@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ obt/mainloop.h \
 	obt/mainloop.c \
 	obt/parse.h \
 	obt/parse.c \
+	obt/paths.h \
+	obt/paths.c \
 	obt/prop.h \
 	obt/prop.c \
 	obt/util.h
@@ -386,6 +388,8 @@ obt/mainloop.h \
 	obt/mainloop.c \
 	obt/parse.h \
 	obt/parse.c \
+	obt/paths.h \
+	obt/paths.c \
 	obt/prop.h \
 	obt/prop.c \
 	obt/util.h

@@ -17,14 +17,12 @@ See the COPYING file for a copy of the GNU General Public License.
 */
 
 #include "obt/parse.h"
+#include "obt/paths.h"
 
 #include <glib.h>
 
-#ifdef HAVE_STRING_H
-#  include <string.h>
-#endif
-#ifdef HAVE_ERRNO_H
-#  include <errno.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_STDLIB_H
+#  include <stdlib.h>
 #endif
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_STAT_H
 #  include <sys/stat.h>
@@ -35,12 +33,6 @@ #endif
 #ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
 #  include <unistd.h>
 #endif
-
-static gboolean xdg_start;
-static gchar   *xdg_config_home_path;
-static gchar   *xdg_data_home_path;
-static GSList  *xdg_config_dir_paths;
-static GSList  *xdg_data_dir_paths;
 
 struct Callback {
     gchar *tag;
@@ -50,6 +42,7 @@ };
 
 struct _ObtParseInst {
     gint ref;
+    ObtPaths *xdg_paths;
     GHashTable *callbacks;
     xmlDocPtr doc;
     xmlNodePtr root;
@@ -66,6 +59,7 @@ ObtParseInst* obt_parse_instance_new(void)
 {
     ObtParseInst *i = g_new(ObtParseInst, 1);
     i->ref = 1;
+    i->xdg_paths = obt_paths_new();
     i->callbacks = g_hash_table_new_full(g_str_hash, g_str_equal, NULL,
                                          (GDestroyNotify)destfunc);
     i->doc = NULL;
@@ -82,6 +76,7 @@ 
 void obt_parse_instance_unref(ObtParseInst *i)
 {
     if (i && --i->ref == 0) {
+        obt_paths_unref(i->xdg_paths);
         g_hash_table_destroy(i->callbacks);
         g_free(i);
     }
@@ -195,7 +190,7 @@ {
     GSList *it, *paths = NULL;
     gboolean r;
 
-    for (it = xdg_config_dir_paths; it; it = g_slist_next(it))
+    for (it = obt_paths_config_dirs(i->xdg_paths); it; it = g_slist_next(it))
         paths = g_slist_append(paths, g_strdup(it->data));
 
     r = load_file(i, domain, filename, root_node, paths);
@@ -215,7 +210,7 @@ {
     GSList *it, *paths = NULL;
     gboolean r;
 
-    for (it = xdg_data_dir_paths; it; it = g_slist_next(it))
+    for (it = obt_paths_data_dirs(i->xdg_paths); it; it = g_slist_next(it))
         paths = g_slist_append(paths, g_strdup(it->data));
 
     r = load_file(i, domain, filename, root_node, paths);
@@ -240,7 +235,7 @@ /* use ~/.themes for backwards compatibility */
     paths = g_slist_append
         (paths, g_build_filename(g_get_home_dir(), ".themes", theme, NULL));
 
-    for (it = xdg_data_dir_paths; it; it = g_slist_next(it))
+    for (it = obt_paths_data_dirs(i->xdg_paths); it; it = g_slist_next(it))
         paths = g_slist_append
             (paths, g_build_filename(it->data, "themes", theme, NULL));
 
@@ -416,197 +411,3 @@ r = !xmlStrcasecmp(c, (const xmlChar*) val);
     xmlFree(c);
     return r;
 }
-
-static gint slist_path_cmp(const gchar *a, const gchar *b)
-{
-    return strcmp(a, b);
-}
-
-typedef GSList* (*GSListFunc) (gpointer list, gconstpointer data);
-
-static GSList* slist_path_add(GSList *list, gpointer data, GSListFunc func)
-{
-    g_assert(func);
-
-    if (!data)
-        return list;
-
-    if (!g_slist_find_custom(list, data, (GCompareFunc) slist_path_cmp))
-        list = func(list, data);
-    else
-        g_free(data);
-
-    return list;
-}
-
-static GSList* split_paths(const gchar *paths)
-{
-    GSList *list = NULL;
-    gchar **spl, **it;
-
-    if (!paths)
-        return NULL;
-    spl = g_strsplit(paths, ":", -1);
-    for (it = spl; *it; ++it)
-        list = slist_path_add(list, *it, (GSListFunc) g_slist_append);
-    g_free(spl);
-    return list;
-}
-
-void parse_paths_startup(void)
-{
-    const gchar *path;
-
-    if (xdg_start)
-        return;
-    xdg_start = TRUE;
-
-    path = g_getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME");
-    if (path && path[0] != '\0') /* not unset or empty */
-        xdg_config_home_path = g_build_filename(path, NULL);
-    else
-        xdg_config_home_path = g_build_filename(g_get_home_dir(), ".config",
-                                                NULL);
-
-    path = g_getenv("XDG_DATA_HOME");
-    if (path && path[0] != '\0') /* not unset or empty */
-        xdg_data_home_path = g_build_filename(path, NULL);
-    else
-        xdg_data_home_path = g_build_filename(g_get_home_dir(), ".local",
-                                              "share", NULL);
-
-    path = g_getenv("XDG_CONFIG_DIRS");
-    if (path && path[0] != '\0') /* not unset or empty */
-        xdg_config_dir_paths = split_paths(path);
-    else {
-        xdg_config_dir_paths = slist_path_add(xdg_config_dir_paths,
-                                              g_strdup(CONFIGDIR),
-                                              (GSListFunc) g_slist_append);
-        xdg_config_dir_paths = slist_path_add(xdg_config_dir_paths,
-                                              g_build_filename
-                                              (G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S,
-                                               "etc", "xdg", NULL),
-                                              (GSListFunc) g_slist_append);
-    }
-    xdg_config_dir_paths = slist_path_add(xdg_config_dir_paths,
-                                          g_strdup(xdg_config_home_path),
-                                          (GSListFunc) g_slist_prepend);
-
-    path = g_getenv("XDG_DATA_DIRS");
-    if (path && path[0] != '\0') /* not unset or empty */
-        xdg_data_dir_paths = split_paths(path);
-    else {
-        xdg_data_dir_paths = slist_path_add(xdg_data_dir_paths,
-                                            g_strdup(DATADIR),
-                                            (GSListFunc) g_slist_append);
-        xdg_data_dir_paths = slist_path_add(xdg_data_dir_paths,
-                                            g_build_filename
-                                            (G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S,
-                                             "usr", "local", "share", NULL),
-                                            (GSListFunc) g_slist_append);
-        xdg_data_dir_paths = slist_path_add(xdg_data_dir_paths,
-                                            g_build_filename
-                                            (G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S,
-                                             "usr", "share", NULL),
-                                            (GSListFunc) g_slist_append);
-    }
-    xdg_data_dir_paths = slist_path_add(xdg_data_dir_paths,
-                                        g_strdup(xdg_data_home_path),
-                                        (GSListFunc) g_slist_prepend);
-}
-
-void parse_paths_shutdown(void)
-{
-    GSList *it;
-
-    if (!xdg_start)
-        return;
-    xdg_start = FALSE;
-
-    for (it = xdg_config_dir_paths; it; it = g_slist_next(it))
-        g_free(it->data);
-    g_slist_free(xdg_config_dir_paths);
-    xdg_config_dir_paths = NULL;
-    for (it = xdg_data_dir_paths; it; it = g_slist_next(it))
-        g_free(it->data);
-    g_slist_free(xdg_data_dir_paths);
-    xdg_data_dir_paths = NULL;
-    g_free(xdg_config_home_path);
-    xdg_config_home_path = NULL;
-    g_free(xdg_data_home_path);
-    xdg_data_home_path = NULL;
-}
-
-gchar *parse_expand_tilde(const gchar *f)
-{
-    gchar **spl;
-    gchar *ret;
-
-    if (!f)
-        return NULL;
-    spl = g_strsplit(f, "~", 0);
-    ret = g_strjoinv(g_get_home_dir(), spl);
-    g_strfreev(spl);
-    return ret;
-}
-
-gboolean parse_mkdir(const gchar *path, gint mode)
-{
-    gboolean ret = TRUE;
-
-    g_return_val_if_fail(path != NULL, FALSE);
-    g_return_val_if_fail(path[0] != '\0', FALSE);
-
-    if (!g_file_test(path, G_FILE_TEST_IS_DIR))
-        if (mkdir(path, mode) == -1)
-            ret = FALSE;
-
-    return ret;
-}
-
-gboolean parse_mkdir_path(const gchar *path, gint mode)
-{
-    gboolean ret = TRUE;
-
-    g_return_val_if_fail(path != NULL, FALSE);
-    g_return_val_if_fail(path[0] == '/', FALSE);
-
-    if (!g_file_test(path, G_FILE_TEST_IS_DIR)) {
-        gchar *c, *e;
-
-        c = g_strdup(path);
-        e = c;
-        while ((e = strchr(e + 1, '/'))) {
-            *e = '\0';
-            if (!(ret = parse_mkdir(c, mode)))
-                goto parse_mkdir_path_end;
-            *e = '/';
-        }
-        ret = parse_mkdir(c, mode);
-
-    parse_mkdir_path_end:
-        g_free(c);
-    }
-
-    return ret;
-}
-
-const gchar* parse_xdg_config_home_path(void)
-{
-    return xdg_config_home_path;
-}
-
-const gchar* parse_xdg_data_home_path(void)
-{
-    return xdg_data_home_path;
-}
-
-GSList* parse_xdg_config_dir_paths(void)
-{
-    return xdg_config_dir_paths;
-}
-
-GSList* parse_xdg_data_dir_paths(void)
-{
-    return xdg_data_dir_paths;
-}

