From a2db0ffda1c30c3449e96e7b4b0fcc5092fcb770 2013-07-06 16:51:56
From: Matthias Bussonnier <bussonniermatthias@gmail.com>
Date: 2013-07-06 16:51:56
Subject: [PATCH] Merge pull request #3557 from minrk/target_blank

open markdown links in new tabs
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diff --git a/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/textcell.js b/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/textcell.js
index 7f99ab0..848d92e 100644
--- a/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/textcell.js
+++ b/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/textcell.js
@@ -317,7 +317,9 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
             if (text === "") { text = this.placeholder; }
             text = IPython.mathjaxutils.remove_math(text);
             var html = marked.parser(marked.lexer(text));
-            html = IPython.mathjaxutils.replace_math(html);
+            html = $(IPython.mathjaxutils.replace_math(html));
+            // links in markdown cells should open in new tabs
+            html.find("a[href]").attr("target", "_blank");
             try {
                 this.set_rendered(html);
             } catch (e) {