Other editors with autocompletion shortcuts similar to those in TeXShop [duplicate]

Question

There's one particular feature I really like about TeXShop. It's the ability to type something like \bali + escand you get the entire \begin{align} structure or try typing something like \bite + esc. It's definitely very convenient.

I know that these things can be done with other editors via keyboard shortcuts, but I don't want to have to memorize a new keyboard shortcut (plus, I already have many that I use).

So my question is, is it possible to recreate this with other editors such as vim or TeXStudio?

Update: I'm running Mac OSX. To help you help me, I've listed some other mac compatible editors that community users may be familiar with:

• texstudio
• vim with latex suite
• texlipse
• sublime

Answer 1

You could try TeXnicCenter.

It has some autocomplete (by pressing CTRL SPACE) after writing:

ite

\begin{itemize}
    \item 
\end{itemize}

figu

\begin{figure}%
\includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{filename}%
\caption{}%
\label{}%
\end{figure}

tabl

\begin{table}%
\begin{tabular}{lcr}

\end{tabular}
\caption{}
\label{}
\end{table}

And so many more! You should really give it a try.

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Answer 2

Well, basically, Emacs shortcuts are similar to whatever you want them to be;). That said, expanding just \bali (and not things like \bali + space, \bali + tab etc.) might be dangerous; how would you type a control sequence starting with \bali?

If \bali + space is good for you, Abbrev mode is a ready-made solution you may use. If you want to have the point (cursor in Emacsspeak) in a particular place in the expanded text (like between the \begin...\end pair), Abbrev mode is not sufficient; then, you might want to look into Yasnippet. In it, you have a way to create snippets of code, expandable either by a keystroke, or by an abbreviation followed by TAB (but you can easily change it into SPACE, or even a few different and independent keys - though I didn't test these ideas).