An alias wrongly treated as a list of aliases by obsidian if they contain comma in them

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YAML entry with commas within quotation marks should produce a single entry

Obisidian has decided that a comma is a separator even when it is within quotation marks. So entering “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” as an alias means that you will end up with two aliases: “O Brother” and “Where Art Thou?”. But one of the reasons we use quotation marks is precisely to keep a phrase together, or to take into account punctuation marks within a phrase. I can understand wanting ease of input, and using a comma as a separator, but not when it is within quotation marks! Please reco…

Aliases with spaces or commas

Is there a syntax that can be used to recognize aliases with spaces or commas? I set up note with a person’s name as a title, and put the alias in the front matter to account for the various ways I might reference the person. For example, the “main” title of a note might be “Doe, John” but I also want to link to it as “John Doe”. The reverse might also be true. I know I could just put a dash or underscore between the first and last name, but I want to remove as much friction as possible when t…

Alias wrapped in quotation marks splitting at comma

Alias wrapped in quotation marks results in two separate aliases when there is a comma. Steps to reproduce I have this in my frontmatter: aliases: "Race for your Life, Charlie Brown" Expected result: Race for your Life, Charlie Brown as the alias. Actual Result: Race for your Life Charlie Brown so 2 aliases. It works as expected when the current alias, with the quotation marks, is wrapped in square brackets in the frontmatter: aliases: ["Race for your Life, Charlie Brown"] gives thi…