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diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/mimetype.tex b/docs/latex/wx/mimetype.tex
index 94c7191bb7..a2c2ddf775 100644
--- a/docs/latex/wx/mimetype.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/mimetype.tex
@@ -15,13 +15,28 @@ initialization is needed.
 (system-wide) and .mailcap and .mime.types in the current user's home directory:
 all of these files are searched for and loaded if found by default. However,
 additional functions 
-\helpref{wxMimeTypesManager::ReadMailcap}{wxmimetypesmanagerreadmailcap} and
+\helpref{wxMimeTypesManager::ReadMailcap}{wxmimetypesmanagerreadmailcap} and 
 \helpref{wxMimeTypesManager::ReadMimeTypes}{wxmimetypesmanagerreadmimetypes} are
 provided to load additional files.
 
+If GNOME or KDE desktop environment is installed, then wxMimeTypesManager 
+gathers MIME information from respective files (e.g. .kdelnk files under KDE).
+
 NB: Currently, wxMimeTypesManager is limited to reading MIME type information
 but it will support modifying it as well in the future versions.
 
+\wxheading{Global objects}
+
+Global instance of wxMimeTypesManager is always available. It is defined
+as follows:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+wxMimeTypesManager *wxTheMimeTypesManager;
+\end{verbatim}
+
+It is recommended to use this instance instead of creating your own because
+gathering MIME information may take quite a long on Unix systems.
+
 \wxheading{Derived from}
 
 No base class.
@@ -70,7 +85,8 @@ default ones which are loaded automatically) containing MIME
 information in either mailcap(5) or mime.types(5) format.
 
 \helpref{ReadMailcap}{wxmimetypesmanagerreadmailcap}\\
-\helpref{ReadMimeTypes}{wxmimetypesmanagerreadmimetypes}
+\helpref{ReadMimeTypes}{wxmimetypesmanagerreadmimetypes}\\
+\helpref{AddFallbacks}{wxmimetypesmanageraddfallbacks}
 
 %%%%% MEMBERS HERE %%%%%
 \helponly{\insertatlevel{2}{
@@ -93,6 +109,17 @@ additional mailcap/mime.types files.
 
 Destructor is not virtual, so this class should not be derived from.
 
+\membersection{wxMimeTypesManager::AddFallbacks}\label{wxmimetypesmanageraddfallbacks}
+
+\func{void}{AddFallbacks}{\param{const wxFileTypeInfo *}{fallbacks}}
+
+This function may be used to provide hard-wired fallbacks for the MIME types
+and extensions that might not be present in the system MIME database.
+
+% TODO
+
+Please see the typetest sample for an example of using it.
+
 \membersection{wxMimeTypesManager::GetFileTypeFromExtension}\label{wxmimetypesmanagergetfiletypefromextension}
 
 \func{wxFileType*}{GetFileTypeFromExtension}{\param{const wxString\&}{ extension}}
@@ -113,27 +140,39 @@ is unknown.
 
 \func{bool}{IsOfType}{\param{const wxString\&}{ mimeType}, \param{const wxString\&}{ wildcard}}
 
-This function returns TRUE if either the given {\it mimeType} is exactly the
+This function returns true if either the given {\it mimeType} is exactly the
 same as {\it wildcard} or if it has the same category and the subtype of
 {\it wildcard} is '*'. Note that the '*' wildcard is not allowed in
 {\it mimeType} itself.
 
-The comparaison don by this function is case insensitive so it is not
+The comparison don by this function is case insensitive so it is not
 necessary to convert the strings to the same case before calling it.
 
 \membersection{wxMimeTypesManager::ReadMailcap}\label{wxmimetypesmanagerreadmailcap}
 
-\func{void}{ReadMailcap}{\param{const wxString\&}{ filename}}
+\func{bool}{ReadMailcap}{\param{const wxString\&}{ filename}, \param{bool}{ fallback = false}}
 
 Load additional file containing information about MIME types and associated
 information in mailcap format. See metamail(1) and mailcap(5) for more
 information.
 
+{\it fallback} parameter may be used to load additional mailcap files without
+overriding the settings found in the standard files: normally, entries from
+files loaded with ReadMailcap will override the entries from files loaded
+previously (and the standard ones are loaded in the very beginning), but this
+will not happen if this parameter is set to true (default is false).
+
+The return value is true if there were no errors in the file or false
+otherwise.
+
 \membersection{wxMimeTypesManager::ReadMimeTypes}\label{wxmimetypesmanagerreadmimetypes}
 
-\func{void}{ReadMimeTypes}{\param{const wxString\&}{ filename}}
+\func{bool}{ReadMimeTypes}{\param{const wxString\&}{ filename}}
 
 Load additional file containing information about MIME types and associated
 information in mime.types file format. See metamail(1) and mailcap(5) for more
 information.
 
+The return value is true if there were no errors in the file or false
+otherwise.
+