?: how to set default path to search for icons?

[Ham Nguyen <ham nguyen sanera net>]

Hi,

	Am running Mandrake 7.2 for x86 together with the
	latest HelixCode RPMs, and SawMill wm.

	In my drop-down menus from the bar at screen top,
	many entries have no icon displayed. I looked at
	the corresponding *.desktop files in /usr/share/
	gnome/apps/, and noticed that the Icon= line in
	each file refers to an icon file without path.
	And if that icon file resides in /usr/share/pixmaps/,
	it's displayed; else blank.

	To fix, I had to add full path to each Icon= line
	in each *.desktop.

	That's tedious!  So, is there a better way?

	In other words, is there a way I can specify
	an "icon search path"?  An environment var
	or something?

	Please reply directly since I'm not on gnome-list

	thanks
	ha`m