You should RTFM before writing such a rant, or you may look stupid. Guess it's too late.
- CLI: mate (Check "Terminal Usage" under the Help menu) - Multiple files: Scratch projects: mate folder or mate file1 file2, you can then save them as a Project if you want. - Beep: If you try to fold outside of a foldable block you obviously get a beep. What else do you want? I'd hate to have a warning if I accidently typed F1!
About the "TextMate Help", it uses the central OS X help system and search works normally. Maybe you should check your system. BTW, if you never used the Help system, you must be really new to the Mac and you should read... the help files.
9 answers to your first post on the list, congrats, you just found a lot of friends. ;)
-- FredB