I had Gimp 2.6, which initially appeared normal. On the second try, it showed the same symptoms as Inkscape. So did ocloc, xterm, etc. Then I installed Gimp 2.8 and found that it does not have the problem. So, the source of the problem appears to be the compatibility of XQuartz with os x 10.9.
I had Gimp 2.6, which initially appeared normal. On the second try, it showed the same symptoms as Inkscape. So did ocloc, xterm, etc. Then I installed Gimp 2.8 and found that it does not have the problem. So, the source of the problem appears to be the compatibility of XQuartz with os x 10.9.