When I tried to change the path to a writable spot and then derive from one of the default themes, this didn't work, as it was missing theming elements (like ProgressBarStyle, etc). Perhaps because I had used a different naming scheme? My theme lived in /custom/usr/share/themes/UbuntuCustom/Themes/Custom, with UBUNTU_UI_TOOLKIT_THEMES_PATH pointing to /custom/usr/share/themes, so my used theme was UbuntuCustom.Themes.Custom. It couldn't use the parent theme until I either included it in /custom/usr/share/themes, or made a symlink to it.
Zsombor,
When I tried to change the path to a writable spot and then derive from one of the default themes, this didn't work, as it was missing theming elements (like ProgressBarStyle, etc). Perhaps because I had used a different naming scheme? My theme lived in /custom/ usr/share/ themes/ UbuntuCustom/ Themes/ Custom, with UBUNTU_ UI_TOOLKIT_ THEMES_ PATH pointing to /custom/ usr/share/ themes, so my used theme was UbuntuCustom. Themes. Custom. It couldn't use the parent theme until I either included it in /custom/ usr/share/ themes, or made a symlink to it.