- spl = g_strsplit(f, "~", 0);
- ret = g_strjoinv(g_get_home_dir(), spl);
- g_strfreev(spl);
+
+ regex = g_regex_new("(?:^|(?<=[ \\t]))~(?=[/ \\t$])", G_REGEX_MULTILINE | G_REGEX_RAW, 0, NULL);
+ ret = g_regex_replace_literal(regex, f, -1, 0, g_get_home_dir(), 0, NULL);
+ g_regex_unref(regex);
+