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Sozi Changelog

What's new in Sozi 23.7.25

Jul 26, 2023
  • If you are using Sozi 22.03 or an earlier version, Sozi 23.07 fixes the following issues:
  • PDF export (#645)
  • Unexpected transformations when the document contains embedded SVGs (#646 #647)
  • It also provides updated translations of the user interface.
  • Under the hood, it is based on Electron 20 and brings an updated version of the SVG rendering engine.
  • While Sozi itself has not changed a lot since the previous release, updating Electron has required a few adaptations internally, which could result in unexpected side effects.
  • On some platforms, the animations in the editor are smoother if you disable the hardware acceleration. This can be configured by running Sozi from the command line like this:
  • SOZI_DISABLE_HW_ACCELERATION=1 /opt/Sozi/sozi

New in Sozi 22.9.23 Beta (Sep 24, 2022)

  • This is mainly a bugfix release. It addresses the following issues:
  • Fixed PDF export (#645)
  • Unexpected transformations when the document contains embedded SVGs (#646 #647)
  • This release also contains updated translations.
  • Under the hood, it is based on Electron 20 and brings an updated version of the SVG rendering engine.
  • While Sozi itself has not changed a lot since the previous release, updating Electron has required a few adaptations internally, which could result in unexpected side effects.
  • For this reason, this release is published for testing and will hopefully be promoted as the new stable release soon.

New in Sozi 22.03.25 (Mar 28, 2022)

  • This release fixes installation and launching issues on some platforms, and offers new package formats.
  • It addresses the following concerns:
  • Debian packages should be installable in Debian, Ubuntu and their derivatives (#572)
  • Linux users will now benefit from an AppImage package (#602)
  • Launching failed with an error in some Linux distributions (#603)
  • RPM packages should not conflict with other Electron applications (#605)
  • Windows users will be able to install Sozi using an executable installer.

New in Sozi 22.02.23 Beta (Feb 23, 2022)

  • This intermediate release aims at fixing installation issues and testing new packaging options.
  • It addresses the following concerns:
  • Debian packages should be installable in Debian, Ubuntu and their derivatives (#572)
  • Linux users will now benefit from an AppImage package (#602)
  • Launching failed with an error in some Linux distributions (#603)
  • RPM packages should not conflict with other Electron applications (#605)
  • Windows users will be able to install Sozi using an executable installer.
  • I have installed these packages successfully in several operating systems in virtual machines:
  • Debian 11 "Bullseye": .AppImage, .deb
  • Fedora 35: .AppImage, .rpm
  • Manjaro: .AppImage
  • OpenSUSE Tumbleweed: .AppImage, .rpm (ignoring messages about missing dependency libuuid, and about signature verification).
  • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa": .AppImage, .deb
  • Windows 10: .exe

New in Sozi 22.02.20 Beta (Feb 21, 2022)

  • This intermediate release aims at fixing installation issues and testing new packaging options.
  • It addresses the following concerns:
  • Debian packages should be installable in Debian, Ubuntu and their derivatives (#572)
  • RPM packages should not conflict with other Electron applications (#605)
  • Linux users will now benefit from an AppImage package (#602)
  • Windows users will be able to install Sozi using an executable installer.

New in Sozi 22.02.03 (Feb 3, 2022)

  • This release replaces Sozi 22.02 (published on 2022-02-02) that introduced a regression when loading SVG documents with no title.
  • This is a small maintenance release that introduces minor changes.
  • It removes the annoying tooltip that can appear when you move your mouse while playing a presentation:
  • #597
  • The user interface of the presentation editor now uses the icons from the Fork Awesome project.

New in Sozi 22.02.01 (Feb 2, 2022)

  • This is a small maintenance release that introduces minor changes.
  • It removes the annoying tooltip that can appear when you move your mouse while playing a presentation
  • The user interface of the presentation editor now uses the icons from the Fork Awesome project.

