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+# Authors: see git history
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2010 Authors
+# Licensed under the GNU GPL version 3.0 or later.  See the file LICENSE for details.
+
+from math import degrees
+
+from inkex import PathElement, errormsg
+
+from ..elements import FillStitch
+from ..elements.gradient_fill import gradient_shapes_and_attributes
+from ..i18n import _
+from ..svg import get_correction_transform
+from ..svg.tags import INKSTITCH_ATTRIBS
+from .base import InkstitchExtension
+
+
+class GradientBlocks(InkstitchExtension):
+    '''
+    This will break apart fill objects with a gradient fill into solid color blocks with end_row_spacing.
+    '''
+
+    def effect(self):
+        if not self.svg.selection:
+            errormsg(_("Please select at least one object with a gradient fill."))
+            return
+
+        if not self.get_elements():
+            return
+
+        elements = [element for element in self.elements if (isinstance(element, FillStitch) and self.has_gradient_color(element))]
+        if not elements:
+            errormsg(_("Please select at least one object with a gradient fill."))
+            return
+
+        for element in elements:
+            parent = element.node.getparent()
+            correction_transform = get_correction_transform(element.node)
+            style = element.node.style
+            index = parent.index(element.node)
+            fill_shapes, attributes = gradient_shapes_and_attributes(element, element.shape)
+            # reverse order so we can always insert with the same index number
+            fill_shapes.reverse()
+            attributes.reverse()
+            for i, shape in enumerate(fill_shapes):
+                style['fill'] = attributes[i]['color']
+                end_row_spacing = attributes[i]['end_row_spacing'] or None
+                angle = degrees(attributes[i]['angle'])
+                d = "M " + " ".join([f'{x}, {y}' for x, y in list(shape.exterior.coords)]) + " Z"
+                block = PathElement(attrib={
+                    "id": self.uniqueId("path"),
+                    "style": str(style),
+                    "transform": correction_transform,
+                    "d": d,
+                    INKSTITCH_ATTRIBS['angle']: f'{angle: .2f}'
+                })
+                if end_row_spacing:
+                    block.set('inkstitch:end_row_spacing_mm', f'{end_row_spacing: .2f}')
+                    block.set('inkstitch:underpath', False)
+                parent.insert(index, block)
+            parent.remove(element.node)
+
+    def has_gradient_color(self, element):
+        return element.color.startswith('url') and "linearGradient" in element.color
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    e = GradientBlocks()
+    e.effect()