I don't know how to make a patch but if you change this "if" statement around line 100 in savers/slideshow.c from
if (location != NULL) { g_object_set (engine, "images-location", location, NULL); } to something like if (location != NULL) { wordexp_t expanded_location; wordexp(location, &expanded_location, 0); location = expanded_location.we_wordv[0]; g_object_set (engine, "images-location", location, NULL); } and #include <wordexp.h> it will expand ~/Pictures correctly -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/393727 Title: Pictures folder: --location requires absolute path -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs