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@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+[[!template id=gitbranch branch=wtk/linktoimageonly author="[[wtk]]"]]
+
 how can I create a link to an image which is part of the wiki, without having it inserted in my page?
 
 I tought this:
@@ -6,7 +8,7 @@ I tought this:
 
 would work, but it doesn't.
 
-Any hints?
+Any hints? --[[jerojasro]]
 
 > Well, currently the syntax above will display the image
 > inline with the specified link text used as an alt attribute. Although
@@ -14,12 +16,12 @@ Any hints?
 > 
 > A few places that use that (found with `git grep '\[\[' | egrep 'png|gif|jpeg|jpg' |grep \|`):
 > 
-> * [[logos]] uses it to provide useful alt texts for the logos. (This
->   could easily be changed to use [[ikiwiki/directives/img]] though.)
+> * [[logo]] uses it to provide useful alt texts for the logos. (This
+>   could easily be changed to use [[ikiwiki/directive/img]] though.)
 > * The `change.tmpl` template uses it to display 
 >   the [[diff|wikiicons/diff.png]] with a very useful "diff" alt text.
->   Using [[ikiwiki/directives/img]] here would mean that the
->   [[ikiwiki/plugins/recentchanges]] plugin would depend upon the img
+>   Using [[ikiwiki/directive/img]] here would mean that the
+>   [[plugins/recentchanges]] plugin would depend upon the img
 >   plugin.
 > 
 > I do like your suggestion, it makes more sense than the current behavior.
@@ -39,3 +41,32 @@ Any hints?
 > Anyway, the cheap and simple answer to your question is to use html
 > or markdown instead of a [[ikiwiki/wikilink]]. Ie, 
 > `[look at this](img/lolcat.jpg)`. --[[Joey]]
+
+> > thanks a lot, that's a quite straightforward solution. I actually wrote a
+> > broken plugin to do that, and now I can ditch it --[[jerojasro]]
+
+>>> The plugin approach is not a bad idea if you want either the ability
+>>> to:
+>>>
+>>> * Have things that are wikilink-aware (like [[plugins/brokenlinks]]
+>>>   treat your link to the image as a wikilink. 
+>>> * Use standard wikilink path stuff (and not have to worry about 
+>>>   a relative html link breaking if the page it's on is inlined, for
+>>>   example).
+>>>
+>>> I can help you bang that plugin into shape if need be. --[[Joey]] 
+
+>>>> both my plugin and your suggestion yield broken html links when inlining the page (although probably that's what is expected from your suggestion (`[]()`))
+>>>>
+>>>> I thought using the `bestlink` function would take care of that, but alas, it doesn't.
+>>>> Get the "plugin" [here](http://devnull.li/~jerojasro/files/linktoimgonly.pm), see the broken 
+>>>> links generated [here](http://devnull.li/~jerojasro/blog/posts/job_offers/) and the source 
+>>>> file for that page [here](http://git.devnull.li/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=blog-jerojasro.git;a=blob;f=posts/job_offers.mdwn;hb=HEAD) --[[jerojasro]]
+
+>>>>> Use this --[[Joey]] 
+
+       return htmllink($params{page}, $params{destpage}, $params{"img"},
+           linktext => $params{text},
+           noimageinline => 1);
+
+> [[patch]]: I've updated this plugin for the current ikiwiki. --[[wtk]]