From a4a2dd8f852a7dc566c7f2a0f171134e1e9a7534 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jacob Weisz <ocdtrekkie@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 12:01:54 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add linksInNewTab config option

All credit due to @drmuey
---
 README.md     | 10 +++++++++-
 lib/marked.js |  6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 94ab0b9081..f784d0b2d7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ marked.setOptions({
   sanitize: false,
   smartLists: true,
   smartypants: false,
-  xhtml: false
+  xhtml: false,
+  linksInNewTab: false
 });
 
 console.log(marked('I am using __markdown__.'));
@@ -282,6 +283,13 @@ Default: `false`
 
 Self-close the tags for void elements (&lt;br/&gt;, &lt;img/&gt;, etc.) with a "/" as required by XHTML.
 
+### linksInNewTab
+
+Type: `boolean`
+Default: `false`
+
+Opens links in new tabs.
+
 ## Access to lexer and parser
 
 You also have direct access to the lexer and parser if you so desire.
diff --git a/lib/marked.js b/lib/marked.js
index f1d66ed4f9..61d3587ad8 100644
--- a/lib/marked.js
+++ b/lib/marked.js
@@ -899,6 +899,11 @@ Renderer.prototype.link = function(href, title, text) {
   if (title) {
     out += ' title="' + title + '"';
   }
+  
+  if (this.options.linksInNewTab) {
+	  out += ' target="_blank"';
+  }
+  
   out += '>' + text + '</a>';
   return out;
 };
@@ -1331,6 +1336,7 @@ marked.defaults = {
   headerPrefix: '',
   renderer: new Renderer,
   xhtml: false,
+  linksInNewTab: false,
   baseUrl: null
 };
 

From 1fce83949260d23a9389f30788cc9f5610591c3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jacob Weisz <ocdtrekkie@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 12:47:47 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add test for linksInNewTab option

---
 test/new/linksinnewtab.html | 1 +
 test/new/linksinnewtab.md   | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 test/new/linksinnewtab.html
 create mode 100644 test/new/linksinnewtab.md

diff --git a/test/new/linksinnewtab.html b/test/new/linksinnewtab.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2624add7f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/new/linksinnewtab.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<p><a href="https://www.google.com" target="_blank">Google</a></p>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/new/linksinnewtab.md b/test/new/linksinnewtab.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..781cdcc1cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/new/linksinnewtab.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+linksInNewTab: true
+---
+[Google](https://www.google.com)
\ No newline at end of file