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Is there a QuickText like (Tab Trigger) plugin for Eclipse?

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If I read Tab Triggers of TextMate correctly, especially the part stating:

Tab triggers are also useful when they match program keywords and lead to actions (such as inserting snippets) that do what you would normally do after entering the keyword.

, the closest eclipse feature for that would be Preferences / Java / Editor / Templates
(the difference being that is is triggered not by Tab, but rather by Ctrl+Space...)

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The example for instance allows you to insert quite a bit of code after typing only three letters...

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VonC
I know this feature but I was hoping there was something better...thanks anyway.
Franek
@Fraenek: I understand you, but I do not know of a strict equivalent of the Tab trigger with eclipse. That one ("templates") seems to be close enough.
VonC