By pressing the Alt-Space combination, an abbreviation's espansion is inserted. The abbreviation is the word before the text-cursor. Functions to manage abbreviations are found in the workspace-menu. The set of predefined abbreviations is tailored towards the typical Smalltalk programmer, however, you can add your own in the "private.rc"- or "p_yourName.rc file.

For example, the abbreviation "itf" is replaced by a "ifTrue:ifFalse:" code fragment.