I've created several customized Gtk+ themes, more or less following this. They are all created under ~/.themes/ folder, and they are all working fine.
However, my question is, how come the system know which one of the themes under ~/.themes/ is the current one that I'm using? I want to backup that file to save my configuration. I know it is not ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini. So what is it?
Answer
Your current theme is not stored in a configuration file per se. It is a setting managed with dconf, which you can learn more about at GNOME's documentation page on the subject.
The exact setting is /org/gnome/desktop/interface/gtk-theme for GNOME and Unity and /org/mate/desktop/interface/gtk-theme for MATE. You can use dconf-editor to look at settings like these. It will show you the current value and the system default value.
You can also use the dconf command-line tool. dconf read /org/gnome/desktop/interface/gtk-theme will show you the current value.
System themes are stored in /usr/share/themes/. This is the system-wide equivalent of your ~/.themes/ directory. The directory matching the name of the value of your dconf setting is your current gtk theme.
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