Bug fixes on emacs setup

.emacs

@@ -4,13 +4,8 @@
 ;; Keep this on top
 ;; https://melpa.org/#/getting-started
 (require 'package)
-(let* ((no-ssl (and (memq system-type '(windows-nt ms-dos))
-                    (not (gnutls-available-p))))
-       (url (concat (if no-ssl "http" "https") "://melpa.org/packages/")))
-  (add-to-list 'package-archives (cons "melpa" url) t))
-(when (< emacs-major-version 24)
-  ;; For important compatibility libraries like cl-lib
-  (add-to-list 'package-archives '("gnu" . "http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")))
+(add-to-list 'package-archives
+             '("melpa-stable" . "https://stable.melpa.org/packages/"))
 (package-initialize)
 
 ;; setting the default directory for extra packages
@@ -20,8 +15,8 @@
 ;; turns off the menus at top
 (menu-bar-mode -1)
 (tool-bar-mode -1)
-;; enable longlines-mode for text files
-(add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'visual-line-mode)
+;; enable word wrap
+(global-visual-line-mode t)
 ;; load word-count tools, use "wc" command to get instant count
 (load "wc-mode")
 ;; but normally don't initialize because it's too CPU-intensive on large files