How to set jQuery this when calling a function?
<p>Using jQuery, I set a link tag's click handler like this:</p>

<pre><code>$('#lnk').click(handleClick);
</code></pre>

<p>handleClick does something like this:</p>

<pre><code>function handleClick() {
    var $this = $(this);
    ...
}
</code></pre>

<p>Now I have a need to directly call handleClick() outside of #lnk being clicked.  Is there a way for me to set <code>this</code> when calling handleClick?</p>
