This did help, thanks much. There should also be a way to edit in TM from Safari via the TM bundle "install edit in textmate", but that doesn’t seem to work. It may be because that bundle hasn’t been updated in a while.
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I did some research on the edit in textmate bit. Apparently, that broke in 10.6 w/64 bit apps. Some people report that upgrading textmate to the bleeding edge version fixed it, but it didn’t for me. On another suggestion in macromate’s blog, I found this software:
http://www.hogbaysoftware.com/products/quickcursor
It does the same thing as the firefox plug-in, but with a key-command if you wish.