diff --git a/lib/ChangeLog b/lib/ChangeLog
index c4dc1d57f7..525fcdf9b0 100644
--- a/lib/ChangeLog
+++ b/lib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2002-09-10  José Matos  <jamatos@fep.up.pt>
+
+	* scripts/*.py: changed all header to
+	#! /usr/bin/env python
+	so that python's path is no longer hardcoded.
+
 2002-09-08  John Levon  <levon@movementarian.org>
 
 	* images/math/: add dots XPMs
diff --git a/lib/scripts/fen2ascii.py b/lib/scripts/fen2ascii.py
index b363e0b1b0..921a4d8bcd 100644
--- a/lib/scripts/fen2ascii.py
+++ b/lib/scripts/fen2ascii.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#! /usr/bin/env python
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2001 The LyX Team.
 #
diff --git a/lib/scripts/fig2pstex.py b/lib/scripts/fig2pstex.py
index 68a113d747..e643290036 100644
--- a/lib/scripts/fig2pstex.py
+++ b/lib/scripts/fig2pstex.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#! /usr/bin/env python
 # This script converts a xfig file into Postscript/LaTeX files
 
 import sys
diff --git a/lib/scripts/general_command_wrapper.py b/lib/scripts/general_command_wrapper.py
index 7ed2397541..6142b9ccfb 100644
--- a/lib/scripts/general_command_wrapper.py
+++ b/lib/scripts/general_command_wrapper.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#! /usr/bin/env python
 # This is a general wrapper script that will allow
 # us to maintain security in the external material
 # insets.
diff --git a/lib/scripts/pic2ascii.py b/lib/scripts/pic2ascii.py
index 16395cac24..b7dd0cc1a8 100644
--- a/lib/scripts/pic2ascii.py
+++ b/lib/scripts/pic2ascii.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#! /usr/bin/env python
 # This script converts a raster format picture into an ascii representation
 # with the suffix .asc
 
diff --git a/lib/scripts/pic2png_eps.py b/lib/scripts/pic2png_eps.py
index 864431bddd..1a11e7fe29 100644
--- a/lib/scripts/pic2png_eps.py
+++ b/lib/scripts/pic2png_eps.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#! /usr/bin/env python
 # This script converts a raster format picture into a PNG and EPS file
 
 import sys