Patch from comment #3 tested successfully on OS X 10.7.5 with 0.48+devel r13301.
Attached proposed backported diff for lp:inkscape/0.48.x tested successfully with 0.48.4 r10025 on OS X 10.7.5.
Patch from comment #3 tested successfully on OS X 10.7.5 with 0.48+devel r13301.
Attached proposed backported diff for lp:inkscape/0.48.x tested successfully with 0.48.4 r10025 on OS X 10.7.5.