correction re Inkscape 0.46:
relative links to bitmap images are kept when pasting within the same document.
when pasting into a new document the relative file name is kept but Inkscape outputs this console message:
WARNING **: xlink:href did not resolve to a valid image file, now trying sodipodi:absref="/Path/to/file_name"
correction re Inkscape 0.46: absref= "/Path/ to/file_ name"
relative links to bitmap images are kept when pasting within the same document.
when pasting into a new document the relative file name is kept but Inkscape outputs this console message:
WARNING **: xlink:href did not resolve to a valid image file, now trying sodipodi: