Index: phalanx-XXIII/makefile
===================================================================
--- phalanx-XXIII.orig/makefile
+++ phalanx-XXIII/makefile
@@ -15,10 +15,8 @@ CFLAGS = -O0 -Wall -fomit-frame-pointer
 ### -DSHOW_FORCED_MOVES
 ### -DPBOOK_FILE=\"pbook.phalanx\"
 ### -DSBOOK_FILE=\"sbook.phalanx\"
-### -DLEARN_FILE=\"learn.phalanx\"
 ### -DPBOOK_DIR=\"/usr/local/lib\"
 ### -DSBOOK_DIR=\"/usr/local/lib\"
-### -DLEARN_DIR=\"/var/local/lib\"
 ### -DQCAPSONLY
 
 DEFINES = -DGNUFUN 
Index: phalanx-XXIII/phalanx.c
===================================================================
--- phalanx-XXIII.orig/phalanx.c
+++ phalanx-XXIII/phalanx.c
@@ -325,8 +325,17 @@ EcoDir = get_book_file(EcoDir,ENV_ECO,EC
 Eco = fopen(EcoDir,"rb");
 if( Flag.learn )
 {
+	char learn_dir[128];
+	struct stat st;
+
+	sprintf(learn_dir, "%s/.phalanx", getenv("HOME"));
+
+	if(stat(learn_dir, &st) || !S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+		mkdir(learn_dir, 0755);
+	}
+	
 	LbookDir
-	= get_book_file(LbookDir,ENV_LEARN,LEARN_DIR,LEARN_FILE,R_OK|W_OK);
+	= get_book_file(LbookDir,ENV_LEARN,learn_dir,LEARN_FILE,R_OK|W_OK);
 	Learn.f = fopen(LbookDir,"r+");
 	if( Learn.f == NULL )
 	{
@@ -334,7 +343,7 @@ if( Flag.learn )
 		int b[LFSZ];
 		char filename[256];
 		memset( b, 0, LFSZ*sizeof(int) );
-  		sprintf(filename,"./%s",LEARN_FILE);
+  		sprintf(filename,"%s/%s", learn_dir, LEARN_FILE);
 		free( LbookDir );
 		LbookDir = strdup( filename );
 		Learn.f = fopen(LbookDir,"w+");
Index: phalanx-XXIII/phalanx.h
===================================================================
--- phalanx-XXIII.orig/phalanx.h
+++ phalanx-XXIII/phalanx.h
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ tdist;
 #define PBOOK_FILE "pbook.phalanx"
 #endif
 #ifndef PBOOK_DIR
-#define PBOOK_DIR "/usr/local/lib/phalanx"
+#define PBOOK_DIR "/usr/share/phalanx"
 #endif
 
 /* secondary (binary, large, generated from pgn) book */
@@ -194,22 +194,19 @@ tdist;
 #define SBOOK_FILE "sbook.phalanx"
 #endif
 #ifndef SBOOK_DIR
-#define SBOOK_DIR "/usr/local/lib/phalanx"
+#define SBOOK_DIR "/usr/share/phalanx"
 #endif
 
 #ifndef ECO_FILE
 #define ECO_FILE "eco.phalanx"
 #endif
 #ifndef ECO_DIR
-#define ECO_DIR "/usr/local/lib/phalanx"
+#define ECO_DIR "/usr/share/phalanx"
 #endif
 
 #ifndef LEARN_FILE
 #define LEARN_FILE "learn.phalanx"
 #endif
-#ifndef LEARN_DIR
-#define LEARN_DIR "/var/local/lib/phalanx"
-#endif
 
 #define ENV_PBOOK "PHALANXPBOOKDIR"
 #define ENV_SBOOK "PHALANXSBOOKDIR"
Index: phalanx-XXIII/xphalanx
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ phalanx-XXIII/xphalanx
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+#
+# Run xboard with phalanx as chess program.
+#
+# Copyright (c) 1999, 2000 SuSE GmbH Nuernberg, Germany.  All rights reserved.
+#
+# Author: Steffen Winterfeldt <wfeldt@suse.de>
+#
+# Fixed for Phalanx: Pavel Janik ml. <Pavel.Janik@suse.cz>
+
+[ "$DISPLAY" ] || {
+  echo >&2 "This is not a text mode application!"
+  exit 63
+}
+
+emsg="You\'ll have to install package \'xboard\' first to run xphalanx."
+
+which xboard >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
+  if tty -s ; then
+    sh -c "echo >&2 $emsg"
+  else
+    xterm +sb -T "xphalanx error" -bg white -fg red -e sh -c "echo $emsg ; read"
+  fi
+  exit 42
+}
+
+exec xboard -fcp phalanx -scp phalanx "$@"