[Xquartz-dev] Inkscape & clipboard sync

[Nathan Gray]

Ok, thanks for the info.  I'll open a bug in trac.

Cheers,
-n8

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 9:10 AM, Jeremy Huddleston <jeremyhu at apple.com> wrote:
> Yeah, this is an issue that is near the top of my list, but I haven't gotten around to it yet.  I was hoping to do it for 2.5.1, but there were too many other issues, and I don't want to delay 2.5.1 for this... hopefully I'll be able to rework pbproxy in 2.5.2.
>
> You don't need to disable syncing entirely.  Just disable "Update Pasteboard when CLIPBOARD changes" ... that is the cause of the problem.
>
> BTW, there is no open bug report for this in trac, so if you want to track it (or provide me with a simple test case), please open a bug report there:
>
> http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/newticket
>
> --Jeremy
>
> On May 18, 2010, at 06:35, Louis Zulli wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Nathan,
>>
>> I'm using Inkscape 0.47 r22583, built Nov 24 2009 and XQuartz 2.5.1_beta5 (xorg-server 1.8.1). If I have the Enable synching box checked in X11 Preferences, copying a vector object seems to produce an image (.png). If the box is unchecked, copying yields a vector object.
>>
>> Louis
>>
>>
>> On May 18, 2010, at 2:11 AM, Nathan Gray wrote:
>>
>>> Hi guys,
>>>
>>> I'm currently using XQuartz 2.3.5 (xorg-server 1.4.2-apple53) and I
>>> spend a lot of time in Inkscape and NEdit.  This is kind of annoying,
>>> because copy/paste doesn't work properly in Inkscape (copies bitmaps
>>> instead of vectors) if clipboard sync is enabled but it's maddening to
>>> use NEdit without it.  Does copy/paste in Inkscape work any better
>>> with more recent versions of XQuartz?  I know I should just upgrade
>>> and try it myself but I'm loathe to change too much in a setup that
>>> works pretty well aside from this problem.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> -n8
>>>
>>> PS: Please CC me with replies.
>>>
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