Index: /trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/GettingStarted.java
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--- /trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/GettingStarted.java	(revision 4862)
+++ /trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/GettingStarted.java	(revision 4863)
@@ -10,4 +10,7 @@
 import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import javax.swing.JComponent;
@@ -122,5 +125,5 @@
                 EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
                     public void run() {
-                        lg.setText(content);
+                        lg.setText(fixImageLinks(content));
                         // lg.moveCaretPosition(0);
                     }
@@ -133,3 +136,18 @@
         new FileDrop(scroller);
     }
+
+    private String fixImageLinks(String s) {
+        Matcher m = Pattern.compile("src=\"http://josm.openstreetmap.de/browser/trunk(/images/.*?\\.png)\\?format=raw\"").matcher(s);
+        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
+        while (m.find()) {
+            String im = m.group(1);
+            URL u = getClass().getResource(im);
+            if (u == null) {
+                u = getClass().getResource("/images/data/node.png");
+            }
+            m.appendReplacement(sb, "src=\"" + u.toString() + "\"");
+        }
+        m.appendTail(sb);
+        return sb.toString();
+    }
 }