This routine is NOT a Lua translation and may therefore seem more perlish. :>
+sub remove_edgeblur {
+	# same as above
+	my ($subtitles, $selected_lines, $active_line) = @_;
+	
+	foreach my $lineno ( @{$selected_lines} ) {
+		# Since we're only going to change the text field of the line,
+		# why bother copying the entire line? We copy only the text field instead.
+		# We could also do stuff directly on $subtitles->[$lineno]->{"text"} but
+		# that's too long to write and is also risky if you blow something up.
+		my $text = $subtitles->[$lineno]->{"text"};
+		
+		# remove any \be1 tags contained in the first {} block
+		$text =~ s!^\{(.*?)\\be1(.*?)\}!\{${1}${2}\}!;
+		# if that leaves nothing in it, remove it
+		$text =~ s!^\{\}!!;
+		
+		# write back
+		$subtitles->[$lineno]->{"text"} = $text;
+	}
+	
+	# Still not implemented :/
+	# Aegisub::Script::set_undo_point("Remove edgeblur");
+}
+
+
+# Register macros with Aegisub
+Aegisub::Script::register_macro("Add edgeblur (Perl)", "Adds \\be1 tags to all selected lines", \&add_edgeblur);
+Aegisub::Script::register_macro("Remove edgeblur (Perl)", "Removes \\be1 tags from the start of all selected lines", \&remove_edgeblur);
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