New in Sozi 21.12.06 (Dec 6, 2021)

  • This release replaces Sozi 21.12 (published on 2012-12-03) which introduced a regression that prevented saving the presentation to HTML in manual saving mode (see #580).
  • It contains fixes that should prevent Sozi from altering your presentation unexpectedly. The following issues have been addressed:
  • Unwanted cropping effect after updating svg file #494
  • Sozi changes one transition upon loading unmodified svg file... #573
  • Misplaced objects #577

New in Sozi 21.12 (Dec 4, 2021)

  • This release contains fixes that should prevent Sozi from altering your presentation unexpectedly. The following issues have been addressed:
  • Unwanted cropping effect after updating svg file #494
  • Sozi changes one transition upon loading unmodified svg file... #573
  • Misplaced objects #577
  • Additionally, when configured in manual saving mode, the presentation editor will no longer save the presentation each time you open an SVG document.

New in Sozi 21.11 (Nov 15, 2021)

  • This release fixes two regressions in the presentation editor:
  • Clicking in the preview area temporarily triggered a transition to the next frame.
  • When editing the clipping rectangle, resizing the rectangle was not possible.
  • As usual, this release contains the latest updates of the translations.

New in Sozi 21.09 (Sep 15, 2021)

  • This release fixes the following issues:
  • The editor failed to open SVG files exported from LibreOffice Draw (#547)
  • Only the English version of the user interface of the editor was available (#556)

New in Sozi 21.08.02 (Aug 2, 2021)

  • This release fixes a regression that was introduced in Sozi 21.08.01-1627813731.
  • Compared to the previous releases 21.02, this release introduces the following changes:
  • Touch support in presentations.
  • Keyboard shortcuts "A" (view all) and "=" (restore current frame) when playing a presentation (#495)
  • Updated translations.
  • Package in RPM format
  • Bug fixes (#496, #514, #517, #535)

New in Sozi 21.08 (Aug 1, 2021)

  • Compared to the previous official version 21.02, this release introduces the following changes:
  • Touch support in presentations.
  • Keyboard shortcuts "A" (view all) and "=" (restore current frame) when playing a presentation (#495)
  • Updated translations.
  • Package in RPM format
  • Bug fixes (#496, #514, #517)
  • Under the hood, Sozi 21.05 is built with Gulp instead of Grunt. While most Sozi users are not directly concerned with this change, it is still possible that bugs have been introduced in the process.
  • This release is distributed only for 64-bit platforms. If you think you need a 32-bit version, please join the discussion #521 on this topic.

New in Sozi 21.05 Pre-release (May 18, 2021)

  • This is a pre-release for translators and testers.
  • It introduces the following changes:
  • Touch support in presentations.
  • Updated translations.
  • Package in RPM format
  • Bug fixes (#496, #514, #517)
  • Under the hood, Sozi 21.05 is built with Gulp instead of Grunt. While most Sozi users are not directly concerned with this change, it is still possible that bugs have been introduced in the process.

New in Sozi 21.04.30 Pre-release (May 1, 2021)

  • Fixes Issue #514 - When file watching failed, the loading process was broken.

New in Sozi 21.04 Pre-release (Apr 18, 2021)

  • This is a pre-release for translators and testers.
  • It introduces the following changes:
  • Touch support in presentations.
  • Updated translations.
  • Bug fixes.

New in Sozi 21.02 (Mar 8, 2021)

  • Since Sozi 20.05, the editor has undergone a modernization of its internal design. The affected features are related to file management (loading, saving and refreshing).
  • Compared to Sozi 20.05, this release comes with two new features:
  • Custom stylesheets and scripts can be added to a presentation without manually editing the generated HTML.
  • The export tool (formerly known as Sozi-export) has been migrated into the main presentation editor.
  • Sozi presentations can be exported to the following document types and formats:
  • Portable Document Format (PDF)
  • Microsoft PowerPoint (PPTX)
  • Video (PNG image sequence, MPEG-4, WebM, Ogg Vorbis, Windows Media Video)
  • Exporting to PDF, PPTX, and PNG sequence should work out of the box. No additional software is required.
  • Sozi uses FFPMEG to export to other video formats. A copy of FFMPEG is included in the Windows and OS X releases below. Linux users must install FFMPEG using the package manager of their distribution.
  • Video export has been tested on the following operating systems: Ubuntu 20.04 64-bit, and Windows 10 64-bit. Feedback from users of OS X will be welcome.

