copy/paste done as raster image
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Inkscape |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Bug Description
I'm on Mac OS X using a pre-release 0.47 from today (it says it's 0.46-devel).
I copied (Ctrl-C) a vector object in one document and pasted it into another one running in the same instance of Inkscape.
What happened was that the objects weren't pasted as vector objects, but rasterized without alpha channel, so they were pretty much useless.
I later-on discovered that Inkscape wrote some ugly and persistent PNG files into its own .app bundle. This is a big no-no. You don't know that you have write permissions to the .app. It's not a place to write. Use /tmp, use ~/Library. Also, it's a privacy issue - users don't want to share their clippings. I wonder if Inkscape crashes if I start it from the DMG it comes (as many first-time users would to try it out).
tags: | added: clipboard osx |
1) version-string: where did you download your copy? Inkscape has these version strings in the About screen: modevia. com:
- latest 0.47 prerelease 0-1 from from sourceforge.net:
"Inkscape 0.47pre0 r21549, built Jun 13 2009"
- latest development build from inkscape.
"Inkscape 0.46+devel r21615, built Jun 10 2009"
2) bitmap instead of vector clipboard copy wiki.inkscape. org/wiki/ index.php/ FAQ#Copying_ and_pasting_ in_Inkscape_ creates_ pixellated_ images_ instead_ of_copying_ the_vector_ objects>.
This is a known issue with the new clipboard syncing features of X11/XQuartz. Please see bug #307005,and for a workaround <http://