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Whenever I open a .png in GIMP and try to copy the current selection to the clipboard the png file icon image is inserted in the clipboard instead. Pasting does not seem to be a problem however.

Anyone knows what causes this, and how this can be fixed?

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  • If pasting isn't a problem then how are you determining what's being placed on the clipboard? May 7, 2010 at 2:40
  • Good question. I tested some more, first by copy-pasting in Paintbrush, which worked, and then pasting into GIMP, which also worked. However, after trying to copy something in GIMP, I noticed the clipboard still contained the old content. So copying doesn't seem to work for me at all in GIMP. As for the png icon image, I did copy some .png files around in Finder, and apparently image editing programs handle such content by displaying the file type icon image (both Paintbrush and GIMP do this). May 10, 2010 at 11:05
  • Apparently this is a problem with X11 on Mac, with the X11 clipboard not being shared with other applications. Oct 21, 2010 at 13:40

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