Is there a way to have link_to_remote execute two actions?

rubyonrails-talk
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I'd like users to click on a link with modifies the current page and opens a new external url in a new window. I've got the link_to_remote working fine and the current page is updated. But how to I open a url in a new window?

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in a nutshell this is what rjs / rendering javascript is for.

Fred