--- jpicedt-1.4.1.03/jpicedt/jpicedt/MiscUtilities.java	2007-09-02 13:56:00 +0400

+++ jpicedt-1.4.1.03/jpicedt/jpicedt/MiscUtilities.java	2008-08-25 23:22:21 +0400

@@ -432,7 +432,9 @@

 	 * @return the value of the "user.dir" Java property if "lib/jpicedt.jar" or "jpicedt.jar" wasn't found in the command line.

 	 */

 	public static String getJPicEdtHome(){

-		

+		// a natural place for unix systems

+		if ((new File("/usr/share/jpicedt")).isDirectory()) return "/usr/share/jpicedt";

+

 		String classpath = System.getProperty("java.class.path"); // e.g. "/usr/lib/java/jre/lib/rt.jar:/home/me/jpicedt/x.y.z/lib/jpicedt.jar"

 		// File.separator = "/" on Unix, "\\" on Windows,...

 		int index = classpath.toLowerCase().indexOf("lib"+File.separator+"jpicedt.jar");