diff -Naur bluefish-1.0/configure.ac bluefish-1.0.new/configure.ac
--- bluefish-1.0/configure.ac	2005-01-12 23:39:19 +0300
+++ bluefish-1.0.new/configure.ac	2005-01-25 16:53:37 +0300
@@ -389,23 +389,7 @@
 if test "${FDMENU}" != "no" ; then
 	if test "${FDMENU}" = "yes" ; then
 		echo -n "checking freedesktop.org menu directory... "
-		if test -d /usr/share/applications ; then
 			FDMENU=/usr/share/applications
-		else
-			if test -d ${prefix}/share/applications ; then
-				FDMENU=${prefix}/share/applications
-			else
-				if test -d /usr/X11R6/share/gnome/applications ; then
-					FDMENU=/usr/X11R6/share/gnome/applications
-				else
-					if test -d ${prefix}/share/gnome/applications ; then
-						FDMENU=${prefix}/share/gnome/applications
-					else
-						FDMENU=no
-					fi
-				fi
-			fi
-		fi
 		echo $FDMENU
 	fi
 	if test "${FDMENU}" != "no" ; then
@@ -428,23 +412,7 @@
 if test "${FDMIME}" != "no" ; then
 	if test "${FDMIME}" = "yes" ; then
 		echo -n "checking freedesktop.org mime directory... "
-		if test -d /usr/share/mime ; then
 			FDMIME=/usr/share/mime
-		else
-			if test -d ${prefix}/share/mime ; then
-				FDMIME=${prefix}/share/mime
-			else
-				if test -d /usr/X11R6/share/gnome/mime ; then
-					FDMIME=/usr/X11R6/share/gnome/mime
-				else
-					if test -d ${prefix}/share/gnome/mime ; then
-						FDMIME=${prefix}/share/gnome/mime
-					else
-						FDMIME=no
-					fi
-				fi
-			fi
-		fi
 		echo ${FDMIME}
 	fi
 	if test "${FDMIME}" != "no" ; then
@@ -467,24 +435,7 @@
 if test "${GMIMEINFO}" != "no" ; then
 	if test "${GMIMEINFO}" = "yes" ; then
 		echo -n "checking gnome 2.4 mime-info directory... "
-		if test -d /usr/share/mime-info ; then
 			GMIMEINFO=/usr/share/mime-info
-		else
-			if test -d ${prefix}/share/mime-info ; then
-				GMIMEINFO=${prefix}/share/mime-info
-			else
-				# FreeBSD defaults to:
-				if test -d /usr/X11R6/share/gnome/mime-info ; then
-					GMIMEINFO=/usr/X11R6/share/gnome/mime-info
-				else
-					if test -d ${prefix}/share/gnome/mime-info ; then
-						GMIMEINFO=${prefix}/share/gnome/mime-info
-					else
-						GMIMEINFO=no
-					fi
-				fi
-			fi
-		fi
 		echo $GMIMEINFO
 	fi
 	if test "${GMIMEINFO}" != "no" ; then
@@ -502,24 +453,7 @@
 if test "${GAPPREG}" != "no" ; then
 	if test "${GAPPREG}" = "yes" ; then
 		echo -n "checking gnome 2.4 application-registry directory... "
-		if test -d /usr/share/application-registry ; then
 			GAPPREG=/usr/share/application-registry
-		else
-			if test -d ${prefix}/share/application-registry ; then
-				GAPPREG=${prefix}/share/application-registry
-			else
-				# FreeBSD defaults to:
-				if test -d /usr/X11R6/share/gnome/application-registry ; then
-					GAPPREG=/usr/X11R6/share/gnome/application-registry
-				else
-					if test -d ${prefix}/share/gnome/application-registry ; then
-						GAPPREG=${prefix}/share/gnome/application-registry
-					else
-						GAPPREG=no
-					fi
-				fi
-			fi
-		fi
 		echo $GAPPREG
 	fi
 	if test "${GAPPREG}" != "no" ; then 
@@ -539,26 +473,7 @@
 	if test "x${ICONPATH}" = "xyes" ; then
 		echo -n "checking icon path... "
 		# the default answer is yes, so this is for users that did not use theicon-path option at all
-		if test -d /usr/share/pixmaps ; then
 			ICONPATH=/usr/share/pixmaps
-		else
-			if test -d ${prefix}/share/pixmaps ; then
-				ICONPATH=${prefix}/share/pixmaps
-			else
-				# FreeBSD defaults to:
-				if test -d /usr/X11R6/share/gnome/pixmaps ; then
-					ICONPATH=/usr/X11R6/share/gnome/pixmaps
-				else
-					if test -d ${prefix}/share/gnome/pixmaps ; then
-						ICONPATH=${prefix}/share/gnome/pixmaps
-					else
-						# the user did not specify an icon-path, and the default path seems to be wrong for this system
-						# we will not install an icon
-						ICONPATH=no
-					fi
-				fi
-			fi
-		fi
 		echo $ICONPATH
 	fi	
 	if test "${ICONPATH}" != "no" ; then