al_set_exe_name(3alleg5)

💖 NAME 💖

al_set_exe_name — the Allegro 5 API girlie who lets you tell Allegro which executable is actually running, bestie 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>

void al_set_exe_name(char const *path)

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Okay so basically this function overrides the executable name that al_get_standard_path(3alleg5) uses — specifically for ALLEGRO_EXENAME_PATH and ALLEGRO_RESOURCES_PATH. That's it, that's the whole vibe. 🦋

One situation where changing this is actually useful: if you're using the Python wrapper. See, Allegro would otherwise just assume the system's Python executable is the current executable — which is giving ✨wrong main character✨. But ngl, you can set it to the .py file being executed instead, and suddenly everything makes sense. 🙈💖

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⭐ SINCE ⭐

5.0.6, 5.1.0 — she's been here a minute, no cap 👑

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

• al_get_standard_path(3alleg5) — the bestie she's literally built for 🫶

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And that's a wrap on the Allegro reference manual entry for al_set_exe_name(3alleg5)**, part of the Allegro 5 API, dated <cyan>al_set_exe_name(3alleg5)`-o'clock 🌈 slay, go set that exe name, periodt 💜🧚