- Electron version: 0.37.7
- Operating system: Linux

I would like to be able to disable the gpu in my application code, not by having to pass an argument to electron.

I tried using both of these and neither work.

``` javascript
app.commandLine.appendSwitch("disable-gpu")
app.commandLine.appendArgument("disable-gpu")
```

Is there any other way to disable-gpu instead of passing this argument directly as `electron ./my-project --disable-gpu` ?

atom/browser/api/atom_api_app.cc
bool succeed = false;
  base::FilePath path;
  int key = GetPathConstant(name);
  if (key >= 0)
    succeed = PathService::Get(key, &path);
  if (!succeed)
    args->ThrowError("Failed to get path");
  return path;
}
void App::SetPath(mate::Arguments* args,
                  const std::string& name,
                  const base::FilePath& path) {
  if (!path.IsAbsolute()) {
    args->ThrowError("path must be absolute");
    return;
  }
  bool succeed = false;
  int key = GetPathConstant(name);
  if (key >= 0)
    succeed = PathService::OverrideAndCreateIfNeeded(key, path, true, false);
  if (!succeed)
    args->ThrowError("Failed to set path");
}
void App::SetDesktopName(const std::string& desktop_name) {
#if defined(OS_LINUX)
  std::unique_ptr<base::Environment> env(base::Environment::Create());
  env->SetVar("CHROME_DESKTOP", desktop_name);
#endif
}
std::string App::GetLocale() {