Allow creation of transient index pages for directories outside srcdir

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+[[!template id=gitbranch branch=chrysn/linkmapenhancement author="[[chrysn]]"]]
+

 [[ikiwiki/directive/linkmap]]s display the file name instead of the pagetitle, showing unsightly underscore escapes and underscores instead of blanks to users.
 
 the attached [[!taglink patch]] fixes this; from its commit message:
 [[ikiwiki/directive/linkmap]]s display the file name instead of the pagetitle, showing unsightly underscore escapes and underscores instead of blanks to users.
 
 the attached [[!taglink patch]] fixes this; from its commit message:


@@ -13,4 +15,23 @@ the attached [[!taglink patch]] fixes this; from its commit message:
     because it can represent the '\"' dyad properly, and because it doesn't
     need special-casing of newlines).
 
     because it can represent the '\"' dyad properly, and because it doesn't
     need special-casing of newlines).
 

-see [[0001-display-the-pagetitle-in-linkmaps.patch]] for the patch.
+the output will look much better (at least in my wikis) with the "[[bugs/pagetitle function does not respect meta titles]]" issue fixed.
+
+> I agree that it's (likely to be) a bug to not use `pagetitle()`. I
+> haven't reviewed this particular implementation yet but I'll try to
+> do that soon.
+>
+> I don't think it's correct for `pagetitle()` to output `\[[!meta title]]`
+> though, as discussed on the linked bug: it appears in an assortment of
+> contexts where the full formal title of the page seems inappropriate.
+> If you want linkmap to use `\[[!meta title]]`, I think it would be
+> better to give it a `show` parameter, like `\[[!map]]` has?
+> --[[smcv]]
+
+>> sounds good; i'll have a look at it the next time i touch the linkmap
+>> plugin. the patch at hand would be a starting point for that. --[[chrysn]]
+
+the patch is stored in [[the patch.pl]] as created by git-format-patch, and can
+be pulled from the abovementioned branch.
+
+> update 2014-06-29: branch still merges cleanly and works. --[[chrysn]]