build with custom resource path:

scons APP_RES="/usr/share/gnome-arcade"

gnome-arcade.desktop

@@ -13,7 +13,5 @@ Categories=GNOME;GTK;Game;ArcadeGame;Emulator;
 StartupNotify=true
 Keywords=mame;emulator;frontend;games;
 Keywords[it]=mame;emulatore;frontend;giochi;
-Path=/usr/share/gnome-arcade/
-
 
 X-Desktop-File-Install-Version=0.22

header/app.h

@@ -35,8 +35,11 @@
 #define APP_WEB             "https://github.com/strippato" 
 #define APP_GNU_WARN        "You should have received a copy of the GNU GPL along with gnome-arcade.\n"\
 							"If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>."
-
-#define APP_RESOURCE 		"res/"
+#ifndef APP_RES
+	#define APP_RESOURCE 		"./res/"
+#else
+	#define APP_RESOURCE 		APP_RES "/res/"
+#endif						
 #define APP_DIRCONFIG  		"gnome-arcade"
 #define APP_CSS				"gnome-arcade.css"
 

sconstruct

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+Help("""
+	Type: 
+		'scons' to build the production program (default resource path: ".")
+
+		'scons APP_RES="/my/new/root/path"' to specify a custom resource path 
+			ex: scons APP_RES="/usr/share/gnome-arcade"
+""")
+
 #debug
 #CCFLAGS   = '-std=c99 -Wpedantic -Wall -Wformat -Wformat-security -Wunused-result `pkg-config --cflags gtk+-3.0` -g3'
 
@@ -8,11 +16,17 @@ CCFLAGS   = '-std=c99 -Wall `pkg-config --cflags gtk+-3.0` -g -O2 -march=native'
 #fast & buggy
 #CCFLAGS   = '-std=c99 -Wall `pkg-config --cflags gtk+-3.0` -O3 -march=native'
 
-LINKFLAGS = '`pkg-config --libs gtk+-3.0`'
-CPPPATH = 'header'
-SOURCE = Split ('./src/app.c ./src/ui.c ./src/mame.c ./src/rom.c ./src/util.c ./src/pref.c ./src/www.c ./src/view.c ./src/config.c')
+vars = Variables()
+#vars.Add(PathVariable('APP_RES', 'Resource root of gnome-arcade: /usr/share/gnome-arcade', '/usr/share/gnome-arcade', PathVariable.PathAccept))
+vars.Add(PathVariable('APP_RES', 'Resource root of gnome-arcade: /usr/share/gnome-arcade', ".", PathVariable.PathAccept))
+
+
+LINKFLAGS 	= '`pkg-config --libs gtk+-3.0`'
+CPPPATH 	= 'header'
+SOURCE 		= Glob ('./src/*c')
 
-env = Environment (CCFLAGS=CCFLAGS, LINKFLAGS=LINKFLAGS, CPPPATH=CPPPATH)
+#env = Environment (CCFLAGS=CCFLAGS, LINKFLAGS=LINKFLAGS, CPPPATH=CPPPATH)
+env = Environment (variables = vars, CPPDEFINES={'APP_RES' : '\\"$APP_RES\\"'}, CCFLAGS=CCFLAGS, LINKFLAGS=LINKFLAGS, CPPPATH=CPPPATH)
 
 t = env.Program (target='gnome-arcade', source=SOURCE)
 

src/app.c

@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ const gchar *app_authors[] = { "Strippato <[email protected]>",
                                NULL };
 
 const gchar *app_artists[] = { "Strippato <[email protected]>",
-                               "Sergio Gridelli <[email protected]> \"The Fox\" &amp; \"Zio Bosi\" seal of quality logo",
+                               "Sergio Gridelli <[email protected]> \"The Fox\"® &amp; \"Zio Bosi\"® seal of quality logo",
+                               "Sergio Gridelli <[email protected]> \"Gallo UNSUPPORTED\"® logo",
                                NULL };
 
 GtkApplication *app_application;

src/ui.c

@@ -1086,6 +1086,8 @@ ui_init (void)
     ui_view  = 0;
     ui_mouseOver = -1;
 
+    g_print ("resource path is %s\n", APP_RESOURCE);
+
     /* CSS */
     GtkCssProvider* cssProvider = gtk_css_provider_new ();
     GdkDisplay* display = gdk_display_get_default ();