linuxmint/cinnamon

`~/.themes` automatically created on boot

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Susensio commented

Distribution

Mint 22.0

Package version

6.2.9

Graphics hardware in use

Iris Plus Graphics 655

Frequency

Always

Bug description

I've put my custom themes in ~/.local/share/themes/, because it is the new standard (as far as I know) and I like to keep my $HOME decluttered.
But everytime I reboot ~/.themes/ folder is recreated and all themes are symlinked.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Download any theme into ~/.local/share/themes/ (or copy one from /usr/share/themes/.
  2. Reboot
  3. Now the theme has been moved into ~/.themes and symlinked into ~/.local/share/themes/

Expected behavior

I would expect that everything stays as is

Additional information

No response

mtwebster commented

This is done for backward compatibility with Gtk2 applications - they only check .themes, whereas Gtk3 checks both locations.

Some discussion: #11175

Susensio commented

This is done for backward compatibility with Gtk2 applications - they only check .themes, whereas Gtk3 checks both locations.

Some discussion: #11175

Okey I suspected that something like that was going on.
I see in the discussion a PR that sets where downloaded themes are going. Okey, seems fair.
I cannot find the code, or the discussion, about moving and symlinking already present themes. Could you give me a hint where to look?

I would like to, at least, remove that behavior locally because I think I don't use any GTK2 apps