def remap_link_target(path, absolute=False):
    """ remap a link target to a static URL if it's prefixed with @ """
    if path.startswith('@'):
        # static resource
        return static_url(path[1:], absolute=absolute)

    if absolute:
        # absolute-ify whatever the URL is
        return urllib.parse.urljoin(flask.request.url, path)

    return path