pagetitle vs meta: announcing a working prototype

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 The `IkiWiki::pagetitle` function does not respect title changes via `meta.title`. It really should, so that links rendered with `htmllink` get the proper title in the link text.
 
 --[[madduck]]
+
+> Agreed. [[todo/using_meta_titles_for_parentlinks]] contains a beginning of
+> solution. A few quick notes about it:
+
+> - Using <code>inline</code> would avoid the redefinition + code duplication.
+> - A few plugins would need to be upgraded.
+> - It may be necessary to adapt the testsuite in `t/pagetitle.t`, as well.
+>
+> --[[intrigeri]]
+>
+>> It was actually more complicated than expected. A working prototype is
+>> now in my `meta` branch, see my userpage for the up-to-date url.
+>> Thus tagging [[patch]]. --[[intrigeri]]