Support aliases for patterns

[spscally]

The Problem

Let's say I am working on a town and I use the following pattern for all of the roads: 55%gravel,25%tuff,20%coarse_dirt. When adding new road, I have to make sure to either write down or remember what this pattern was for consistency.

A Solution

Would it be possible to save (locally to clients) aliases for patterns? Then I could do something like:

1. //alias mountain_town_road 55%gravel,25%tuff,20%coarse_dirt - to save the alias
2. //set mountain_town_road - example of using it

Alternatives

My current solution is to leave a sign near the build I'm working on that lists out any patterns I am using. This isn't perfect because the sign may be broken or forgotten about.

Anything Else?

Apologies if this functionality already exists! If it doesn't and you all are willing to add it, I would be willing to implement it.

[wizjany]

Would it be possible to save (locally to clients)

No, worldedit is a server-side mod. There used to be macro mods that allowed client-side keybind and command macros, perhaps look into something like that if they exist these days, this is generally outside the scope of worldedit.

[spscally]

Would it be possible to save (locally to clients)

No, worldedit is a server-side mod. There used to be macro mods that allowed client-side keybind and command macros, perhaps look into something like that if they exist these days, this is generally outside the scope of worldedit.

Oh right duh, it's not client-side. What do you think about adding server-side aliases then? It that something you would also consider to be out of the scope of worldedit?

If not, server-side aliases could be an interesting way for people collaborating on a build to share those patterns.