No, I believe that this won't be practical based on the way that it is implemented.
Also, this question has been asked before: http://lists.macromates.com/textmate/2012-February/034437.html
David.
2012/4/27 Yuan Jiang sleetdrop@gmail.com
Will rmate support directory in the future , just like mate . in local machine?
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