biblatex-chicago (29jan14)

git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@32816 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751

14 files changed, 131 insertions, 93 deletions

diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/README b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/README
index 3397afd8af6..0ca6def1b0f 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/README
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/README
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 IMPORTANT NOTE:
 
 This is the package formerly known as biblatex-chicago-notes-df.  It
-works best with the latest version (2.8) of biblatex, and may not work
-well or at all with earlier versions.  It contains both the 15th- and
-16th-edition Chicago style files, though I am now marking the
+works best with the latest version (2.8a) of biblatex, and may not
+work well or at all with earlier versions.  It contains both the 15th-
+and 16th-edition Chicago style files, though I am now marking the
 15th-edition styles as "strongly deprecated" and am concentrating my
 development time on the 16th edition.  If you have used the package
 before, then you should be sure to consult the RELEASE file to find
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ note that Biber is now required for the author-date styles, and very
 strongly advised for the notes & bibliography style (version 1.8 is
 designed for use with the latest biblatex).
 
-README (version 0.9.9d, 2013-10-30):
+README (version 0.9.9e, 2014-01-29):
 
 Biblatex-chicago contains five biblatex styles implementing the
 specifications of the Chicago Manual of Style in both its 15th and
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ Changelog: See the RELEASE file, and also the end of
 biblatex-chicago.pdf (or biblatex-chicago15.pdf).
 
 
-Copyright (c) 2008-2013 David Fussner.  This package is
+Copyright (c) 2008-2014 David Fussner.  This package is
 author-maintained.  This work may be copied, distributed and/or
 modified under the conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License,
 either version 1.3 of this license or (at your option) any later
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/RELEASE b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/RELEASE
index b281a16cabd..6ab746cfc10 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/RELEASE
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/RELEASE
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Release notes for version 0.9.9e [2014-01-29]:
+
+ - This minor release fixes a regression in the Ibidem mechanism in
+   the notes & bibliography style, spotted by Harold Bellemare, and
+   present in the package since version 0.9.9c.  In all other respects
+   this release is identical to 0.9.9d.
+
 Release notes for version 0.9.9d [2013-10-30]:
 
  - I am marking the 15th-edition styles as "strongly deprecated."  I
@@ -1219,7 +1226,7 @@ Changelog for version 0.7 [2008-08-18]:
 
  - First public release 
 
-Copyright (c) 2008-2011 David Fussner.  This package is
+Copyright (c) 2008-2014 David Fussner.  This package is
 author-maintained.  This work may be copied, distributed and/or
 modified under the conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License,
 either version 1.3 of this license or (at your option) any later
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/biblatex-chicago.pdf b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/biblatex-chicago.pdf
index 8d1161bb82e..61b3628bd47 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/biblatex-chicago.pdf
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/biblatex-chicago.pdf
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/biblatex-chicago.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/biblatex-chicago.tex
index dbc00cbe217..d0aaa942d26 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/biblatex-chicago.tex
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/biblatex-chicago.tex
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@
   {\baselineskip}%
   {.5\baselineskip}%
   {\sffamily\normalsize\bfseries}}%
+\renewcommand{\paragraph}{\@startsection
+  {paragraph}%
+  {1}%
+  {\z@}%
+  {\baselineskip}%3.25ex \@plus1ex \@minus.2ex}%
+  {0mm}%
+  {}}%
 \makeatother
 \begin{document}
 \begin{center}
@@ -56,7 +63,7 @@
   Style files for biblatex
 
 \vspace{.3\baselineskip}
-\sffamily\normalsize\bfseries David Fussner\qquad Version 0.9.9d (beta) \\
+\sffamily\normalsize\bfseries David Fussner\qquad Version 0.9.9e (beta) \\
 \href{mailto:djf027@googlemail.com}{djf027@googlemail.com}\\ \today
 
 \end{center} 
@@ -151,7 +158,7 @@ this release.
 
