Review the packages / config listed here

[jladdjr]

http://timothypratley.blogspot.com/2015/07/seven-specialty-emacs-settings-with-big.html

lots of helpful looking tweaks!

• chords
• ignore active process on quit

[jladdjr]

Here, too: https://github.com/luismbo/dot-emacs/blob/master/init.el