The Neutron Super Highway should speed that up.
Looking at this map makes my brain hurt
The default keybinding for killing a buffer should be SPC b k. That is what I use to close the scratch buffer. 
Wow I didn’t realize that xEmacs was still maintained
What’s that?
Wow this is eye opening I had no idea the open source stuff was so good.
Nah most of that happens on the official forums.