@@ -82,24 +82,6 @@ gint *value);
 gboolean obt_parse_attr_bool     (xmlNodePtr node, const gchar *name,
                                   gboolean *value);
 
-/* paths */
-
-void parse_paths_startup();
-void parse_paths_shutdown();
-
-const gchar* parse_xdg_config_home_path();
-const gchar* parse_xdg_data_home_path();
-GSList* parse_xdg_config_dir_paths();
-GSList* parse_xdg_data_dir_paths();
-
-/*! Expands the ~ character to the home directory throughout the given
-  string */
-gchar *parse_expand_tilde(const gchar *f);
-/*! Makes a directory */
-gboolean parse_mkdir(const gchar *path, gint mode);
-/*! Makes a directory and all its parents */
-gboolean parse_mkdir_path(const gchar *path, gint mode);
-
 G_END_DECLS
 
 #endif

@@ -0,0 +1,234 @@ 
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; tab-width: 4; c-basic-offset: 4; -*-
+
+   obt/paths.c for the Openbox window manager
+   Copyright (c) 2003-2007   Dana Jansens
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   See the COPYING file for a copy of the GNU General Public License.
+*/
+
+#include "obt/paths.h"
+#include "obt/util.h"
+
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_STAT_H
+#  include <sys/stat.h>
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
+#  include <sys/types.h>
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_STRING_H
+#  include <string.h>
+#endif
+
+struct _ObtPaths
+{
+    gint   ref;
+    gchar  *config_home;
+    gchar  *data_home;
+    GSList *config_dirs;
+    GSList *data_dirs;
+};
+
+static gint slist_path_cmp(const gchar *a, const gchar *b)
+{
+    return strcmp(a, b);
+}
+
+typedef GSList* (*GSListFunc) (gpointer list, gconstpointer data);
+
+static GSList* slist_path_add(GSList *list, gpointer data, GSListFunc func)
+{
+    g_assert(func);
+
+    if (!data)
+        return list;
+
+    if (!g_slist_find_custom(list, data, (GCompareFunc) slist_path_cmp))
+        list = func(list, data);
+    else
+        g_free(data);
+
+    return list;
+}
+
+static GSList* split_paths(const gchar *paths)
+{
+    GSList *list = NULL;
+    gchar **spl, **it;
+
+    if (!paths)
+        return NULL;
+    spl = g_strsplit(paths, ":", -1);
+    for (it = spl; *it; ++it)
+        list = slist_path_add(list, *it, (GSListFunc) g_slist_append);
+    g_free(spl);
+    return list;
+}
+
+ObtPaths* obt_paths_new(void)
+{
+    ObtPaths *p;
+    const gchar *path;
+
+    p = g_new(ObtPaths, 1);
+    p->ref = 1;
+
+    path = g_getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME");
+    if (path && path[0] != '\0') /* not unset or empty */
+        p->config_home = g_build_filename(path, NULL);
+    else
+        p->config_home = g_build_filename(g_get_home_dir(), ".config", NULL);
+
+    path = g_getenv("XDG_DATA_HOME");
+    if (path && path[0] != '\0') /* not unset or empty */
+        p->data_home = g_build_filename(path, NULL);
+    else
+        p->data_home = g_build_filename(g_get_home_dir(), ".local",
+                                        "share", NULL);
+
+    path = g_getenv("XDG_CONFIG_DIRS");
+    if (path && path[0] != '\0') /* not unset or empty */
+        p->config_dirs = split_paths(path);
+    else {
+        p->config_dirs = slist_path_add(p->config_dirs,
+                                        g_strdup(CONFIGDIR),
+                                        (GSListFunc) g_slist_append);
+        p->config_dirs = slist_path_add(p->config_dirs,
+                                        g_build_filename
+                                        (G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S,
+                                         "etc", "xdg", NULL),
