Comment 3 for bug 1291555

apologies for not stating the OS - it is infact OSX.

Thanks for the clarification what I don't understand is why inkscape is using XQuartz for this if it is messing with the output and forcing users to manually switch data formats - you can access the clipboard at system level by piping output to and from /usr/sbin/pboard and let the receiving apps decide how to interpret the format.