// KDE stores the icon info in its .kdelnk files. The file for mimetype/subtype
// may be found in either of the following locations
//
-// 1. /usr/share/mimelnk/mimetype/subtype.kdelnk
+// 1. $KDEDIR/share/mimelnk/mimetype/subtype.kdelnk
// 2. ~/.kde/share/mimelnk/mimetype/subtype.kdelnk
//
// The format of a .kdelnk file is almost the same as the one used by
void wxKDEIconHandler::Init()
{
wxArrayString dirs;
- dirs.Add(_T("/usr/share"));
-
- wxString kdedir;
- wxGetHomeDir( &kdedir );
- kdedir += _T("/.kde/share");
- dirs.Add( kdedir );
+
+ // the variable KDEDIR is set when KDE is running
+ const char *kdedir = getenv("KDEDIR");
+ if ( kdedir )
+ {
+ dirs.Add(wxString(kdedir) + _T("/share"));
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ // try to guess KDEDIR
+ dirs.Add(_T("/usr/share"));
+ dirs.Add(_T("/opt/kde/share"));
+ }
+
+ dirs.Add(wxGetHomeDir() + _T("/.kde/share"));
size_t nDirs = dirs.GetCount();
for ( size_t nDir = 0; nDir < nDirs; nDir++ )