diff --git a/worldedit_commands/init.lua b/worldedit_commands/init.lua
index df4719c..6830194 100644
--- a/worldedit_commands/init.lua
+++ b/worldedit_commands/init.lua
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ worldedit.pos2 = {}
 
 dofile(minetest.get_modpath("worldedit_commands") .. "/mark.lua")
 
+worldedit.player_notify = function(name, message)
+	minetest.chat_send_player(name, "WorldEdit -!- " .. message, false)
+end
+
 --determines whether `nodename` is a valid node name, returning a boolean
 worldedit.node_is_valid = function(nodename)
 	return minetest.registered_nodes[nodename] ~= nil
@@ -37,7 +41,7 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/reset", {
 		worldedit.mark_pos1(name)
 		worldedit.mark_pos2(name)
 		worldedit.set_pos[name] = nil
-		minetest.chat_send_player(name, "WorldEdit region reset", false)
+		worldedit.player_notify(name, "region reset")
 	end,
 })
 
@@ -48,7 +52,7 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/mark", {
 	func = function(name, param)
 		worldedit.mark_pos1(name)
 		worldedit.mark_pos2(name)
-		minetest.chat_send_player(name, "WorldEdit region marked", false)
+		worldedit.player_notify(name, "region marked")
 	end,
 })
 
@@ -64,7 +68,7 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/unmark", {
 		worldedit.mark_pos2(name)
 		worldedit.pos1[name] = pos1
 		worldedit.pos2[name] = pos2
-		minetest.chat_send_player(name, "WorldEdit region unmarked", false)
+		worldedit.player_notify(name, "region unmarked")
 	end,
 })
 
@@ -77,7 +81,7 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/pos1", {
 		pos.x, pos.y, pos.z = math.floor(pos.x + 0.5), math.floor(pos.y + 0.5), math.floor(pos.z + 0.5)
 		worldedit.pos1[name] = pos
 		worldedit.mark_pos1(name)
-		minetest.chat_send_player(name, "WorldEdit position 1 set to " .. minetest.pos_to_string(pos), false)
+		worldedit.player_notify(name, "position 1 set to " .. minetest.pos_to_string(pos))
 	end,
 })
 
@@ -90,7 +94,7 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/pos2", {
 		pos.x, pos.y, pos.z = math.floor(pos.x + 0.5), math.floor(pos.y + 0.5), math.floor(pos.z + 0.5)
 		worldedit.pos2[name] = pos
 		worldedit.mark_pos2(name)
-		minetest.chat_send_player(name, "WorldEdit position 2 set to " .. minetest.pos_to_string(pos), false)
+		worldedit.player_notify(name, "position 2 set to " .. minetest.pos_to_string(pos))
 	end,
 })
 
