def process_trim(color_block, next_stitch): """Handle the "trim after" checkbox. DST (and maybe other formats?) has no actual TRIM instruction. Instead, 3 sequential JUMPs cause the machine to trim the thread. To support both DST and other formats, we'll add a TRIM and two JUMPs. The TRIM will be converted to a JUMP by libembroidery if saving to DST, resulting in the 3-jump sequence. """ delta = next_stitch - color_block.last_stitch delta = delta * (1/4.0) pos = color_block.last_stitch for i in xrange(3): pos += delta color_block.add_stitch(pos.x, pos.y, jump=True) # first one should be TRIM instead of JUMP color_block.stitches[-3].jump = False color_block.stitches[-3].trim = True