$('a[@rel$="external"]').click(function(){ this.target = "_blank"; });

$('#test').click(function() {
  alert('Handler for .click() called.');
});

/*$(document).ready(function() {
alert('1');
		// Launch-in-new-window links automagically created
		var extLinks = $$('a.external');
		alert(extLinks);
		if ( extLinks.length ) {
			extLinks.each(function(elem, idx) { 
				elem.setProperty('target', '_blank');
			});
		}
}*/