I can confirm that the bug effects me in 13.10. Using the maxrecentdocuments fix from https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/inkscape/+bug/785701/comments/11 also solved the problem here.
I had noticed that the recent documents menu never worked for me. Every time I selected an item it would open a different file from the same list...
I can confirm that the bug effects me in 13.10. Using the maxrecentdocuments fix from https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ inkscape/ +bug/785701/ comments/ 11 also solved the problem here.
I had noticed that the recent documents menu never worked for me. Every time I selected an item it would open a different file from the same list...