Copy and paste produces changes

[Tobin Richard]

Copy and paste on some objects produces non-identical copies.

This is on 0.48 running under MacOS X 10.6.5.

Example:
1. Open the attached file.
2. Select the grey square.
3. Ctrl+C then Ctrl+V.
4. Note the differences.

[su_v (suv-lp)]

Not reproduced with Inkscape 0.48.0 and 0.48+devel r9894 on OS X 10.5.8

Did you change the pasteboard settings of X11 as described in the FAQ?
<http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/FAQ#Copying_and_pasting_in_Inkscape_creates_pixellated_images_instead_of_copying_the_vector_objects>
screenshot of changed X11 preferences:
<http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36209214/XQuartz-clipboard-preferences.png>
<http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=3627#p17000>

The bitmap copy (if the X11 preferences haven't been changed) seems to look different at this zoom level because the rectangle has w = 5.839 px and h = 6.680 px which cannot be represented by a bitmap image (1px is the smallest unit): the result is that part of the edges are antialiased, which looks blocky at this zoom level (622%). Zoom out to zoom level 100% and you won't see the difference. If the X11 preferences are changed, the pasted copy is a vector object, identical to the original.

Your problem seems to be a duplicate of
Bug #307005 “[OS X] copy & paste inserts a bitmap copy instead of the vector object”:
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/307005>
which is a conflict between Inkscape and current X11/Xquartz versions.

[Tobin Richard (tobin-richard)]

This is indeed a duplicate. I have marked it as such. Thanks.