Shorthands

One of the most requested features for Lorcast was the ability to search with a shorthand keyword instead of the full word. At the start, I felt it was important to make sure the operators were correct and their usage felt good.

However, once you start doing a few searches it quickly becomes annoying to need to type the full rarity: (for example), when a shorthand operator would be so much nicer.

Well, you finally can do so! Searches like the following are supported:

Cards that are Amber or Steel

i:amber or i:steel

Shift cards that cost more than 7 or exactly 5 that cannot be inked.

(c>7 or c:5) e:shift -iw

Actions that deal damage to both characters and locations

t:action e:damage (e:character e:location)

It was important to get most of the keywords created first so the shorthands wouldn't have conflicting overlaps. For example, e is used for text because t was taken for type.

The Syntax Page has been updated with examples.