1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/spellcheck.lua b/spellcheck.lua
index 0c3549d..53e052c 100644
--- a/spellcheck.lua
+++ b/spellcheck.lua
@@ -45,6 +45,18 @@ spellcheck.check_tokens = {
   [vis.lexers.DEFAULT] = true,
 }
 
+function spell_init()
+  if not vis.communicate then
+    vis:info('Spellcheck Error: spellchecking support requires vis communicate patch')
+    return {}
+  else
+    local cmd = spellcheck.list_cmd:format(spellcheck.get_lang())
+    spellcheck.fd = vis.communicate("spelldaemon", cmd .. " -a")
+  end
+end
+
+spell_init()
+
 -- Return nil or a string of misspelled word in a specific file range or text
 -- by calling the spellchecker's list command.
 -- If given a range we will use vis:pipe to get our typos from the spellchecker.