This is a simple yes or no question (probably no), googling didn't seem to give me a straight answer. Say you have a link that is
<a href="www.stackoverflow.com">www.stackoverflow.com</a>
Is it possible to make something like
<a href=self.text>www.stackoverflow.com</a>
without using anything else (obviously, no scripts)? Is there any kind of shortcut?
No, you need to have both the href attribute and a value between the a tags. Without using any scripts, it's not possible to refer to its own contents.