Bug#1050128: gnome-tweaks: Cursor theme is searched in .icons folder instead of .local/share/icons

[Vladimir]

Package: gnome-tweaks
Version: 42~beta-4
Severity: minor
X-Debbugs-Cc: awesome149712 at gmail.com

Dear Maintainer,

So, I'm using gnome DE and I wanted to have custom cursor theme.
Using google all I found is that to install cursor theme (as user) I need to
put it in .local/share/icons folder.
Theme also can be installed in /usr/share/icons, but I find that method less
suitable for me.

After moving cursor theme to .local/share/icons and launching gnome tweaks I
found the theme in Appearance/Themes/Cursor.
Then I selected installed theme and restarted gnome shell (Alt-F2, typed "r").
I found that cursor theme was still default Adwaita, but, as you can imagine, I
expected custom theme to be applied.

After more searching I discovered that .icons folder can be used instead
(https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/14tykuk/cursor_themes_placed_under_localshareicons_does/).
I symlinked .icons to .local/share/icons and it worked, actually.
The fact that cursor theme is recognized when put in .local/share/icons, but
can't be really applied was somewhat confusing.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.1
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-11-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages gnome-tweaks depends on:
ii  dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend]  0.40.0-4
ii  gir1.2-glib-2.0                              1.74.0-3
ii  gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0                      43.2-2
ii  gir1.2-gtk-3.0                               3.24.37-2
ii  gir1.2-handy-1                               1.8.1-1
ii  gir1.2-notify-0.7                            0.8.1-1
ii  gir1.2-pango-1.0                             1.50.12+ds-1
ii  gnome-settings-daemon                        43.0-4
ii  gnome-shell-common                           43.6-1~deb12u1
ii  gsettings-desktop-schemas                    43.0-1
ii  mutter-common                                43.6-1~deb12u1
ii  python3                                      3.11.2-1+b1
ii  python3-gi                                   3.42.2-3+b1

gnome-tweaks recommends no packages.

Versions of packages gnome-tweaks suggests:
ii  gnome-shell-extension-prefs  43.6-1~deb12u1

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