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src/markdown/emit/image.ts

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ export function tryImage(node: AdfNode): string | undefined {
   if (typeof url !== 'string' || (alt !== undefined && typeof alt !== 'string')) return undefined
   const [mark] = nodeMarks(media)
   const link = mark === undefined ? undefined : linkDefinition(nodeAttrs(mark))
-  if (mark !== undefined && link === undefined) return undefined
   const read = centeredImage([externalMedia(alt ?? '', url, link)])
   return serializeCanonicalJson(node, 'compact') === serializeCanonicalJson(read, 'compact') ? tryImageLine(alt, url, link) : undefined
 }

src/markdown/emit/inline-line.ts

@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ export function tryPipeCell(nodes: readonly AdfNode[], path: ConvertErrorPath, f
   return emitted.value.line
 }
 
-// `link` wraps the image as the link's whole text: `[![alt](url)](href)`.
 export function tryImageLine(alt: string | undefined, url: string, link?: LinkDefinition): string | undefined {
   if (alt !== undefined && (/^[ \t]|[ \t]$|[\n\r]/.test(alt) || holdsNullCharacter(alt))) return undefined
   const destination = spellDestination(url)