don't do ties around the fake color change of a "STOP after"

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/lib/output.py b/lib/output.py
index b94d7387..84128a25 100644
--- a/lib/output.py
+++ b/lib/output.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def get_flags(stitch):
     if stitch.trim:
         flags |= libembroidery.TRIM
 
-    if stitch.stop:
+    if stitch.color_change:
         flags |= libembroidery.STOP
 
     return flags
@@ -108,13 +108,10 @@ def write_embroidery_file(file_path, stitch_plan, svg):
         add_thread(pattern, make_thread(color_block.color))
 
         for stitch in color_block:
-            if stitch.stop and stitch is not color_block.last_stitch:
-                # A STOP stitch that is not at the end of a color block
-                # occurs when the user specified "STOP after".  "STOP" is the
-                # same thing as a color change, and the user will assign a
-                # special color at the machine that tells it to pause after.
-                # We need to add another copy of the same color here so that
-                # the stitches after the STOP are still the same color.
+            if stitch.stop:
+                # This is the start of the extra color block added by the
+                # "STOP after" handler (see stitch_plan/stop.py).  Assign it
+                # the same color.
                 add_thread(pattern, make_thread(color_block.color))
 
             flags = get_flags(stitch)