Comment 9 for bug 527314

> However, this pastes in a bitmap format.

that's an issue with Apple's X11 - see the FAQ "Copying and pasting in Inkscape creates pixellated images instead of copying the vector objects" <http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/FAQ#Copying_and_pasting_in_Inkscape_creates_pixellated_images_instead_of_copying_the_vector_objects> on how to change the X11 preferences to enable copy&paste of vector objects in Inkscape on Leopard and Snow Leopard.

Screenshot of X11 preferences: <http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36209214/XQuartz-clipboard-preferences.png>