Feature request: support target="_blank" for links in terminal output

[rwalkerands]

The function terminal_view.js/createTextAndAnchorElements() auto-links URLs for the terminal output pane when using terminal as the output_format.

It'd be nice to have an option (e.g., per-runner?) to add target="_blank" to the <a> elements generated by this function.

(Yes, this can be achieved by using "output_format": "html" and scripting one's own conversion to HTML. But that's somewhat less convenient.)

[MNeill73]

"(Yes, this can be achieved by using "output_format": "html" and scripting one's own conversion to HTML. But that's somewhat less convenient.)" No, it can't - the output formatter overrides the _blank directive. At least, prior to 1.18 this was the case, as I found in several of my scripts... —

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[rwalkerands]

I stand corrected, retract the last paragraph, and thank you for the heads-up that has saved me some time.