ID> Upon reviewing flyspell again, I realized that it is possible to
    ID> integrate with it, which I think makes much more sense than having a
    ID> package that stands entirely on its own.

    JW> This sounds great, Ian.  I went to install it into my Emacs just now,
    JW> and upon evaluating the buffer I get:

    JW> auto-correct--add-support: Symbol’s value as variable is void:
    JW> auto-correct-mode

    JW> It's coming from the minor-mode definition:

    JW>   :lighter " Auto-Correct" (if auto-correct-mode (run-hooks
    JW> 'auto-correct-activate-functions) (run-hooks
    JW> 'auto-correct-deactivate-functions)))

    JW> I see you have a (defvar auto-correct-mode) up above, but that doesn't
    JW> seem to help.

    JW> To recap, I'm just opening the file and typing M-x eval-buffer.

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Running in a fresh Emacs process and running M-x eval-buffer, I see the
same thing.  I rearranged the declarations to avoid the error.  It
should work now.