One of the many useful features of TextMate is autocompletion of words. If I were in TextMate right now, I could write "au[tab]", and it would complete it to "autocompletion". RubyMine can do this, too. When you write a word (e.g. a variable name), just hit ALT + / repeatedly and it will offer all completions for the letters you typed. This action is called Cyclic Expand Word in RubyMine / IntelliJ IDEA.
This feature keeps you from mistyping variable names, saves you keystrokes and speeds up development. ~10 keystrokes to the price of 2!
You can't type ALT+/
on a German keyboard. I recommend setting the shortcut to Ctrl+.
(period), which is the same that Eclipse uses for word completion.
To change the key mapping:
cyclic expand word
in the settings dialogCtrl
and press .