diff -r 92835c3f171a -r e7feabe18234 svg2gcode/svg2gcode.py
--- a/svg2gcode/svg2gcode.py	Sat Nov 07 20:50:55 2015 +0100
+++ b/svg2gcode/svg2gcode.py	Sun Nov 08 04:18:58 2015 +0100
@@ -2,17 +2,21 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 import svg, sys, math
+from pprint import pprint
 from gcode import Gcode
 from optparse import OptionParser
 from tinycss import CSS21Parser
 
+
 from shapely.geometry import box, MultiLineString, Polygon
 from shapely.affinity import rotate
 from shapely import speedups
 from math import sqrt
+from functools import cmp_to_key
 
 # enable Shapely speedups, if possible
 if speedups.available:
+    print "shapely speedups available and enabled!"
     speedups.enable()
 
 def hatchbox(rect, angle, spacing):
@@ -139,6 +143,59 @@
                 data.append(dwg)
         return data
 
+def cmp_smallest_distance(line1, line2, coords1=None, coords2=None):
+    if not coords1:
+        coords1 = list(line1.coords)
+    if not coords2:
+        coords2 = list(line2.coords)
+
+    dist = [
+        abs(math.hypot(coords1[0][0] - coords2[0][0], coords1[0][1] - coords2[0][1])),
+        abs(math.hypot(coords1[0][0] - coords2[1][0], coords1[0][1] - coords2[1][1])),
+        abs(math.hypot(coords1[1][0] - coords2[0][0], coords1[1][1] - coords2[0][1])),
+        abs(math.hypot(coords1[1][0] - coords2[1][0], coords1[1][1] - coords2[1][1]))
+    ]
+
+    # return the smallest distance between the two lines
+    # check both start and endpoints to each other
+    return sorted(dist)[0]
+
+def slow_sort_lines_by_distance(multilines):
+    lines = []
+    coords = []
+    for line in multilines:
+        lines.append(line)
+        # coords list for brutal speedup!
+        # without this it would be terrible_slow_sort_lines_by_distance()
+        coords.append(list(line.coords))
+
+    data = [lines.pop(0)]
+    last = coords.pop(0)
+
+    def pop_nearest(line, last):
+        idx = -1
+        dist = 99999999
+        for test in lines:
+            idx += 1
+            tmp = cmp_smallest_distance(line, test, last, coords[idx])
+            if tmp < dist:
+                dist = tmp
+                dist_idx = idx
+        # nearest item found
+        return (lines.pop(dist_idx), coords.pop(dist_idx))
+
+    print "Optimizing infill movement, please wait..."
+    while len(lines) > 0:
+        tmp = len(lines)
+        if not (tmp % 10):
+            sys.stdout.write("\r%d    " % tmp)
+            sys.stdout.flush()
+        tmp = pop_nearest(data[-1], last)
+        data.append(tmp[0])
+        last = tmp[1]
+    print "\rdone"
+    return data
+
 def svg2gcode(options, gcoder):
     image = Image(options.filename, options, gcoder)
 
@@ -182,9 +239,24 @@
 
             lines = poly.intersection(image.infill)
             if lines:
+                #pprint (dir(lines))
                 # THE INFILL
                 prev_end = None
-                for line in lines:
+                # sort lines by nearest
+                lines_ordered = slow_sort_lines_by_distance(lines)
+
+
+                #lines_distances = []
+                #prev_line = lines[0]
+                #for line in lines:
+                #    lines_distances.append(cmp_smallest_distance(line, prev_line))
+                #    prev_line = line
+                ##lines_ordered = sorted(lines, key=cmp_to_key(cmp_smallest_distance))
+                ## decorate, sort, undecorate:
+                #lines_distances, lines = zip(*sorted(zip(lines_distances, lines)))
+
+
+                for line in lines_ordered:
                     coords = [
                         image.normalize((line.coords[0][0], line.coords[0][1])),
                         image.normalize((line.coords[1][0], line.coords[1][1]))