@@ -101,26 +105,26 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/p", {
 	func = function(name, param)
 		if param == "set" then --set both WorldEdit positions
 			worldedit.set_pos[name] = "pos1"
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Select positions by punching two nodes", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "select positions by punching two nodes")
 		elseif param == "set1" then --set WorldEdit position 1
 			worldedit.set_pos[name] = "pos1only"
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Select position 1 by punching a node", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "select position 1 by punching a node")
 		elseif param == "set2" then --set WorldEdit position 2
 			worldedit.set_pos[name] = "pos2"
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Select position 2 by punching a node", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "select position 2 by punching a node")
 		elseif param == "get" then --display current WorldEdit positions
 			if worldedit.pos1[name] ~= nil then
-				minetest.chat_send_player(name, "WorldEdit position 1: " .. minetest.pos_to_string(worldedit.pos1[name]), false)
+				worldedit.player_notify(name, "position 1: " .. minetest.pos_to_string(worldedit.pos1[name]))
 			else
-				minetest.chat_send_player(name, "WorldEdit position 1 not set", false)
+				worldedit.player_notify(name, "position 1 not set")
 			end
 			if worldedit.pos2[name] ~= nil then
-				minetest.chat_send_player(name, "WorldEdit position 2: " .. minetest.pos_to_string(worldedit.pos2[name]), false)
+				worldedit.player_notify(name, "position 2: " .. minetest.pos_to_string(worldedit.pos2[name]))
 			else
-				minetest.chat_send_player(name, "WorldEdit position 2 not set", false)
+				worldedit.player_notify(name, "position 2 not set")
 			end
 		else
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Unknown subcommand: " .. param, false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "unknown subcommand: " .. param)
 		end
 	end,
 })
@@ -132,17 +136,17 @@ minetest.register_on_punchnode(function(pos, node, puncher)
 			worldedit.pos1[name] = pos
 			worldedit.mark_pos1(name)
 			worldedit.set_pos[name] = "pos2" --set position 2 on the next invocation
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "WorldEdit position 1 set to " .. minetest.pos_to_string(pos), false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "position 1 set to " .. minetest.pos_to_string(pos))
 		elseif worldedit.set_pos[name] == "pos1only" then --setting position 1 only
 			worldedit.pos1[name] = pos
 			worldedit.mark_pos1(name)
 			worldedit.set_pos[name] = nil --finished setting positions
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "WorldEdit position 1 set to " .. minetest.pos_to_string(pos), false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "position 1 set to " .. minetest.pos_to_string(pos))
 		elseif worldedit.set_pos[name] == "pos2" then --setting position 2
 			worldedit.pos2[name] = pos
 			worldedit.mark_pos2(name)
 			worldedit.set_pos[name] = nil --finished setting positions
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "WorldEdit position 2 set to " .. minetest.pos_to_string(pos), false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "position 2 set to " .. minetest.pos_to_string(pos))
 		end
 	end
 end)
@@ -154,12 +158,12 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/volume", {
 	func = function(name, param)
 		local pos1, pos2 = worldedit.pos1[name], worldedit.pos2[name]
 		if pos1 == nil or pos2 == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "No WorldEdit region selected", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "no region selected")
 			return
 		end
 
 		local volume = worldedit.volume(pos1, pos2)
-		minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Current WorldEdit region has a volume of " .. volume .. " nodes (" .. pos2.x - pos1.x .. "*" .. pos2.y - pos1.y .. "*" .. pos2.z - pos1.z .. ")", false)
+		worldedit.player_notify(name, "current region has a volume of " .. volume .. " nodes (" .. pos2.x - pos1.x .. "*" .. pos2.y - pos1.y .. "*" .. pos2.z - pos1.z .. ")")
 	end,
 })
 
@@ -170,12 +174,12 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/set", {
 	func = function(name, param)
 		local pos1, pos2 = worldedit.pos1[name], worldedit.pos2[name]
 		if pos1 == nil or pos2 == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "No WorldEdit region selected", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "no region selected")
 			return
 		end
 
 		if param == "" or not worldedit.node_is_valid(param) then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid node name: " .. param, false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid node name: " .. param)
 			return
 		end
 
@@ -183,8 +187,9 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/set", {
 		if worldedit.ENABLE_QUEUE then
 			tenv = worldedit.quene_aliasenv
 		end
-        local count = worldedit.set(pos1, pos2, param, tenv)
-		minetest.chat_send_player(name, count .. " nodes set", false)
+
+		local count = worldedit.set(pos1, pos2, param, tenv)
+		worldedit.player_notify(name, count .. " nodes set")
 	end,
 })
 
@@ -195,21 +200,21 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/replace", {
 	func = function(name, param)
 		local pos1, pos2 = worldedit.pos1[name], worldedit.pos2[name]
 		if pos1 == nil or pos2 == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "No WorldEdit region selected", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "no region selected")
 			return
 		end
 
 		local found, _, searchnode, replacenode = param:find("^([^%s]+)%s+([^%s]+)$")
 		if found == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid usage: " .. param, false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid usage: " .. param)
 			return
 		end
 		if not worldedit.node_is_valid(searchnode) then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid search node name: " .. searchnode, false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid search node name: " .. searchnode)
 			return
 		end
 		if not worldedit.node_is_valid(replacenode) then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid replace node name: " .. replacenode, false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid replace node name: " .. replacenode)
 			return
 		end
 
