Several distributions provide a package with the Sozi Inkscape extension. We are not always informed of the work done by packagers and we have no time to spend on investigating packaging issues.
If the Inkscape extension does not work properly for you, please follow these steps:
The only instructions known to work are detailed here.
If you find a solution to install Sozi along with the official Inkscape release for OS X, please let us know.
Modifying your document is not possible while the frame editor is open. This is not a bug. It is the standard behavior of Inkscape extensions. You must close the frame editor (see below) to get back to your document.
We agree that this behavior is not optimal for creating presentations. Hopefully a more suitable extension system will be available in a future version of Inkscape.
Simply close the Sozi editor window, using the “close” button in the title bar. If your window manager does not provide window decorations, it is likely that another mechanism is available to close windows, such as a keyboard shortcut.
Do not press the “Cancel” button in the “Sozi working, please wait…” dialog.
The extension system of Inkscape is designed for “Effect” extensions. An effect is implemented as a script that transforms the document and returns the result back to Inkscape. Since the transformation process can take time, the “Xyz working, please wait…” dialog is showed until the script terminates. Effect extensions are not supposed to interact with the user and are expected to terminate automatically.
Sozi is implemented as an “Effect” extension, with the difference that it launches its own user interface and terminates only when the editor window is closed. Consequences are that Inkscape is blocked until the user leaves Sozi, and the “Cancel” button in the “Sozi working, please wait…” dialog is not usable.
SVG rendering speed is generally a browser issue. Particularly, text rendering is known to be time-consuming. If your presentation contains a lot of text, you should consider converting texts to paths.
There are explanations about this issue in the Inkscape FAQ.
A possible workaround is to convert texts to paths.
Sozi does not alter the content of your document. SVG rendering issues should be reported to the developers of your web browser.
If you are not convinced, you can try to create two versions of your document: one with, and the other without Sozi. If both documents exhibit the same rendering problems, then it is a browser issue. If you see a difference, and if your problem has not been reported yet, then you can write a new report in the issue tracker of Sozi.
The core part of Sozi relies on a few extensions of the SVG format and a script to play the presentation.
As long as the document format is respected, there are many options for creating and editing presentations. While we focus on Inkscape, we strongly encourage volunteers to develop plugins for their preferred SVG tool suites.