Handle markdown image links '![]()'.

autoload/vimwiki/base.vim

@@ -1272,6 +1272,20 @@ function! vimwiki#base#follow_link(split, ...)
           \ vimwiki#vars#get_syntaxlocal('rxWeblinkMatchUrl'))
   endif
 
+  if vimwiki#vars#get_wikilocal('syntax') ==# 'markdown'
+    " markdown image ![]()
+    if lnk ==# ''
+      let lnk = matchstr(vimwiki#base#matchstr_at_cursor(vimwiki#vars#get_syntaxlocal('rxImage')),
+            \ vimwiki#vars#get_syntaxlocal('rxWeblinkMatchUrl'))
+      if lnk !=# ''
+        if lnk !~# '\%(\%('.vimwiki#vars#get_global('web_schemes1').'\):\%(\/\/\)\?\)\S\{-1,}'
+          " prepend file: scheme so link is opened by sytem handler if it isn't a web url
+          let lnk = 'file:'.lnk
+        endif
+      endif
+    endif
+  endif
+
   if lnk != ""    " cursor is indeed on a link
     let processed_by_user_defined_handler = VimwikiLinkHandler(lnk)
     if processed_by_user_defined_handler

autoload/vimwiki/vars.vim

@@ -827,13 +827,17 @@ function! s:populate_extra_markdown_vars()
         \ '\zs'.mkd_syntax.rxWeblink1Descr.'\ze'. mkd_syntax.rxWeblink1Separator.
         \ mkd_syntax.rxWeblink1Url. mkd_syntax.rxWeblink1EscapeCharsSuffix
 
-  " TODO: image links too !!
+  " image ![DESCRIPTION](URL)
+  let mkd_syntax.rxImage = '!' . mkd_syntax.rxWeblink1Prefix.
+        \ mkd_syntax.rxWeblink1Descr . mkd_syntax.rxWeblink1Separator.
+        \ mkd_syntax.rxWeblink1Url . mkd_syntax.rxWeblink1EscapeCharsSuffix
+
   let mkd_syntax.rxWeblink1Prefix1 = mkd_syntax.rxWeblink1Prefix
   let mkd_syntax.rxWeblink1Suffix1 = mkd_syntax.rxWeblink1Separator.
         \ mkd_syntax.rxWeblink1Url . mkd_syntax.rxWeblink1EscapeCharsSuffix
 
-  " *a) match ANY weblink
+  " *a) match ANY weblink (exclude image links starting with !)
-  let mkd_syntax.rxWeblink = ''.
+  let mkd_syntax.rxWeblink = '\(!\)\@<!'.
         \ mkd_syntax.rxWeblink1.'\|'.
         \ mkd_syntax.rxWeblink0
   " *b) match URL within ANY weblink
@@ -846,7 +850,8 @@ function! s:populate_extra_markdown_vars()
         \ mkd_syntax.rxWeblinkMatchDescr0
 
   let mkd_syntax.rxAnyLink = mkd_syntax.rxWikiLink.'\|'.
-        \ g:vimwiki_global_vars.rxWikiIncl.'\|'.mkd_syntax.rxWeblink
+        \ g:vimwiki_global_vars.rxWikiIncl.'\|'.mkd_syntax.rxWeblink .'\|'.
+        \ mkd_syntax.rxImage
 
   let mkd_syntax.rxMkdRef = '\['.g:vimwiki_global_vars.rxWikiLinkDescr.']:\%(\s\+\|\n\)'.
         \ mkd_syntax.rxWeblink0

doc/vimwiki.txt

@@ -1150,9 +1150,6 @@ Inline link: >
 Image link: >
   ![Looks like this](URL)
 
-The URL can be anything recognized by Vimwiki as a raw URL.
-
-
 Reference-style links: >
   a) [Link Name][Id]
   b) [Id][], using the "implicit link name" shortcut
@@ -3520,6 +3517,7 @@ Removed:~
       point.
 
 Fixed:~
+    * Properly handle markdown image links `![]()`
     * Issue #415: Expand iabbrev entries on <CR>.
     * Issue #619: allow escaped characters in markdown links.
     * Issue #240: Fix regex pattern for markdown '[]()' links

syntax/vimwiki_markdown_custom.vim

@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ endif
 
 " Weblink
 call s:add_target_syntax_ON(vimwiki#vars#get_syntaxlocal('rxWeblink1'), 'VimwikiWeblink1')
+call s:add_target_syntax_ON(vimwiki#vars#get_syntaxlocal('rxImage'), 'VimwikiImage')
 
 
 " WikiLink
@@ -157,6 +158,12 @@ execute 'syn match VimwikiWeblink1Char "'.
             \ vimwiki#vars#get_syntaxlocal('rxWeblink1Prefix1').'"'.s:options
 execute 'syn match VimwikiWeblink1Char "'.
             \ vimwiki#vars#get_syntaxlocal('rxWeblink1Suffix1').'"'.s:options
+"image
+execute 'syn match VimwikiImageChar "!"'.s:options
+execute 'syn match VimwikiImageChar "'.
+            \ vimwiki#vars#get_syntaxlocal('rxWeblink1Prefix1').'"'.s:options
+execute 'syn match VimwikiImageChar "'.
+            \ vimwiki#vars#get_syntaxlocal('rxWeblink1Suffix1').'"'.s:options
 
 if exists("+conceallevel")
   syntax conceal off
@@ -186,6 +193,8 @@ syntax match VimwikiTableRow /^\s*|.\+|\s*$/
 
 
 " syntax group highlighting
+hi def link VimwikiImage VimwikiLink
+hi def link VimwikiImageT VimwikiLink
 hi def link VimwikiWeblink1 VimwikiLink
 hi def link VimwikiWeblink1T VimwikiLink