diff --git a/extension/manifest.json b/extension/manifest.json
index fc11a6a..e32107b 100644
--- a/extension/manifest.json
+++ b/extension/manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-   "version": "0.4.1",
+   "version": "0.4.4",
    "manifest_version": 2,
    "background": {
      "scripts": ["js/background.js"],
diff --git a/extension/options.html b/extension/options.html
index ec04f1e..623c814 100644
--- a/extension/options.html
+++ b/extension/options.html
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ <h2>Variables</h2>
     <dl id="variables">
       <dt>%text%</dt>
       <dd>Selected text or page title. All newlines are converted to " ".</dd>
+      <dt>%textonly%</dt>
+      <dd>Selected text. All newlines are converted to " ".</dd>
+      <dt>%onnonemptyselection%</dt>
+      <dd>on nonempty selection, inserts a hardcoded string.</dd>
       <dt>%text_n%</dt>
       <dd>Selected text or page title. All newlines are copied as they are.</dd>
       <dt>%text_br%</dt>
diff --git a/spec/createlink-spec.js b/spec/createlink-spec.js
index 0444d3f..e9144a7 100644
--- a/spec/createlink-spec.js
+++ b/spec/createlink-spec.js
@@ -70,24 +70,32 @@ describe("CreateLink", () => {
     var title = 'pageTitle'
     var url = 'http://example.com/'
     it("replaces %url%", () => {
-      var t = createLink.formatLinkText({format: "%url%"}, url, undefined, title, [])
+      var t = createLink.formatLinkText({format: "%url%"}, url, undefined, undefined, title, [])
       expect(t).toEqual(url)
     })
     it("replaces %text%", () => {
-      var t = createLink.formatLinkText({format: "%text%"}, url, "ONE\nTWO", title, [])
+      var t = createLink.formatLinkText({format: "%text%"}, url, "ONE\nTWO", "ONE\nTWO", title, [])
       expect(t).toEqual("ONE TWO")
     })
+    it("replaces %textonly% with selection", () => {
+      var t = createLink.formatLinkText({format: "%textonly%"}, url, "ONE\nTWO", "ONE\nTWO", title, [])
+      expect(t).toEqual("ONE TWO")
+    })
+    it("replaces %textonly% no selection", () => {
+      var t = createLink.formatLinkText({format: "%textonly%"}, url, undefined, undefined, title, [])
+      expect(t).toEqual('')
+    })
     xit("replaces %text_n%", () => {})
     xit("replaces %text_br%", () => {})
     xit("replaces %text_md%", () => {})
     it("replaces %title%", () => {
-      var t = createLink.formatLinkText({format: "%title%"}, url, undefined, title, [])
+      var t = createLink.formatLinkText({format: "%title%"}, url, undefined, undefined, title, [])
       expect(t).toEqual(title)
     })
     xit("replaces %newline%", () => {})
     xit("replaces %htmlEscapedText%", () => {})
     it("replaces \t\r\n", () => {
-      var t = createLink.formatLinkText({format: "\\t\\r\\n"}, url, undefined, title, [])
+      var t = createLink.formatLinkText({format: "\\t\\r\\n"}, url, undefined, undefined, title, [])
       expect(t).toEqual("\t\r\n")
     })
   })
diff --git a/src/createlink.js b/src/createlink.js
index 1f94b41..45cc450 100644
--- a/src/createlink.js
+++ b/src/createlink.js
@@ -19,12 +19,16 @@ class CreateLink {
     return Promise.resolve(data);
   }
 
-  formatLinkText(def, url, text, title, inputs) {
+  formatLinkText(def, url, text, textonly, title, inputs) {
     text = text || ''
+    textonly = textonly || ''
 
     var data = def.format.
       replace(/%url%/g, url).
       replace(/%text%/g, text.replace(/\n/g, ' ')).
+      replace(/%textonly%/g, textonly.replace(/\n/g, ' ')).
+      // TODO: allow customizing instead of hardcoding, eg using regex replace
+      replace(/%onnonemptyselection%/g, textonly == "" ? "" : " TITLE: ").
       replace(/%text_n%/g, text).
       replace(/%text_br%/g, text.replace(/\n/g, '<br />\n')).
       replace(/%text_md%/g, text.replace(/[|\\`*_{}\[\]()#+\-.!]/g, '\\$&')).
@@ -60,15 +64,16 @@ class CreateLink {
       url = info.linkUrl || info.pageUrl || tab.url;
     }
     var text = info.selectionText || tab.title;
+    var textonly = info.selectionText;
     var title = tab.title;
 
     var def = this.formats[formatId]
-    return this.formatString(tab.id, def, url, text, title)
+    return this.formatString(tab.id, def, url, text, textonly, title)
   }
 
-  formatString(tabId, def, url, text, title) {
+  formatString(tabId, def, url, text, textonly, title) {
     return this.getInputs(def, tabId).then( (inputs) => {
-      const linkText = this.formatLinkText(def, url, text, title, inputs)
+      const linkText = this.formatLinkText(def, url, text, textonly, title, inputs)
       return this.applyFilter(tabId, def, linkText)
     })
   }
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index c8c3d08..9a149c9 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ module.exports = {
   //devtool: 'source-map',
   cache: true,
   output: {
-    path: `extension/js`,
+    // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42940050/configuration-output-path-the-provided-value-public-is-not-an-absolute-path
+    path: __dirname + "/extension/js",
     publicPath: '/',
     filename: "[name].js"
   },