New in Sozi 20.11 Pre-release (Nov 22, 2020)

  • It fixes a few issues found in Sozi 20.10, and some translations of the user interface have been updated.

New in Sozi 20.10 Pre-release (Oct 8, 2020)

  • The notable change in this release is the migration of the export tool (known as Sozi-export) into the main presentation editor.
  • Sozi presentations can be exported to the following document types and formats:
  • Portable Document Format (PDF)
  • Microsoft PowerPoint (PPTX)
  • Video (PNG image sequence, MPEG-4, WebM, Ogg Vorbis, Windows Media Video)
  • Exporting to PDF, PPTX, and PNG sequence should work out of the box. No additional software is required.

New in Sozi 20.08 Pre-release (Aug 17, 2020)

  • It comes with the following changes:
  • Add custom CSS and JavaScript to a presentation without manually editing the generated HTML.
  • Updated translations.

New in Sozi 20.05 (May 10, 2020)

  • Presentation editor:
  • Uses a custom notification system instead of native notifications.
  • Simpler user interface to select and use an outline element
  • Option to add all layers to the timeline (#453)
  • Option to enable/disable the back button in the player (#458)
  • Updated translations
  • Using xz archive format for Linux and OS X results in smaller downloads
  • Bug fix: workaround for issues related to text elements (#398)
  • Bug fix: inconsistent state when moving the canvas using the mouse during an animated transition
  • Bug fix: some preferences were not saved
  • Bug fix: fields reset in the properties pane when hitting Ctrl-S (#472)
  • Performance tweaks
  • Presenter console:
  • Updated layout based on a proposal by @ejvindh, now with resizable areas for previews and notes.
  • Keyboard support
  • Bug fix: comply with same-origin policy in recent web browsers (#466)
  • Bug fix: now works in Chromium-based browsers (#467)
  • Bug fix: handle hyperlinks between the presenter window and the main window (#469).
  • Player:
  • Show current frame title in the title bar of the browser (#459)
  • Bug fix: frame number alignment in the frame list (#460)
  • Bug fix: incompatible with older browsers and Sozi-export

New in Sozi 20.03 Pre-release (Mar 29, 2020)

  • Presentation editor:
  • Uses a custom notification system instead of native notifications.
  • Simpler user interface to select and use an outline element
  • Option to add all layers to the timeline (#453)
  • Option to enable/disable the back button in the player (#458)
  • Updated translations
  • Using xz archive format for Linux and OS X results in smaller downloads
  • Bug fix: workaround for issues related to text elements (#398)
  • Bug fix: inconsistent state when moving the canvas using the mouse during an animated transition
  • Bug fix: some preferences were not saved
  • Bug fix: fields reset in the properties pane when hitting Ctrl-S (#472)
  • Performance tweaks
  • Presenter console:
  • Updated layout based on a proposal by @ejvindh, now with resizable areas for previews and notes.
  • Keyboard support
  • Bug fix: comply with same-origin policy in recent web browsers (#466)
  • Bug fix: now works in Chromium-based browsers (#467)
  • Bug fix: handle hyperlinks between the presenter window and the main window (#469).
  • Player:
  • Show current frame title in the title bar of the browser (#459)
  • Bug fix: frame number alignment in the frame list (#460)
  • Bug fix: incompatible with older browsers and Sozi-export

New in Sozi 20.02 Pre-release (Feb 17, 2020)

