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When the user click somewhere, I want the browser to open a new tab and display the text I want him to.

I want something exactly like a link with a blank target to a text file on my server, except that the text is generated on the client side by my script, so no interaction with the server.

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Assuming that you are just looking to display text in a file. You can build a string with Javascript and then open a new window with that code below.

Please note, that popup blockers do not like window.open. 

var str = 'hello world';
window.open('data:text/plain;charset=utf-8,' + str);
Ray Suelzer
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    This no longer works in modern browsers, which appear to have blocked the ability to open data URIs in a new window. – Simon East Sep 03 '21 at 09:31