+                                        (GSListFunc) g_slist_append);
+    }
+    p->config_dirs = slist_path_add(p->config_dirs,
+                                    g_strdup(p->config_home),
+                                    (GSListFunc) g_slist_prepend);
+
+    path = g_getenv("XDG_DATA_DIRS");
+    if (path && path[0] != '\0') /* not unset or empty */
+        p->data_dirs = split_paths(path);
+    else {
+        p->data_dirs = slist_path_add(p->data_dirs,
+                                      g_strdup(DATADIR),
+                                      (GSListFunc) g_slist_append);
+        p->data_dirs = slist_path_add(p->data_dirs,
+                                      g_build_filename
+                                      (G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S,
+                                       "usr", "local", "share", NULL),
+                                      (GSListFunc) g_slist_append);
+        p->data_dirs = slist_path_add(p->data_dirs,
+                                      g_build_filename
+                                      (G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S,
+                                       "usr", "share", NULL),
+                                      (GSListFunc) g_slist_append);
+    }
+    p->data_dirs = slist_path_add(p->data_dirs,
+                                  g_strdup(p->data_home),
+                                  (GSListFunc) g_slist_prepend);
+    return p;
+}
+
+void obt_paths_ref(ObtPaths *p)
+{
+    ++p->ref;
+}
+
+void obt_paths_unref(ObtPaths *p)
+{
+    if (p && --p->ref == 0) {
+        GSList *it;
+
+        for (it = p->config_dirs; it; it = g_slist_next(it))
+            g_free(it->data);
+        g_slist_free(p->config_dirs);
+        for (it = p->data_dirs; it; it = g_slist_next(it))
+            g_free(it->data);
+        g_slist_free(p->data_dirs);
+        g_free(p->config_home);
+        g_free(p->data_home);
+
+        obt_free0(p, ObtPaths, 1);
+    }
+}
+
+gchar *obt_paths_expand_tilde(const gchar *f)
+{
+    gchar **spl;
+    gchar *ret;
+
+    if (!f)
+        return NULL;
+    spl = g_strsplit(f, "~", 0);
+    ret = g_strjoinv(g_get_home_dir(), spl);
+    g_strfreev(spl);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+gboolean obt_paths_mkdir(const gchar *path, gint mode)
+{
+    gboolean ret = TRUE;
+
+    g_return_val_if_fail(path != NULL, FALSE);
+    g_return_val_if_fail(path[0] != '\0', FALSE);
+
+    if (!g_file_test(path, G_FILE_TEST_IS_DIR))
+        if (mkdir(path, mode) == -1)
+            ret = FALSE;
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+gboolean obt_paths_mkdir_path(const gchar *path, gint mode)
+{
+    gboolean ret = TRUE;
+
+    g_return_val_if_fail(path != NULL, FALSE);
+    g_return_val_if_fail(path[0] == '/', FALSE);
+
+    if (!g_file_test(path, G_FILE_TEST_IS_DIR)) {
+        gchar *c, *e;
+
+        c = g_strdup(path);
+        e = c;
+        while ((e = strchr(e + 1, '/'))) {
+            *e = '\0';
+            if (!(ret = obt_paths_mkdir(c, mode)))
+                goto parse_mkdir_path_end;
+            *e = '/';
+        }
+        ret = obt_paths_mkdir(c, mode);
+
+    parse_mkdir_path_end:
+        g_free(c);
+    }
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+const gchar* obt_paths_config_home(ObtPaths *p)
+{
+    return p->config_home;
+}
+
+const gchar* obt_paths_data_home(ObtPaths *p)
+{
+    return p->data_home;
+}
+
+GSList* obt_paths_config_dirs(ObtPaths *p)
+{
+    return p->config_dirs;
+}
+
+GSList* obt_paths_data_dirs(ObtPaths *p)
+{
+    return p->data_dirs;
+}

