diff --git a/lib/ChangeLog b/lib/ChangeLog
index 8c61fce784..e19377bf96 100644
--- a/lib/ChangeLog
+++ b/lib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-01-06  Angus Leeming  <leeming@lyx.org>
+
+	* scripts/lyxpreview2bitmap.sh: don't use 'which' to find an executable.
+	Use 'type'.
+
 2003-01-05  John Levon  <levon@movementarian.org>
 
 	* lyx2lyx/lyxconvert_215.py: handle \lyxrcsid, \lyxvcid, \cursor
diff --git a/lib/scripts/lyxpreview2bitmap.sh b/lib/scripts/lyxpreview2bitmap.sh
index 7e203a5c03..7e4ece1f96 100644
--- a/lib/scripts/lyxpreview2bitmap.sh
+++ b/lib/scripts/lyxpreview2bitmap.sh
@@ -54,9 +54,10 @@
 # Three helper functions.
 FIND_IT ()
 {
-	which ${EXECUTABLE} > /dev/null ||
-	{
-		echo "Unable to find \"${EXECUTABLE}\". Please install."
+	test $# -eq 1 || exit 1
+
+	type $1 > /dev/null || {
+		echo "Unable to find \"$1\". Please install."
 		exit 1
 	}
 }
@@ -100,9 +101,9 @@ else
 fi
 
 # We use latex, dvips and gs, so check that they're all there.
-EXECUTABLE=latex; FIND_IT
-EXECUTABLE=dvips; FIND_IT
-EXECUTABLE=gs;    FIND_IT
+FIND_IT latex
+FIND_IT dvips
+FIND_IT gs
 
 # Initialise some variables.
 TEXFILE=${BASE}.tex
@@ -202,7 +203,7 @@ rm -f ${FILES} texput.log
 # The bitmap files can have large amounts of whitespace to the left and
 # right. This can be cropped if so desired.
 CROP=1
-which pnmcrop > /dev/null || CROP=0
+type pnmcrop > /dev/null || CROP=0
 
 # There's no point cropping the image if using PNG images. If you want to
 # crop, use PPM.