@@ -218,7 +223,7 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/replace", {
 			tenv = worldedit.quene_aliasenv
 		end
 		local count = worldedit.replace(pos1, pos2, searchnode, replacenode, tenv)
-		minetest.chat_send_player(name, count .. " nodes replaced", false)
+		worldedit.player_notify(name, count .. " nodes replaced")
 	end,
 })
 
@@ -229,21 +234,21 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/replaceinverse", {
 	func = function(name, param)
 		local pos1, pos2 = worldedit.pos1[name], worldedit.pos2[name]
 		if pos1 == nil or pos2 == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "No WorldEdit region selected", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "no region selected")
 			return
 		end
 
 		local found, _, searchnode, replacenode = param:find("^([^%s]+)%s+([^%s]+)$")
 		if found == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid usage: " .. param, false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid usage: " .. param)
 			return
 		end
 		if not worldedit.node_is_valid(searchnode) then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid search node name: " .. searchnode, false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid search node name: " .. searchnode)
 			return
 		end
 		if not worldedit.node_is_valid(replacenode) then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid replace node name: " .. replacenode, false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid replace node name: " .. replacenode)
 			return
 		end
 
@@ -252,7 +257,7 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/replaceinverse", {
 			tenv = worldedit.quene_aliasenv
 		end
 		local count = worldedit.replaceinverse(pos1, pos2, searchnode, replacenode, tenv)
-		minetest.chat_send_player(name, count .. " nodes replaced", false)
+		worldedit.player_notify(name, count .. " nodes replaced")
 	end,
 })
 
@@ -263,17 +268,17 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/hollowsphere", {
 	func = function(name, param)
 		local pos = worldedit.pos1[name]
 		if pos == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "No WorldEdit region selected", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "no region selected")
 			return
 		end
 
 		local found, _, radius, nodename = param:find("^(%d+)%s+([^%s]+)$")
 		if found == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid usage: " .. param, false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid usage: " .. param)
 			return
 		end
 		if not worldedit.node_is_valid(nodename) then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid node name: " .. param, false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid node name: " .. param)
 			return
 		end
 
@@ -282,7 +287,7 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/hollowsphere", {
 			tenv = worldedit.quene_aliasenv
 		end
 		local count = worldedit.hollow_sphere(pos, tonumber(radius), nodename, tenv)
-		minetest.chat_send_player(name, count .. " nodes added", false)
+		worldedit.player_notify(name, count .. " nodes added")
 	end,
 })
 
@@ -293,17 +298,17 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/sphere", {
 	func = function(name, param)
 		local pos = worldedit.pos1[name]
 		if pos == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "No WorldEdit region selected", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "no region selected")
 			return
 		end
 
 		local found, _, radius, nodename = param:find("^(%d+)%s+([^%s]+)$")
 		if found == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid usage: " .. param, false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid usage: " .. param)
 			return
 		end
 		if not worldedit.node_is_valid(nodename) then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid node name: " .. param, false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid node name: " .. param)
 			return
 		end
 
@@ -312,7 +317,7 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/sphere", {
 			tenv = worldedit.quene_aliasenv
 		end
 		local count = worldedit.sphere(pos, tonumber(radius), nodename, tenv)
-		minetest.chat_send_player(name, count .. " nodes added", false)
+		worldedit.player_notify(name, count .. " nodes added")
 	end,
 })
 
@@ -323,17 +328,17 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/hollowdome", {
 	func = function(name, param)
 		local pos = worldedit.pos1[name]
 		if pos == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "No WorldEdit region selected", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "no region selected")
 			return
 		end
 
 		local found, _, radius, nodename = param:find("^(%d+)%s+([^%s]+)$")
 		if found == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid usage: " .. param, false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid usage: " .. param)
 			return
 		end
 		if not worldedit.node_is_valid(nodename) then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid node name: " .. param, false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid node name: " .. param)
 			return
 		end
 
