ardour { ["type"] = "EditorAction", name = "Marker Split",
	license     = "MIT",
	author      = "Ardour Team",
	description = [[Split regions on selected tracks at all locations markers]]
}

function factory (params) return function ()

	local loc = Session:locations () -- all marker locations

	-- http://manual.ardour.org/lua-scripting/class_reference/#ArdourUI:Selection
	local sel = Editor:get_selection ()

	-- prepare undo operation
	-- see http://manual.ardour.org/lua-scripting/class_reference/#ARDOUR:Session
	Session:begin_reversible_command ("Auto Region Split")
	local add_undo = false -- keep track if something has changed

	-- Track/Bus Selection -- iterate over all Editor-GUI selected tracks
	-- http://manual.ardour.org/lua-scripting/class_reference/#ArdourUI:TrackSelection
	for r in sel.tracks:routelist ():iter () do
		-- each of the items 'r' is-a
		-- http://manual.ardour.org/lua-scripting/class_reference/#ARDOUR:Route

		local track = r:to_track () -- see if it's a track
		if track:isnil () then
			-- if not, skip it
			goto continue
		end

		-- get track's playlist
		-- http://manual.ardour.org/lua-scripting/class_reference/#ARDOUR:Playlist
		local playlist = track:playlist ()

		-- clear existing changes, prepare "diff" of state for undo
		playlist:to_stateful ():clear_changes ()

		-- iterate over all location markers
		for l in loc:list ():iter () do
			if l:is_mark() then
				-- get all regions on the given track's playlist (may be stacked)
				for reg in playlist:regions_at (l:start ()):iter () do
					playlist:split_region (reg, l:start (), 0)
					-- the above operation will invalidate the playlist's region list:
					-- split creates 2 new regions.
					--
					-- Hence this script does it the way it does: the inner-most loop
					-- is over playlist-regions.
				end
			end
		end

		-- collect undo data
		if not Session:add_stateful_diff_command (playlist:to_statefuldestructible ()):empty () then
			-- is something has changed, we need to save it at the end.
			add_undo = true
		end

		::continue::
	end

	-- all done, commit the combined Undo Operation
	if add_undo then
		-- the 'nil' Command here mean to use the collected diffs added above
		Session:commit_reversible_command (nil)
	else
		Session:abort_reversible_command ()
	end

end end