I can confirm this on :
Inkscape 0.46, april 2008 Inkscape Dev. version 21323-0905111537 Inkscape Dev. version 21345-0905140303 Inkscape Dev. version 21627-0906200405
all on Windows XP SP3
@Alvin and @Thomas Holder : I created the second instance by pressing the "new document" button on the toolbar.
Since I need to copy many items from different layers from one document to another, again to various layers, this bugs me terribly.
I can confirm this on :
Inkscape 0.46, april 2008
Inkscape Dev. version 21323-0905111537
Inkscape Dev. version 21345-0905140303
Inkscape Dev. version 21627-0906200405
all on Windows XP SP3
@Alvin and @Thomas Holder : I created the second instance by pressing the "new document" button on the toolbar.
Since I need to copy many items from different layers from one document to another, again to various layers, this bugs me terribly.