--- 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");