I realize that this doesn't solve the problem with the Cygwin version, but there is a Windows version of Inkscape.
<https://inkscape.org/> I don't know if it can do the batch operations you mentioned earlier. I realize that you may already be aware of this version, so I apologize if this is completely irrelevant. -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple