Aegisub/aegisub/automation/autoload/select-overlaps.lua

-- Copyright (c) 2010, Thomas Goyne <plorkyeran@aegisub.org>
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-- $Id$

local tr = aegisub.gettext

script_name = tr"Select overlaps"
script_description = tr"Select lines which begin while another non-comment line is active"
script_author = "Thomas Goyne"
script_version = "1"

function select_overlaps(subs)
    -- filter subtitles lines to just dialogue lines and sort them by time
    local dialogue = {}
    for i = 1,#subs do
        local line = subs[i]
        if line.class == "dialogue" then
            line.i = i
            table.insert(dialogue, line)
        end
    end
    table.sort(dialogue, function(a,b)
        return a.start_time < b.start_time or (a.start_time == b.start_time and a.i < b.i)
    end)

    local end_time = 0
    local overlaps = {}
    for i,line in ipairs(dialogue) do
        if line.start_time >= end_time then
            end_time = line.end_time
        else
            table.insert(overlaps, line.i)
        end
    end
    return overlaps
end

aegisub.register_macro(script_name, script_description, select_overlaps)