@@ -342,7 +347,7 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/hollowdome", {
 			tenv = worldedit.quene_aliasenv
 		end
 		local count = worldedit.hollow_dome(pos, tonumber(radius), nodename, tenv)
-		minetest.chat_send_player(name, count .. " nodes added", false)
+		worldedit.player_notify(name, count .. " nodes added")
 	end,
 })
 
@@ -353,17 +358,17 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/dome", {
 	func = function(name, param)
 		local pos = worldedit.pos1[name]
 		if pos == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "No WorldEdit region selected", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "no region selected")
 			return
 		end
 
 		local found, _, radius, nodename = param:find("^(%d+)%s+([^%s]+)$")
 		if found == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid usage: " .. param, false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid usage: " .. param)
 			return
 		end
 		if not worldedit.node_is_valid(nodename) then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid node name: " .. param, false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid node name: " .. param)
 			return
 		end
 
@@ -372,7 +377,7 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/dome", {
 			tenv = worldedit.quene_aliasenv
 		end
 		local count = worldedit.dome(pos, tonumber(radius), nodename, tenv)
-		minetest.chat_send_player(name, count .. " nodes added", false)
+		worldedit.player_notify(name, count .. " nodes added")
 	end,
 })
 
@@ -383,13 +388,13 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/hollowcylinder", {
 	func = function(name, param)
 		local pos = worldedit.pos1[name]
 		if pos == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "No WorldEdit region selected", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "no region selected")
 			return
 		end
 
 		local found, _, axis, length, radius, nodename = param:find("^([xyz%?])%s+([+-]?%d+)%s+(%d+)%s+([^%s]+)$")
 		if found == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid usage: " .. param, false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid usage: " .. param)
 			return
 		end
 		if axis == "?" then
@@ -397,7 +402,7 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/hollowcylinder", {
 			length = length * sign
 		end
 		if not worldedit.node_is_valid(nodename) then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid node name: " .. param, false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid node name: " .. param)
 			return
 		end
 
@@ -406,7 +411,7 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/hollowcylinder", {
 			tenv = worldedit.quene_aliasenv
 		end
 		local count = worldedit.hollow_cylinder(pos, axis, tonumber(length), tonumber(radius), nodename, tenv)
-		minetest.chat_send_player(name, count .. " nodes added", false)
+		worldedit.player_notify(name, count .. " nodes added")
 	end,
 })
 
@@ -417,13 +422,13 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/cylinder", {
 	func = function(name, param)
 		local pos = worldedit.pos1[name]
 		if pos == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "No WorldEdit region selected", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "no region selected")
 			return
 		end
 
 		local found, _, axis, length, radius, nodename = param:find("^([xyz%?])%s+([+-]?%d+)%s+(%d+)%s+([^%s]+)$")
 		if found == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid usage: " .. param, false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid usage: " .. param)
 			return
 		end
 		if axis == "?" then
@@ -431,7 +436,7 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/cylinder", {
 			length = length * sign
 		end
 		if not worldedit.node_is_valid(nodename) then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid node name: " .. param, false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid node name: " .. param)
 			return
 		end
 
@@ -440,7 +445,7 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/cylinder", {
 			tenv = worldedit.quene_aliasenv
 		end
 		local count = worldedit.cylinder(pos, axis, tonumber(length), tonumber(radius), nodename, tenv)
-		minetest.chat_send_player(name, count .. " nodes added", false)
+		worldedit.player_notify(name, count .. " nodes added")
 	end,
 })
 