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ 
+/* -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil; tab-width: 4; c-basic-offset: 4; -*-
+
+   obt/paths.h for the Openbox window manager
+   Copyright (c) 2003-2007   Dana Jansens
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   See the COPYING file for a copy of the GNU General Public License.
+*/
+
+#ifndef __obt_paths_h
+#define __obt_paths_h
+
+#include <glib.h>
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+typedef struct _ObtPaths ObtPaths;
+
+ObtPaths* obt_paths_new();
+void obt_paths_ref(ObtPaths *p);
+void obt_paths_unref(ObtPaths *p);
+
+const gchar* obt_paths_config_home(ObtPaths *p);
+const gchar* obt_paths_data_home(ObtPaths *p);
+GSList* obt_paths_config_dirs(ObtPaths *p);
+GSList* obt_paths_data_dirs(ObtPaths *p);
+
+gchar *obt_paths_expand_tilde(const gchar *f);
+gboolean obt_paths_mkdir(const gchar *path, gint mode);
+gboolean obt_paths_mkdir_path(const gchar *path, gint mode);
+
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ #include "openbox/actions.h"
 #include "openbox/event.h"
 #include "openbox/startupnotify.h"
 #include "openbox/screen.h"
+#include "obt/paths.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ if ((n = obt_parse_find_node(node, "command")) ||
         (n = obt_parse_find_node(node, "execute")))
     {
         gchar *s = obt_parse_node_string(n);
-        o->cmd = parse_expand_tilde(s);
+        o->cmd = obt_paths_expand_tilde(s);
         g_free(s);
     }
 

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ 
 #include "openbox/actions.h"
 #include "openbox/openbox.h"
+#include "obt/paths.h"
 
 typedef struct {
     gchar   *cmd;
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ if ((n = obt_parse_find_node(node, "command")) ||
         (n = obt_parse_find_node(node, "execute")))
     {
         gchar *s = obt_parse_node_string(n);
-        o->cmd = parse_expand_tilde(s);
+        o->cmd = obt_paths_expand_tilde(s);
         g_free(s);
     }
     return o;

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ #include "client.h"
 #include "screen.h"
 #include "openbox.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
+#include "obt/paths.h"
 
 gboolean config_focus_new;
 gboolean config_focus_follow;
@@ -511,7 +512,7 @@ gchar *c;
 
         g_free(config_theme);
         c = obt_parse_node_string(n);
-        config_theme = parse_expand_tilde(c);
+        config_theme = obt_paths_expand_tilde(c);
         g_free(c);
     }
     if ((n = obt_parse_find_node(node, "titleLayout"))) {
@@ -743,7 +744,7 @@ gchar *c;
 
             c = obt_parse_node_string(node);
             config_menu_files = g_slist_append(config_menu_files,
-                                               parse_expand_tilde(c));
+                                               obt_paths_expand_tilde(c));
             g_free(c);
         }
         if ((n = obt_parse_find_node(node, "hideDelay")))

