Gremlins 0.9.0

GOV.UK-inspired list punctuation

A new opt-in mode applies different punctuation rules to bullet and numbered lists. Enable it under Settings → Gremlins → List style → List item punctuation → By list type (GOV.UK-inspired).

This mode:

• uses no terminal punctuation for bullet items (-, +, *)
• uses periods for numbered items (1., 1))
• follows each nested list's own marker type
• applies the same rules to task items without changing their checkboxes
• checks the final content line of multiline items

Existing punctuation exceptions still apply. Question marks, exclamation marks, ellipses, structural parent colons and display maths are preserved. Numbered items retain the period-policy exceptions for standalone wikilinks, all-caps labels and unpunctuated nested-list parents.

Optional and manual

Punctuation checking remains disabled by default. Existing modes, saved preferences and the separate line-ending setting are unchanged. Notes change only when you explicitly run a fix.

This is a punctuation preference, not a full GOV.UK writing checker. It does not check capitalisation, grammar, lead-ins or whether numbered items describe a process.