> read.table("clipboard") still works on my R 2.4.1 if you have x11 open,
> but not if you don't.
That's an anomaly then: I have X11 open and it doesn't work for me.
version.string R version 2.5.0 (2007-04-23)
X11 1.1.3 - XFree86 4.4.0
OS X 10.4.9 (8P135)