+[[!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:
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
> A few places that use that (found with `git grep '\[\[' | egrep 'png|gif|jpeg|jpg' |grep \|`):
>
> * [[logo]] uses it to provide useful alt texts for the logos. (This
-> could easily be changed to use [[ikiwiki/directives/img]] though.)
+> 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
+> Using [[ikiwiki/directive/img]] here would mean that the
> [[plugins/recentchanges]] plugin would depend upon the img
> plugin.
>
> 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]]