[TxMt] UI - redistributing the density

[Brad Choate]

I totally agree that there is much to TextMate that doesn't meet the  
eye. Or things that are just difficult to remember. Such as  
keystrokes for various commands. My biggest frustration with TM is  
keeping track of all the modifier keys. One way to reduce the  
complexity of FINDING what you want is to have a search function.  
Something spotlight-ish.

We already have Cmd+T and Cmd+Shift+T for search-as-you-type for  
files in a project and symbols in a file.  I'd love a key that would  
present a search window for searching through bundle command/snippets/ 
macros.  It would search as you type and would display any available  
shortcut key on the right to help jog your memory.

The list could even be ranked in order of applicability by examining  
file type and scope with extra weighting based on usage.  THAT would  
rock.

Also, for commands, I could even see typing a space after the search  
abbreviation-- then, any arguments entered after the space could be  
fed to the command as actual command line arguments. For example,  
typing "svnc" or maybe "ci" would find the subversion commit command.  
Then follow that with a space and the rest of the line might be the  
comment to log for the commit.

I think most of us aren't afraid using a keyboard at a command  
line... so why not leverage that? Sometimes it's just easier than  
navigating pages of menus and complex toolbars.