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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2014-08-18 22:29:05 +0000
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+Release notes for version 0.9.9f [2014-08-15]:
+
+ - I've made the alterations needed to bring the styles into line with
+ the latest version of biblatex (2.9a). This is the version that
+ has been tested most thoroughly with biblatex-chicago, so I
+ strongly recommend using it.
+
+ - I fixed several inaccuracies in the presentation of abbreviated
+ cross-references in all the Chicago styles, and while I was working
+ on that portion of the code it seemed an opportune moment to
+ fulfill some feature requests bearing on the same area of
+ functionality.
+
+ - First, following a request from Alexandre Roberts, I have added the
+ "inheritshorthand" option to the notes & bibliography style, which
+ allows child entries to inherit the "shorthand" field from their
+ parents. This in turn allows the shorthand itself to appear in
+ place of the usual abbreviated citation of parent entries
+ cross-referenced by several different child entries, thereby saving
+ some space. (This behavior was already available in the
+ author-date styles, so the option is unnecessary there.) You'll
+ need to use "skipbiblist" in the "options" field of child entries
+ to make the list of shorthands work correctly. Please see the
+ documentation of the "shorthand" field for the full explanation.
+
+ - Second, following a request from Kenneth Pearce, I have added to
+ all Chicago styles the capacity to combine abbreviated
+ cross-references with the presentation of the original text of
+ translations (via the "userf" field) or of the original publication
+ details of an essay or chapter you are citing from a subsequent
+ reprint (via the "reprinttitle" field). See the documentation of
+ those fields, and also of "crossref," and note that you can now,
+ taking certain precautions as outlined in the "shorthand" docs,
+ combine the "userf," "crossref," and "shorthand" fields. This
+ mechanism contains a great many moving parts, so please report any
+ problems you might have with it.
+
+ - Third, and finally, following a bug report by Mark van Atten I have
+ fixed all Chicago styles so that the biblatex "backref" mechanism
+ works properly in biblatex-chicago, including in those entries that
+ use abbreviated cross-references, and in those that use the "userf"
+ or "reprinttitle" fields. I can't see any instructions concerning
+ this in the Manual, so I've left the formatting of "backref" lists
+ in the hands of biblatex itself. If the default behavior doesn't
+ match your needs, let me know, as it's possible I could add some
+ further options for modifying it.
+
+ - I have added a new "compresspages" option to all the Chicago
+ styles. If set to "true" it automatically compresses page ranges
+ in the "pages" and "postnote" fields, allowing you to type ranges
+ naturally, e.g., 101--109, and letting the package follow the
+ Manual's rules for you. (In this case, it would yield 101-9 in the
+ document.) Thanks are due to David Gohlke who brought to my
+ attention a discussion that took place a couple of years ago on
+ Stack Exchange regarding the automatic compression of page ranges.
+ Biblatex has long had the facilities for providing this, and though
+ the Manual's rules (9.60) are fairly complicated, Audrey Boruvka
+ fortunately provided in that discussion code that implements the
+ specifications. As some users may well be accustomed to
+ compressing page ranges themselves in their .bib files, and in
+ their "postnote" fields, I have made the activation of this code a
+ package option.
+
+ - Several users, most recently David Gohlke, have requested a way to
+ alter the punctuation that appears just before the "postnote"
+ argument of citation commands. This allows, in the notes &
+ bibliography style, citations to fit better into the flow of text,
+ while in the author-date styles it allows you very easily to insert
+ comments, which follow a semi-colon, inside parenthetical text
+ citations. This punctuation is a complex issue in the Manual, but
+ as a first stab at enabling this greater flexibility, I have
+ introduced the "postnotepunct" package option. Set to "true," it
+ allows you to start the "postnote" field with a punctuation mark
+ (. , ; :) and have it appear as the \postnotedelim in place of
+ whatever the package might otherwise automatically have chosen.
+ Please note that this functionality relies on a very nifty macro by
+ Philipp Lehman which I haven't extensively tested, so I'm labeling
+ this option "experimental." Note also that the option only affects
+ the "postnote" field of citation commands, not the "pages" field in
+ your .bib file. Note, finally, that if you are using the new
+ "compresspages" option then any "postnote" field starting with a
+ punctuation mark will require you to do the compression of page
+ ranges yourself.
+
+ - I've added a new inheritance declaration so that InCollection
+ entries can inherit from Book entries the same way they inherit
+ from MVBook.
+
+ - I've fixed a fair number of other bugs, including two in the Ibidem
+ mechanism pointed out by Bernd Rellermeyer, one in the printing of
+ dates, and one in the \textcite command in the notes & bibliography
+ style, these last two pointed out by Kenneth Beesley. The
+ presentation of all the periodical entry types (without an
+ "entrysubtype") has also been made more accurate.
+
Release notes for version 0.9.9e [2014-01-29]:
- This minor release fixes a regression in the Ibidem mechanism in