 \begin{itemize}{}{}
 \item Philipp Lehman's \textsf{biblatex} package, of course!  You must
-  use the latest version(s) --- 1.7 or 2.8 at the time of writing ---
+  use the latest version(s) --- 1.7 or 2.8a at the time of writing ---
   as my code relies on features and bug fixes only available in the
   most recent release.  Lehman's tools require several packages, and
   he strongly recommends several more:
@@ -177,7 +184,7 @@ this release.
     use the following:
   \item \textsf{Biber} --- the next-generation \textsc{Bib}\TeX\
     replacement, which is available from SourceForge.  You should use
-    the latest version, 1.8, to work with \textsf{biblatex} 2.8 and
+    the latest version, 1.8, to work with \textsf{biblatex} 2.8a and
     \textsf{biblatex-chicago}, and it is required for users who are
     either using the author-date styles or processing a .bib file in
     Unicode.  See \textsf{cms-dates-sample.pdf} and, for example, the
@@ -319,7 +326,7 @@ this release.
 \subsection{License}
 \label{sec:lppl}
 
-Copyright © 2008--2013 David Fussner.  This package is
+Copyright © 2008--2014 David Fussner.  This package is
 author-maintained.  This work may be copied, distributed and/or
 modified under the conditions of the \LaTeX\ Project Public License,
 either version 1.3 of this license or (at your option) any later
@@ -1460,35 +1467,37 @@ you must be using \textsf{Biber} for the settings to apply.  See
 harley:ancient:cart, harley:cartography, and harley:hoc for how this
 might look.
 
-\mybigspace The \mymarginpar{\textbf{online}} \emph{Manual}'s
-scattered instructions (14.4--13, 14.166--169, 14.184--185, 14.200,
-14.223, 14.243--246) for citing online materials are slightly
-different from those suggested by standard \textsf{biblatex}.  Indeed,
-this is a case where complete backward compatibility with other
-\textsf{biblatex} styles may be impossible, because as a general rule
-the \emph{Manual} considers relevant not only where a source is found,
-but also the nature of that source, e.g., if it's an online edition of
-a book (james:ambassadors), then it calls for a \textsf{book} entry.
-Even if you cite an intrinsically online source, if that source is
-structured more or less like a conventional printed periodical, then
-you'll probably want to use \textsf{article} or \textsf{review}
-instead of \textsf{online} (stenger:privacy, which cites
-\emph{CNN.com}).  The 16th edition's suggestions for blogs lend
-themselves well to the \textsf{article} type, too, while comments
-become, logically, \textsf{reviews} (14.243--6; ellis:blog,
-ac:comment).  Otherwise, for online documents not \enquote{formally
-  published,} the \textsf{online} type is usually the best choice
-(evanston:library, powell:email).  Online videos, in particular short
-pieces or those that present excerpts of some longer event or work,
-and also online interviews, usually require this type, too.  (See
-harwood:biden, horowitz:youtube, pollan:plant, but cp.\ weed:flatiron,
-a complete film, which requires a \textsf{video} entry.  Online audio
-pieces, particularly dated ones from an archive, work best as
-\textsf{misc} entries with an \textsf{entrysubtype}: coolidge:speech,
-roosevelt:speech.)  Some online materials will, no doubt, make it
-difficult to choose an entry type, but so long as all locating
-information is present, then perhaps that is enough to fulfill the
-specification, or at least so I'd like to hope.
+\paragraph*{\mymarginpar{\textbf{online}}}
+\label{sec:online}
+
+The \emph{Manual}'s scattered instructions (14.4--13, 14.166--169,
+14.184--185, 14.200, 14.223, 14.243--246) for citing online materials
+are slightly different from those suggested by standard
+\textsf{biblatex}.  Indeed, this is a case where complete backward
+compatibility with other \textsf{biblatex} styles may be impossible,
+because as a general rule the \emph{Manual} considers relevant not
+only where a source is found, but also the nature of that source,
+e.g., if it's an online edition of a book (james:ambassadors), then it
+calls for a \textsf{book} entry.  Even if you cite an intrinsically
+online source, if that source is structured more or less like a
+conventional printed periodical, then you'll probably want to use
+\textsf{article} or \textsf{review} instead of \textsf{online}
+(stenger:privacy, which cites \emph{CNN.com}).  The 16th edition's
+suggestions for blogs lend themselves well to the \textsf{article}
+type, too, while comments become, logically, \textsf{reviews}
+(14.243--6; ellis:blog, ac:comment).  Otherwise, for online documents
+not \enquote{formally published,} the \textsf{online} type is usually
+the best choice (evanston:library, powell:email).  Online videos, in
+particular short pieces or those that present excerpts of some longer
+event or work, and also online interviews, usually require this type,
+too.  (See harwood:biden, horowitz:youtube, pollan:plant, but cp.\
+weed:flatiron, a complete film, which requires a \textsf{video} entry.
+Online audio pieces, particularly dated ones from an archive, work
+best as \textsf{misc} entries with an \textsf{entrysubtype}:
+coolidge:speech, roosevelt:speech.)  Some online materials will, no
+doubt, make it difficult to choose an entry type, but so long as all
+locating information is present, then perhaps that is enough to
+fulfill the specification, or at least so I'd like to hope.
 
