Although the problem might not effect a majority of the TextMate
users (how many people use tablets for everything on their
computer?), it is still a very fundamental part of the feature
set. That's why I believe it deserves a little attention (read:
"slider" :)

Sorry to be blunt, but this idea strikes me as absurd ;)

a) you will be able to disable re-selection in b17 (see my other
letter on the subject)
b) if Mail doesn't have the problem, clearly it's just a matter of
replicating what Mail does, rather than let the user work it out by
disabling features.

What's absurd is your "blunt" answer to what was clearly a joke... The *main* point was that even though it might not affect a lot of people, I still hoped it would be considered important enough not to be dropped all the way down at the bottom of the feature request list. That's all... Ho well...