@@ -451,17 +456,17 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/pyramid", {
 	func = function(name, param)
 		local pos = worldedit.pos1[name]
 		if pos == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "No WorldEdit region selected", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "no region selected")
 			return
 		end
 
 		local found, _, size, nodename = param:find("(%d+)%s+([^%s]+)$")
 		if found == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid usage: " .. param, false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid usage: " .. param)
 			return
 		end
 		if not worldedit.node_is_valid(nodename) then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid node name: " .. param, false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid node name: " .. param)
 			return
 		end
 
@@ -470,7 +475,7 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/pyramid", {
 			tenv = worldedit.quene_aliasenv
 		end
 		local count = worldedit.pyramid(pos, tonumber(size), nodename, tenv)
-		minetest.chat_send_player(name, count .. " nodes added", false)
+		worldedit.player_notify(name, count .. " nodes added")
 	end,
 })
 
@@ -481,17 +486,17 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/spiral", {
 	func = function(name, param)
 		local pos = worldedit.pos1[name]
 		if pos == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "No WorldEdit region selected", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "no region selected")
 			return
 		end
 
 		local found, _, width, height, space, nodename = param:find("(%d+)%s+(%d+)%s+(%d+)%s+([^%s]+)$")
 		if found == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid usage: " .. param, false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid usage: " .. param)
 			return
 		end
 		if not worldedit.node_is_valid(nodename) then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid node name: " .. param, false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid node name: " .. param)
 			return
 		end
 
@@ -500,7 +505,7 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/spiral", {
 			tenv = worldedit.quene_aliasenv
 		end
 		local count = worldedit.spiral(pos, tonumber(width), tonumber(height), tonumber(space), nodename, tenv)
-		minetest.chat_send_player(name, count .. " nodes changed", false)
+		worldedit.player_notify(name, count .. " nodes added")
 	end,
 })
 
@@ -511,13 +516,13 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/copy", {
 	func = function(name, param)
 		local pos1, pos2 = worldedit.pos1[name], worldedit.pos2[name]
 		if pos1 == nil or pos2 == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "No WorldEdit region selected", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "no region selected")
 			return
 		end
 
 		local found, _, axis, amount = param:find("^([xyz%?])%s+([+-]?%d+)$")
 		if found == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid usage: " .. param, false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid usage: " .. param)
 			return
 		end
 		if axis == "?" then
@@ -530,7 +535,7 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/copy", {
 			tenv = worldedit.quene_aliasenv
 		end
 		local count = worldedit.copy(pos1, pos2, axis, tonumber(amount), tenv)
-		minetest.chat_send_player(name, count .. " nodes copied", false)
+		worldedit.player_notify(name, count .. " nodes copied")
 	end,
 })
 
@@ -541,13 +546,13 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/move", {
 	func = function(name, param)
 		local pos1, pos2 = worldedit.pos1[name], worldedit.pos2[name]
 		if pos1 == nil or pos2 == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "No WorldEdit region selected", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "no region selected")
 			return
 		end
 
 		local found, _, axis, amount = param:find("^([xyz%?])%s+([+-]?%d+)$")
 		if found == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid usage: " .. param, false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid usage: " .. param)
 			return
 		end
 		if axis == "?" then
@@ -567,7 +572,7 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/move", {
 			tenv = worldedit.quene_aliasenv
 		end
 		local count = worldedit.copy(pos1, pos2, axis, tonumber(amount), tenv)
-		minetest.chat_send_player(name, count .. " nodes moved", false)
+		worldedit.player_notify(name, count .. " nodes moved")
 	end,
 })
 
@@ -578,13 +583,13 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/stack", {
 	func = function(name, param)
 		local pos1, pos2 = worldedit.pos1[name], worldedit.pos2[name]
 		if pos1 == nil or pos2 == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "No WorldEdit region selected", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "no region selected")
 			return
 		end
 
 		local found, _, axis, count = param:find("^([xyz%?])%s+([+-]?%d+)$")
 		if found == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid usage: " .. param, false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid usage: " .. param)
 			return
 		end
 		if axis == "?" then
@@ -597,7 +602,7 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/stack", {
 			tenv = worldedit.quene_aliasenv
 		end
 		local count = worldedit.stack(pos1, pos2, axis, tonumber(count), tenv)
-		minetest.chat_send_player(name, count .. " nodes stacked", false)
+		worldedit.player_notify(name, count .. " nodes stacked")
 	end,
 })
 
