Suggestions for TextMate's Search and Replace

One-minute read

Like so many other programmers, I adore TextMate. For that reasons, here are two simple features that I’d enjoy seeing in the next version:

  1. A case-preserving search and replace tool. If I search for a string like my_class and want to replace it with my_new_class, I’d like my_class to transform into my_new_class at the same time that MyClass transforms into MyNewClass.
  2. A version of search and replace that also edits filenames. If I replace MyClass with MyNewClass everywhere, I’d like to have the file named MyClass.java renamed to MyNewClass.java at the same time. Both of these would save me from a ton of stupid code drift problems while performing a global search and replace. Do other people think these are interesting enough to merit suggesting them directly to Allan Oddgaard?