[ latex2e.zip ] can be downloaded here:
The .zip contains [ latex2e.scm ]: the shortcuts for the Mac, and [ latex2e.scu ], which is the shortcuts file for Unix with the VI editor. The .scu file can also be used as a look up reference for the shortcut definitions.
These shortcuts will work for Mac OS 9 and X.
Some History
The FASTEX shortcut system was developed by Jerry and Barbara Marsden for use with TypeIt4Me for Mac OS 9 in 1993. The booklet describing the shortcut system is available here.
Its greatest merit is that only lowercase letters of the alphabet are used in combination to create abbreviations (shortcut names). No backslash or other special characters need to be typed.
In 1995, the same set of shortcuts was implemented to work with the VI editor. The description and documentation can be found at the FasTeX website. Due to other distractions, there was no time to continue work on this project but the shortcuts still work.
Fortunately for VI users there is now a VIM-LaTeX plugin available at sourceforge.net. It uses a different convention for default set of shortcuts and is probably more sophisticated, and it is definitely worth a try if you are user of the VIM editor. The FasTeX shortcuts system can be implemented into VIM-LaTeX, if you wish to add the FasTeX abbreviations to your collection.
TypeIt4Me is available at the webpage of Riccardo Ettore.
Ari Stern has integrated the FasTeX Shortcut System into his emacs environment. The relevant .emacs file and latex-abbrev.el files can be downloaded from his website http://www.acm.caltech.edu/~astern
Another way to implement shortcuts to avoid redefining macro commands and making your source document readable is:
Command Completion (Applescript Macros + Custom CommandCompletion.txt file --- CommandCompletion.zip) from Herb Schulz at http://homepage.mac.com/herbs2.