I think I understand what is going on with the clipboard. It actually works, minus a little detail. if you install macports py27-pygtk, you can run this little python silly script ---------- import gtk clipboard = gtk.Clipboard() print(clipboard.wait_for_targets()) --------- you can see all the clip types (flavors) available in the clipboard. As an example, this is what is on the clipboard, after another vector drawing program has left something in it: ('Apple PICT pasteboard type', 'com.apple.pict', 'Apple PDF pasteboard type', 'com.adobe.pdf', 'CorePasteboardFlavorType 0x41494342', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gk8ycwndkk') This is how it looks after it has quit: ('CorePasteboardFlavorType 0x2E534749', 'com.sgi.sgi-image', 'Apple PNG pasteboard type', 'public.png', 'image/tiff', 'public.tiff', 'CorePasteboardFlavorType 0x54504943', 'com.truevision.tga-image', 'CorePasteboardFlavorType 0x424D5020', 'com.microsoft.bmp', 'CorePasteboardFlavorType 0x47494666', 'com.compuserve.gif', 'CorePasteboardFlavorType 0x38425053', 'com.adobe.photoshop-image', 'CorePasteboardFlavorType 0x6A703220', 'public.jpeg-2000', 'CorePasteboardFlavorType 0x4A504547', 'public.jpeg', 'Apple PICT pasteboard type', 'com.apple.pict', 'Apple PDF pasteboard type', 'com.adobe.pdf', 'CorePasteboardFlavorType 0x41494342', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gk8ycwndkk') This is how the clipboard looks after Inkscape has copied something into the clipboard: ('image/x-plt', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gu80w5pbq7ww88brsb0hk', 'application/x-zip', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gu80c6durvy0g2pyrf106p52fz7gw6a', 'image/x-inkscape-svg-compressed', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gu80w5pbq7ww88brrf1g065dqf2gnppxs3xw425trz2he3pxsrw0k', 'image/x-inkscape-svg', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gu80w5pbq7ww88brrf1g065dqf2gnppxs3xu', 'image/png', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gu80w5pbq7ww86dsq6', 'image/svg+xml', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gu80w5pbq7ww8650q6z1u5pq', 'image/svg+xml-compressed', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gu80w5pbq7ww8650q6z1u5pqfzv085pusmw1g65fqu', 'application/pdf', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gu80c6durvy0g2pyrf106p5uqvxa', 'image/x-postscript', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gu80w5pbq7ww88brsb11g7dxqr3gw6dy', 'image/x-e-postscript', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gu80w5pbq7ww88brqy01a55xsv30g6xmsb4a', 'image/hpgl', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gu80w5pbq7ww84duq70a', 'text/x-povray-script', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gu81k3p2su11uppur75he2p3fz30g6xmsb4a', 'text/x-tex', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gu81k3p2su11uppyqz6a', 'text/plain', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gu81k3p2su11a5dbrf1a', 'text/xml+xaml', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gu81k3p2su11u5pqfr6gc5pq', 'application/x-wmf', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gu80c6durvy0g2pyrf106p52fz5043u', 'application/x-xsk1', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gu80c6durvy0g2pyrf106p52fz6hg43v', 'image/dxf', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gu80w5pbq7ww83d2q2', 'text/x-javafx-script', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gu81k3p2su11uppnqf5gc3x2fz30g6xmsb4a') and after quitting: ('image/x-plt', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gu80w5pbq7ww88brsb0hk', 'application/x-zip', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gu80c6durvy0g2pyrf106p52fz7gw6a', 'image/x-inkscape-svg-compressed', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gu80w5pbq7ww88brrf1g065dqf2gnppxs3xw425trz2he3pxsrw0k', 'image/x-inkscape-svg', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gu80w5pbq7ww88brrf1g065dqf2gnppxs3xu', 'image/png', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gu80w5pbq7ww86dsq6', 'image/svg+xml', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gu80w5pbq7ww8650q6z1u5pq', 'image/svg+xml-compressed', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gu80w5pbq7ww8650q6z1u5pqfzv085pusmw1g65fqu', 'application/pdf', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gu80c6durvy0g2pyrf106p5uqvxa', 'image/x-postscript', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gu80w5pbq7ww88brsb11g7dxqr3gw6dy', 'image/x-e-postscript', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gu80w5pbq7ww88brqy01a55xsv30g6xmsb4a', 'image/hpgl', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gu80w5pbq7ww84duq70a', 'text/x-povray-script', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gu81k3p2su11uppur75he2p3fz30g6xmsb4a', 'text/x-tex', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gu81k3p2su11uppyqz6a', 'text/plain', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gu81k3p2su11a5dbrf1a', 'text/xml+xaml', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gu81k3p2su11u5pqfr6gc5pq', 'application/x-wmf', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gu80c6durvy0g2pyrf106p52fz5043u', 'application/x-xsk1', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gu80c6durvy0g2pyrf106p52fz6hg43v', 'image/dxf', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gu80w5pbq7ww83d2q2', 'text/x-javafx-script', 'dyn.ah62d4rv4gu81k3p2su11uppnqf5gc3x2fz30g6xmsb4a') Mime-types for clipboard items work for Windows, UNIX and Mac X11/XQuartz, but not for Mac non-X11 apps. I suspect that XQuartz does a on-the-fly translation of clipboard item types between the OSX clipboard and the X11 clipboard. Inkscape/Quartz should do the same mapping: 'application/pdf' should be translated to 'com.apple.pdf' to be pastable by other apps. Valerio On 1/17/13 1:19 PM, Valerio Aimale wrote:

On 18/01/2013 07:27, ~suv wrote: (…) Quick tests with Inkscape 0.48.x and trunk (regular command line builds, not packaged) and UniConvertor 1.1.5 installed for python 27 using the attached MacPorts portfiles (2 unified python ports, includes patch for sk1libs font paths) seems to work ok here on Lion: it imports e.g. the CDR file used earlier to test with RC1/RC2 without failure, and also works as expected for example to export/import SK1 files (other file formats not tested). Maybe this helps for packaging too?

On 1/17/13 11:35 PM, ~suv wrote: This was my mistake. I maintain a VM with Lion just to do the Lion builds. The Fix for the "Open Recent" menu goes into the gtkmacintegration library. I forgot to propagate the fix to the Lion VM. V.

Hello Wolf, I'm afraid it might not going to be that easy. Some of the components I use (gtk-mac-integration) do not compile for ppc. I don't even know if Macports can be still compiled for ppc. It's sad to note that we live in an era where big corporations don't support old hardware. I'm sure, however, that you have heard the word "hackintosh". Valerio