Can TextMate be changed to "shift text to right" by highlighting text and pressing Tab?

Question

Can TextMate be changed to "shift text to right" by highlighting text and pressing Tab?

Right now it actually replace the whole selected text with a tab character but I almost never want to do something like that. I think some other editors like Notepad++ will indent to the next level.

Answer 1

Cmd + ] will shift text to the right.

If you really want to use Tab for that, then make a new command in the bundle editor and paste this in:

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
$: << ENV['TM_SUPPORT_PATH'] + '/lib'
require 'escape'
def esc(str)
  e_sn(str).gsub(/\}/, '\\}') # escaping inside a placeholder
end

s = STDIN.read
if s.empty? then
  print "\t"
else
  print "\t#{e_sn s}"
end

Then set the key equivalent to Tab.