eval-after-load & ensure program exists for ispell

  Suggested by Ircg [1], taken from a patch to technomancy's starter
  kit.

  Might want to add a direct call to `turn-on-flyspell' after the
  add-hook inside the `when' to address Ircg's problem in issue 63.

[1]  eschulte#63

Author: eschulte

starter-kit-misc.org

@@ -90,13 +90,15 @@ ido-mode is like magic pixie dust!
   (set-default 'indent-tabs-mode nil)
   (set-default 'indicate-empty-lines t)
   (set-default 'imenu-auto-rescan t)
-  
+
   (add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-fill)
-  (add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'turn-on-flyspell)
-  
+  (eval-after-load "ispell"
+    '(when (executable-find ispell-program-name)
+       (add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'turn-on-flyspell)))
+
   (defvar starter-kit-coding-hook nil
     "Hook that gets run on activation of any programming mode.")
-  
+
   (defalias 'yes-or-no-p 'y-or-n-p)
   ;; Seed the random-number generator
   (random t)