@@ -608,13 +613,13 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/transpose", {
 	func = function(name, param)
 		local pos1, pos2 = worldedit.pos1[name], worldedit.pos2[name]
 		if pos1 == nil or pos2 == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "No WorldEdit region selected", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "no region selected")
 			return
 		end
 
 		local found, _, axis1, axis2 = param:find("^([xyz%?])%s+([xyz%?])$")
 		if found == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid usage: " .. param, false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid usage: " .. param)
 			return
 		end
 		if axis1 == "?" then
@@ -624,7 +629,7 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/transpose", {
 			axis2 = worldedit.player_axis(name)
 		end
 		if axis1 == axis2 then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid usage: axes are the same", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid usage: axes must be different")
 			return
 		end
 
@@ -640,7 +645,7 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/transpose", {
 		worldedit.mark_pos1(name)
 		worldedit.mark_pos2(name)
 
-		minetest.chat_send_player(name, count .. " nodes transposed", false)
+		worldedit.player_notify(name, count .. " nodes transposed")
 	end,
 })
 
@@ -651,7 +656,7 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/flip", {
 	func = function(name, param)
 		local pos1, pos2 = worldedit.pos1[name], worldedit.pos2[name]
 		if pos1 == nil or pos2 == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "No WorldEdit region selected", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "no region selected")
 			return
 		end
 
@@ -659,7 +664,7 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/flip", {
 			param = worldedit.player_axis(name)
 		end
 		if param ~= "x" and param ~= "y" and param ~= "z" then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid usage: " .. param, false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid usage: " .. param)
 			return
 		end
 
@@ -668,7 +673,7 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/flip", {
 			tenv = worldedit.quene_aliasenv
 		end
 		local count = worldedit.flip(pos1, pos2, param, tenv)
-		minetest.chat_send_player(name, count .. " nodes flipped", false)
+		worldedit.player_notify(name, count .. " nodes flipped")
 	end,
 })
 
@@ -679,20 +684,20 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/rotate", {
 	func = function(name, param)
 		local pos1, pos2 = worldedit.pos1[name], worldedit.pos2[name]
 		if pos1 == nil or pos2 == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "No WorldEdit region selected", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "no region selected")
 			return
 		end
 
 		local found, _, axis, angle = param:find("^([xyz%?])%s+([+-]?%d+)$")
 		if found == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid usage: " .. param, false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid usage: " .. param)
 			return
 		end
 		if axis == "?" then
 			axis = worldedit.player_axis(name)
 		end
 		if angle % 90 ~= 0 then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid usage: angle must be multiple of 90", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid usage: angle must be multiple of 90")
 			return
 		end
 
@@ -708,7 +713,7 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/rotate", {
 		worldedit.mark_pos1(name)
 		worldedit.mark_pos2(name)
 
-		minetest.chat_send_player(name, count .. " nodes rotated", false)
+		worldedit.player_notify(name, count .. " nodes rotated")
 	end,
 })
 
@@ -719,17 +724,17 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/orient", {
 	func = function(name, param)
 		local pos1, pos2 = worldedit.pos1[name], worldedit.pos2[name]
 		if pos1 == nil or pos2 == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "No WorldEdit region selected", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "no region selected")
 			return
 		end
 
 		local found, _, angle = param:find("^([+-]?%d+)$")
 		if found == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid usage: " .. param, false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid usage: " .. param)
 			return
 		end
 		if angle % 90 ~= 0 then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid usage: angle must be multiple of 90", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid usage: angle must be multiple of 90")
 			return
 		end
 
