No this is normal "link text" will point to #anchorname

link text is ONE entity. It does NOT mean URL space text.

@fplanque I remember, that the anchor tag did run that way, that allows to show an hyperlinked text instead of a plain URL (like it does when linking to an anchor on the same page). Otherwise this tag would be unusable for me - because I won't interrupt a text with probably a long url.

The correct syntax would be: ((https://www.xyz.net/blogs/testing#nimby blue))

http://plugins.b2evolution.net/short-links-plugin