RE: inkscape installed but does nothing --- solved to my satisfaction

RE: inkscape installed but does nothing --- solved to my satisfaction

[J.F. Huesman]

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> I have uploaded a re-build of inkscape that seems to avoid the issue reported by> the OP, namely inkscape exiting without doing anything (with exit code 127).>> Could the OP please try installing this updated inkscape, shown as 0.92.3-2 (Test)> in the Cygwin setup app.  Being a test build, setup will not automatically update> from an older inkscape; you have to manually select the test version from the> "New" dropdown within setup.>> Kindly let us know if that fixes your original issue and/or has any new issues> when you have a chance.  Thanks for reporting the original issue.> Enjoy,>> ..mark
Mark,I installed the updated version and ran a few tests with it.
If I call inkscape -V from the prompt, I get an error:(inkscape:1451): Gtk-WARNING **: 07:07:30.361: cannot open display: :0

But if I run inscape on a file to convert the format:inkscape -f testfile.svg -e testfile.pngit executes without any error.

When I run my script, it starts with this message:** (inkscape:1422): WARNING **: 07:02:30.339: No cc:license metadata found, derived license URI from cc:License: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/but the script runs and the png output is generated for all *.svg in the folder as expected, so I don't care about a warning message.
Thank you!John

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Re: inkscape installed but does nothing --- solved to my satisfaction

[Mark Geisert]

Hi John,

J.F. Huesman via Cygwin wrote:
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> If I call inkscape -V from the prompt, I get an error:(inkscape:1451): Gtk-WARNING **: 07:07:30.361: cannot open display: :0

Inkscape is expecting a running X server to display on.  But even for "-V"?  That 
seems a little presumptuous :-).

> But if I run inscape on a file to convert the format:inkscape -f testfile.svg -e testfile.pngit executes without any error.
> 
> When I run my script, it starts with this message:** (inkscape:1422): WARNING **: 07:02:30.339: No cc:license metadata found, derived license URI from cc:License: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/but the script runs and the png output is generated for all *.svg in the folder as expected, so I don't care about a warning message.

I haven't seen this; I'll look into it for later.  Glad inkscape now works for 
your use case.  I appreciate the feedback!
Cheers,

..mark