+ // allow to override the location of the data directory by setting
+ // WX_APPNAME_DATA_DIR environment variable: this is very useful in
+ // practice for running well-written (and so using wxStandardPaths to find
+ // their files) wx applications without installing them
+ static const wxString
+ envOverride(
+ getenv(
+ ("WX_" + wxTheApp->GetAppName().Upper() + "_DATA_DIR").c_str()
+ )
+ );
+
+ if ( !envOverride.empty() )
+ return envOverride;
+
+ return AppendAppInfo(GetInstallPrefix() + wxT("/share"));