@@ -739,7 +744,7 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/orient", {
 		end
 		local count = worldedit.orient(pos1, pos2, angle, tenv)
 
-		minetest.chat_send_player(name, count .. " nodes oriented", false)
+		worldedit.player_notify(name, count .. " nodes oriented")
 	end,
 })
 
@@ -750,7 +755,7 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/fixlight", {
 	func = function(name, param)
 		local pos1, pos2 = worldedit.pos1[name], worldedit.pos2[name]
 		if pos1 == nil or pos2 == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "No WorldEdit region selected", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "no region selected")
 			return
 		end
 
@@ -759,7 +764,7 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/fixlight", {
 			tenv = worldedit.quene_aliasenv
 		end
 		local count = worldedit.fixlight(pos1, pos2, tenv)
-		minetest.chat_send_player(name, count .. " nodes updated", false)
+		worldedit.player_notify(name, count .. " nodes updated")
 	end,
 })
 
@@ -770,7 +775,7 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/hide", {
 	func = function(name, param)
 		local pos1, pos2 = worldedit.pos1[name], worldedit.pos2[name]
 		if pos1 == nil or pos2 == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "No WorldEdit region selected", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "no region selected")
 			return
 		end
 
@@ -779,7 +784,7 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/hide", {
 			tenv = worldedit.quene_aliasenv
 		end
 		local count = worldedit.hide(pos1, pos2, tenv)
-		minetest.chat_send_player(name, count .. " nodes hidden", false)
+		worldedit.player_notify(name, count .. " nodes hidden")
 	end,
 })
 
@@ -790,12 +795,12 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/suppress", {
 	func = function(name, param)
 		local pos1, pos2 = worldedit.pos1[name], worldedit.pos2[name]
 		if pos1 == nil or pos2 == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "No WorldEdit region selected", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "no region selected")
 			return
 		end
 
 		if param == "" or not worldedit.node_is_valid(param) then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid node name: " .. param, false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid node name: " .. param)
 			return
 		end
 
@@ -804,7 +809,7 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/suppress", {
 			tenv = worldedit.quene_aliasenv
 		end
 		local count = worldedit.suppress(pos1, pos2, param, tenv)
-		minetest.chat_send_player(name, count .. " nodes suppressed", false)
+		worldedit.player_notify(name, count .. " nodes suppressed")
 	end,
 })
 
@@ -815,12 +820,12 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/highlight", {
 	func = function(name, param)
 		local pos1, pos2 = worldedit.pos1[name], worldedit.pos2[name]
 		if pos1 == nil or pos2 == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "No WorldEdit region selected", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "no region selected")
 			return
 		end
 
 		if param == "" or not worldedit.node_is_valid(param) then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid node name: " .. param, false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid node name: " .. param)
 			return
 		end
 
@@ -829,7 +834,7 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/highlight", {
 			tenv = worldedit.quene_aliasenv
 		end
 		local count = worldedit.highlight(pos1, pos2, param, tenv)
-		minetest.chat_send_player(name, count .. " nodes highlighted", false)
+		worldedit.player_notify(name, count .. " nodes highlighted")
 	end,
 })
 
@@ -840,7 +845,7 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/restore", {
 	func = function(name, param)
 		local pos1, pos2 = worldedit.pos1[name], worldedit.pos2[name]
 		if pos1 == nil or pos2 == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "No WorldEdit region selected", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "no region selected")
 			return
 		end
 
@@ -849,7 +854,7 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/restore", {
 			tenv = worldedit.quene_aliasenv
 		end
 		local count = worldedit.restore(pos1, pos2, tenv)
-		minetest.chat_send_player(name, count .. " nodes restored", false)
+		worldedit.player_notify(name, count .. " nodes restored")
 	end,
 })
 
@@ -860,12 +865,12 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/save", {
 	func = function(name, param)
 		local pos1, pos2 = worldedit.pos1[name], worldedit.pos2[name]
 		if pos1 == nil or pos2 == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "No WorldEdit region selected", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "no region selected")
 			return
 		end
 
 		if param == "" then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid usage: " .. param, false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid usage: " .. param)
 			return
 		end
 
