If folder or wallpaper path includes comma, waypaper won't read full path

[nsmith0011]

I have a path:

~/Desktop/Images/Screensaver images (duplicates, okay to delete)/Aurora-by-Johny-Goerend.jpg

Config.ini contains these two lines:

folder = ~/Desktop/Images/Screensaver images (duplicates, okay to delete)
wallpaper = ~/Desktop/Images/Screensaver images (duplicates, okay to delete)/Aurora-by-Johny-Goerend.jpg

When I run waypaper --restore I get an error:

2025-06-25 12:15:20 - [swaybg-1.2.1/background-image.c:30] Failed to load background image (Failed to open file “/home/nsmith/Desktop/Images/Screensaver images (duplicates”: No such file or directory).
2025-06-25 12:15:20 - [swaybg-1.2.1/main.c:610] Failed to load image: /home/nsmith/Desktop/Images/Screensaver images (duplicates

It appears the path is being concatenated at the "," character. When I remove the comma from the directory name and update folder and wallpaper it works.

[anufrievroman]

Yes, the comma in config file serves to separate different wallpapers (for different monitors). Maybe you can try \, to escape the comma, but I'm not sure it's gonna work

[nsmith0011]

Thanks. I tried \, but it didn't work.

It's a minor inconvenience at the end of the day but I just wanted to make sure there was awareness.

[anufrievroman]

I see, thank you for checking. At the moment I don't see an easy solution. For example, we could switch to ; as separator, or use quotes, but that will break configs of already existing users, which I'm would not risk to fix this rare issue...