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ #include "client_list_menu.h"
 #include "client_list_combined_menu.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "obt/parse.h"
+#include "obt/paths.h"
 
 typedef struct _ObMenuParseState ObMenuParseState;
 
@@ -314,7 +315,7 @@ 
         if ((menu = menu_new(name, title, TRUE, NULL))) {
             menu->pipe_creator = state->pipe_creator;
             if (obt_parse_attr_string(node, "execute", &script)) {
-                menu->execute = parse_expand_tilde(script);
+                menu->execute = obt_paths_expand_tilde(script);
             } else {
                 ObMenu *old;
 

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ 
 #include "window.h"
 #include "geom.h"
 #include "render/render.h"
-#include "obt/parse.h"
 
 #include <glib.h>
 

@@ -135,11 +135,8 @@ 
     program_name = g_path_get_basename(argv[0]);
     g_set_prgname(program_name);
 
-    if (!remote_control) {
-        parse_paths_startup();
-
+    if (!remote_control)
         session_startup(argc, argv);
-    }
 
     if (!obt_display_open(NULL))
         ob_exit_with_error(_("Failed to open the display from the DISPLAY environment variable."));
@@ -370,8 +367,6 @@ 
     session_shutdown(being_replaced);
 
     obt_display_close(obt_display);
-
-    parse_paths_shutdown();
 
     if (restart) {
         if (restart_path != NULL) {

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ #include "client.h"
 #include "focus.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "obt/parse.h"
+#include "obt/paths.h"
 
 #include <time.h>
 #include <errno.h>
@@ -90,15 +91,18 @@ 
 void session_startup(gint argc, gchar **argv)
 {
     gchar *dir;
+    ObtPaths *p;
 
     if (!ob_sm_use) return;
 
     sm_argc = argc;
     sm_argv = argv;
 
-    dir = g_build_filename(parse_xdg_data_home_path(),
-                           "openbox", "sessions", NULL);
-    if (!parse_mkdir_path(dir, 0700)) {
+    p = obt_paths_new();
+    dir = g_build_filename(obt_paths_data_home(p), "openbox", "sessions",NULL);
+    obt_paths_unref(p), p = NULL;
+
+    if (!obt_paths_mkdir_path(dir, 0700)) {
         g_message(_("Unable to make directory '%s': %s"),
                   dir, g_strerror(errno));
     }

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ #include "font.h"
 #include "mask.h"
 #include "theme.h"
 #include "icon.h"
-#include "obt/parse.h"
+#include "obt/paths.h"
 
 #include <X11/Xlib.h>
 #include <X11/Xresource.h>
@@ -1559,6 +1559,10 @@ if ((db = XrmGetFileDatabase(s)))
             *path = g_path_get_dirname(s);
         g_free(s);
     } else {
+        ObtPaths *p;
+
+        p = obt_paths_new();
+
         /* XXX backwards compatibility, remove me sometime later */
         s = g_build_filename(g_get_home_dir(), ".themes", name,
                              "openbox-3", "themerc", NULL);
@@ -1566,8 +1570,7 @@ if ((db = XrmGetFileDatabase(s)))
             *path = g_path_get_dirname(s);
         g_free(s);
 
-        for (it = parse_xdg_data_dir_paths(); !db && it;
-             it = g_slist_next(it))
+        for (it = obt_paths_data_dirs(p); !db && it; it = g_slist_next(it))
         {
             s = g_build_filename(it->data, "themes", name,
                                  "openbox-3", "themerc", NULL);
@@ -1575,6 +1578,8 @@ if ((db = XrmGetFileDatabase(s)))
                 *path = g_path_get_dirname(s);
             g_free(s);
         }
+
+        obt_paths_unref(p);
     }
 
     if (db == NULL) {