[TxMt] Strange selection & right-click behavior

[Oliver Taylor]

I noticed that when something is selected in TextMate and you right- 
click *anywhere* in the document the pop-up menu contains items  
referring to the selection (filer thru command, etc.). This strikes  
me as odd because it's not how the rest of the OS behaves.

Everywhere else (that I know of) re-focuses the selection depending  
on where you right-click. If you right-click in the existing  
selection you are shown options for that selection, but if you right- 
click outside the current selection the selection re-focuses and  
moves to the word that was clicked on.

While this not really a big deal, it's caused me some confusion when  
trying to correct spelling when some other bit of text is selected.  
I've even gone so far as to unconsciously make sure to always select  
the word I'm trying to spell-check.

I personally would prefer if the behavior was in-line with the rest  
of the OS, but I could imagine there would be some cases when this is  
not desirable.

Was this a design choice? What are the benefits of this?

—oliver