@@ -876,14 +881,14 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/save", {
 		os.execute("mkdir \"" .. path .. "\"") --create directory if it does not already exist
 		local file, err = io.open(filename, "wb")
 		if err ~= nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Could not save file to \"" .. filename .. "\"", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "could not save file to \"" .. filename .. "\"")
 			return
 		end
 		file:write(result)
 		file:flush()
 		file:close()
 
-		minetest.chat_send_player(name, count .. " nodes saved", false)
+		worldedit.player_notify(name, count .. " nodes saved")
 	end,
 })
 
@@ -894,26 +899,26 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/allocate", {
 	func = function(name, param)
 		local pos1 = worldedit.pos1[name]
 		if pos1 == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "No WorldEdit region selected", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "no region selected")
 			return
 		end
 
 		if param == "" then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid usage: " .. param, false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid usage: " .. param)
 			return
 		end
 
 		local filename = minetest.get_worldpath() .. "/schems/" .. param .. ".we"
 		local file, err = io.open(filename, "rb")
 		if err ~= nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Could not open file \"" .. filename .. "\"", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "could not open file \"" .. filename .. "\"")
 			return
 		end
 		local value = file:read("*a")
 		file:close()
 
 		if worldedit.valueversion(value) == 0 then --unknown version
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid file: file is invalid or created with newer version of WorldEdit", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid file: file is invalid or created with newer version of WorldEdit")
 			return
 		end
 		local nodepos1, nodepos2, count = worldedit.allocate(pos1, value)
@@ -923,7 +928,7 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/allocate", {
 		worldedit.pos2[name] = nodepos2
 		worldedit.mark_pos2(name)
 
-		minetest.chat_send_player(name, count .. " nodes allocated", false)
+		worldedit.player_notify(name, count .. " nodes allocated")
 	end,
 })
 
@@ -934,12 +939,12 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/load", {
 	func = function(name, param)
 		local pos1 = worldedit.pos1[name]
 		if pos1 == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "No WorldEdit region selected", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "no region selected")
 			return
 		end
 
 		if param == "" then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid usage: " .. param, false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid usage: " .. param)
 			return
 		end
 
@@ -957,14 +962,14 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/load", {
 			end
 		end
 		if err then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Could not open file \"" .. param .. "\"", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "could not open file \"" .. param .. "\"")
 			return
 		end
 		local value = file:read("*a")
 		file:close()
 
 		if worldedit.valueversion(value) == 0 then --unknown version
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid file: file is invalid or created with newer version of WorldEdit", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "invalid file: file is invalid or created with newer version of WorldEdit")
 			return
 		end
 
@@ -974,7 +979,7 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/load", {
 		end
 		local count = worldedit.deserialize(pos1, value, tenv)
 
-		minetest.chat_send_player(name, count .. " nodes loaded", false)
+		worldedit.player_notify(name, count .. " nodes loaded")
 	end,
 })
 
@@ -985,9 +990,9 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/lua", {
 	func = function(name, param)
 		local err = worldedit.lua(param)
 		if err then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Code error: " .. err, false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "code error: " .. err)
 		else
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Code successfully executed", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "code successfully executed", false)
 		end
 	end,
 })
@@ -999,15 +1004,15 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("/luatransform", {
 	func = function(name, param)
 		local pos1, pos2 = worldedit.pos1[name], worldedit.pos2[name]
 		if pos1 == nil or pos2 == nil then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "No WorldEdit region selected", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "no region selected")
 			return
 		end
 
 		local err = worldedit.luatransform(pos1, pos2, param)
 		if err then
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Code error: " .. err, false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "code error: " .. err, false)
 		else
-			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Code successfully executed", false)
+			worldedit.player_notify(name, "code successfully executed", false)
 		end
 	end,
 })