optionally enforce sentence_capitalization at start of bullet

[notuntoward]

The sentence_capitalization checker is a "nice to have" feature, although most of the time, I do manage to correctly start a sentence with a capital letter.

However, most of time, the checker gets in the way, because I actually don't want to start a bullet with a capital letter. This is because a bullet already does the job of a capital letter -- so a capital is unnecessary -- but also because I often make bullet lists by first writing a too-long sentence, and then breaking it into bullets; capitalizing each bullet is a bother.

I don't know how many people think like me, but I do know that I'd like it if, besides sentence_capitalization options for ON and OFF, there was one for NOT BULLETS. Or something like that.

[tv42]

What I was taught is that there's two kinds of lists.

• simple
• lowercase
• very common

and

• Some lists contain complete sentences.
• These should start with a capital letter and end in punctuation.
• All items in one list should consistently follow one style or the other.

You can probably check for trailing punctuation and prevent the sentence_capitalization lint from triggering if no items have trailing punctuation.

(Initial capital is less useful because it's quite valid to say: "Places I'd like to work at: - NASA")