Hi Eli,

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> > What happens if none of the spellers supported by ispell.el is
>> > installed on the user's system?
>> 
>> Starting new Ispell process ispell with default dictionary... \ 
>> Buffer xxx has no process
>> 
>> Emacs exit status is 255 in this case.
>
> Can we check this up front, and display some user-friendly message to
> the effect that spell-checking cannot be done?

Here is an additional patch for the series to answer your request.

If you believe the patch series is too large to be reviewed, I can split
it in several smaller ones.

-- 
Damien Cassou

"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another without
losing enthusiasm." --Winston Churchill