  • Presentation editor:
  • Uses a custom notification system instead of native notifications.
  • Simpler user interface to select and use an outline element
  • Option to add all layers to the timeline (#453)
  • Option to enable/disable the back button in the player (#458)
  • Updated translations
  • Using xz archive format for Linux and OS X results in smaller downloads
  • Bug fix: workaround for issues related to text elements (#398)
  • Bug fix: inconsistent state when moving the canvas using the mouse during an animated transition
  • Bug fix: some preferences were not saved
  • Bug fix: fields reset in the properties pane when hitting Ctrl-S (#472)
  • Performance tweaks
  • Presenter console:
  • Updated layout based on a proposal by @ejvindh, now with resizable areas for previews and notes.
  • Keyboard support
  • Bug fix: comply with same-origin policy in recent web browsers (#466)
  • Bug fix: now works in Chromium-based browsers (#467)
  • Bug fix: handle hyperlinks between the presenter window and the main window (#469).
  • Player:
  • Show current frame title in the title bar of the browser (#459)
  • Bug fix: frame number alignment in the frame list (#460)
  • Bug fix: incompatible with older browsers and Sozi-export

New in Sozi 20.01 Pre-release (Jan 10, 2020)

  • Sozi 2001 introduces the following visible changes:
  • Presentation editor:
  • Uses a custom notification system instead of native notifications
  • Simpler user interface to select and use an outline element
  • Option to add all layers to the timeline (#453)
  • Option to enable/disable the back button in the player (#458)
  • Updated translations
  • Using xz archive format for Linux and OS X results in smaller downloads
  • Bug fix: workaround for issues related to text elements (#398)
  • Bug fix: inconsistent state when moving the canvas using the mouse during an animated transition
  • Bug fix: some preferences were not saved
  • Performance tweaks
  • Presenter console:
  • Updated layout based on a proposal by @ejvindh
  • Keyboard support
  • Bug fix: comply with same-origin policy in recent web browsers (#466)
  • Bug fix: now works in Chromium-based browsers (#467)
  • Player:
  • Show current frame title in the title bar of the browser (#459)
  • Bug fix: frame number alignment in the frame list (#460)

New in Sozi 19.04 (Apr 23, 2019)

  • This release introduces the following changes:
  • Presenter mode HTML output (#211).
  • Hierarchical frame list (#64)
  • Editor: manual save/reload available in preferences (#442).
  • Editor: fixed performance issue when reloading the SVG repeatedly (#424).
  • Player: fixed visible scrollbar when the frame list does not fit the window height.
  • Media: added an option to hide controls (#347).
  • Under the hood:
  • Removed the dependency to bower.
  • Based on Electron 3.0.2

New in Sozi 18.04 (Apr 10, 2018)

  • Customizable keyboard shortcuts.
  • Fixes: reset layer, clipping, relative zoom
  • Updated translations: Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Indonesian, Chinese (Traditional), Italian, French, Esperanto.
  • Debian package can be installed in recent distributions.
  • Sozi can be chosen to open an SVG file from Linux file browsers.

New in Sozi 18.01 (Feb 5, 2018)

  • It allows to preview transitions in the presentation editor.
  • It fixes the UI freezing when reloading a document that was modified externally.
  • It is based on a more recent version of Electron
  • It comes with updated translations (Chinese, Danish, Brazilian Portuguese).

New in Sozi 17.11 (Nov 20, 2017)

  • Bug fixes.
  • Selectively enable/disable user actions in player.
  • Updated translations.

New in Sozi 17.06 (Jul 3, 2017)

  • Bug fixes.
  • Customizable UI font size.
  • "Reset layer" and "copy layer".
  • Install script for Linux.

New in Sozi 17.02 (Mar 27, 2017)

  • Blank frame (#146), more intuitive outline element selection, new translations, electron backend, bug fixes.

New in Sozi 16.02 (Aug 2, 2016)

  • Keyboard shortcuts in the editor, Chinese translation, and a few bug fixes.

New in Sozi 15.11 (Aug 2, 2016)

  • This release fixes several issues and adds new translations.

New in Sozi 15.06 (Aug 2, 2016)

  • This release fixes several bugs that were reported in Sozi 15.05.

New in Sozi 15.05 (Aug 2, 2016)

  • This is the first official preview release of Sozi 15 for testers and translators. Please note that this release can still contain bugs, and that further testing may be needed before it can be considered stable. Use it at your own risk.