I am using Inkscape 0.45 on Windows XP SP2. I am using the *.7z version (not the installer executable) that I unpacked to a regular directory. I try to export some *.svg Inkscape images to PDF on the command-line, using:
<path to my inkscape>\inkscape.exe foo.svg -A foo.pdf
From the FAQ I understand I won't see any console output on Windows
because Inkscape is built as a GUI app. That's fine, but no file is generated either: inkscape runs, quietly exits, *and there is no foo.pdf* in the current directory. Same thing if I use -e option to try to generate a PNG, or any other format I have tried. Needless to say, I tried and I can export the images manually from within Inkscape no problem. Am I missing something?
Also, the FAQ mentions that you can build a console version of Inkscape, so that you get console output. Does anyone know of any pre-built binaries anywhere? I suspect that maybe Inkscape wants to print out an error or warning for some reason, to tell me why it cannot export the image, but cannot (just grasping at straws).
I've got a ton of Inkscape pics in my thesis, and it's a serious pain to have to export them all manually... (Aside: one annoying bug/lacking feature in this regard: when you select *.PDF filetype in the Save/Save a copy dialog, or any other format, the extension in the filename entry field is not automatically changed; you have to go edit it manually... argh....)