I'm not sure of that and tested with 0.46, I'm not able to do the same thing because the command line is not working (Win32)
my bat file
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@echo "PNG rendering"
"C:\program files\inkscape\inkscape.exe" -f mypicture.svg -d 90 -e mypicture.png
Pause
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output with inkscape.exe:
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"PNG rendering"
C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\temp\DEC_Yann>"C:\program files\inkscape\inkscape.exe" -f mypicture.svg -d 90 -e mypicture.png
C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\temp\DEC_Yann>Pause
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output with inkscapec.exe:
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"PNG rendering"
C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\temp\DEC_Yann>"C:\program files\inkscape\inkscapec.exe" -f mypicture.svg -d 90 -e mypicture.
png
DPI: 90
Background RRGGBBAA: ffffff00
Area 0:0:195:120 exported to 195 x 120 pixels (90 dpi)
Bitmap saved as: mypicture.png
C:\Documents and Settings\yanapa\Mes documents\temp\DEC_Yann>Pause
Appuyez sur une touche pour continuer...
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Yes, but that's not what this discussion was about (and you don't even have to compile it as a console application for that)