WML Workshop • Help visualizing [wml_message] / debug macros in in-game chat

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[modification]    id="attack_indicator"    name= _ "Attack Indicator"    description= _ "Shows indicators for attackable enemies."    require_modification=yes        [event]        name=select        first_time_only=no        #        # MACROS - https://www.wesnoth.org/macro-reference.html#file:debug-utils.cfg        # It says they should work in-game as long as `:log debug wml` or similar is used        # This works, but it's too interruptive - I'd like to log stuff to the in-game chat only...        # {DEBUG_MSG "DEBUG_MSG > event: select"}        # Don't work        {DEBUG "DEBUG > event: select"}        {LOG "LOG > event: select"}        #                # InterfaceActionsWML - https://wiki.wesnoth.org/InterfaceActionsWML        # It says they should work in-game, and can be used within [event]:        #     (...) ActionWML can be used (...) inside an [event], to define a event handler (see EventWML)        # This works, but it's too interruptive - I'd like to log stuff to the in-game chat only...        [message]            message="[message] > event: select"        [/message]                # This is the only one working as I would expect...        # I might create a macro for it and go on with life, but I'd really like to understand why        # the pre-defined macros and [wml_message] don't behave as I expect...        [chat]            message="[chat] > event: select"        [/chat]        # From: https://wiki.wesnoth.org/InterfaceActionsWML#.5Bwml_message.5D        # Short forms        [wml_message]            logger="err"            message="[wml_message] > err > event: select"        [/wml_message]        [wml_message]            logger="wrn"            message="[wml_message] > wrn > event: select"        [/wml_message]        [wml_message]            logger="dbg"            message="[wml_message] > dbg > event: select"        [/wml_message]        # Long forms        [wml_message]            logger="error"            message="[wml_message] > error > event: select"        [/wml_message]        [wml_message]            logger="warning"            message="[wml_message] > warning > event: select"        [/wml_message]        [wml_message]            logger="debug"            message="wml_message > debug > event: select"        [/wml_message]        # Extra, not available in short form        [wml_message]            logger="info"            message="[wml_message] > info > event: select"        [/wml_message]    [/event][/modification]