 \mylittlespace Constructing an \textsf{online} .bib file entry is much
 the same as in \textsf{biblatex}.  The \textsf{title} field would
@@ -1884,9 +1893,11 @@ undefined, and \textsf{biblatex-chicago-notes} will do the rest. Cf.\
 \textsf{foreword} and \textsf{introduction}. (See \emph{Manual} 14.91,
 14.116; polakow:afterw.)
 
-\mybigspace At \mymarginpar{\textbf{annotation}} \label{sec:annote}
-the request of Emil Salim, \textsf{biblatex-chicago-notes} has, as of
-version 0.9, added a package option (see \texttt{annotation} below,
+\paragraph*{\mymarginpar{\textbf{annotation}}}
+\label{sec:annote}
+
+At the request of Emil Salim, \textsf{biblatex-chicago-notes} has, as
+of version 0.9, added a package option (see \texttt{annotation} below,
 section \ref{sec:useropts}) to allow you to produce annotated
 bibliographies.  The formatting of such a bibliography is currently
 fairly basic, though it conforms with the \emph{Manual's} minimal
@@ -2113,22 +2124,24 @@ be useful for some purposes.  Cf.\ \textsf{annotator}.
 
 \enlargethispage{\baselineskip}
 
-\mybigspace This \colmarginpar{\textbf{crossref}} field is the
-standard \textsc{Bib}\TeX\ cross-referencing mechanism, and
-\textsf{biblatex} has adopted it while also introducing a modified one
-of its own (\textsf{xref}).  If you are using \textsc{Bib}\TeX\ (or
-\textsf{bibtex8)} the \textsf{crossref} field works exactly the same
-as it always has, while \textsf{xref} attempts to remedy some of the
-deficiencies of the usual mechanism by ensuring that child entries
-will inherit no data at all from their parents.  Section~2.4.1.1 of
-\textsf{biblatex.pdf} contains useful notes on the intricacies of
-managing cross-referenced entries with these traditional backends, and
-for the most part these backends are still usable, if inconvenient.
-New functionality, discussed below, for abbreviating references in
-\textsf{book}, \textsf{bookinbook}, \textsf{collection}, and
-\textsf{proceedings} entries, and for using the new
-\mycolor{\textsf{mv*}} entry types to do so, will prove extremely
-difficult with the older backends, so if you plan on lots of
+\paragraph*{\colmarginpar{\textbf{crossref}}}
+\label{sec:crossref}
+
+This field is the standard \textsc{Bib}\TeX\ cross-referencing
+mechanism, and \textsf{biblatex} has adopted it while also introducing
+a modified one of its own (\textsf{xref}).  If you are using
+\textsc{Bib}\TeX\ (or \textsf{bibtex8)} the \textsf{crossref} field
+works exactly the same as it always has, while \textsf{xref} attempts
+to remedy some of the deficiencies of the usual mechanism by ensuring
+that child entries will inherit no data at all from their parents.
+Section~2.4.1.1 of \textsf{biblatex.pdf} contains useful notes on the
+intricacies of managing cross-referenced entries with these
+traditional backends, and for the most part these backends are still
+usable, if inconvenient.  New functionality, discussed below, for
+abbreviating references in \textsf{book}, \textsf{bookinbook},
+\textsf{collection}, and \textsf{proceedings} entries, and for using
+the new \mycolor{\textsf{mv*}} entry types to do so, will prove
+extremely difficult with the older backends, so if you plan on lots of
 cross-referencing in \textsf{biblatex-chicago-notes} then I strongly
 recommend you use \textsf{Biber}.
 
@@ -2539,16 +2552,18 @@ identify a particular article.  Only applicable to the
 \textsf{article} entry type.  Not typically required by the
 \emph{Manual}.
 
-\mybigspace Standard \mymarginpar{\textbf{entrysubtype}} and very
-powerful \textsf{biblatex} field, left undefined by the standard
-styles.  In \textsf{biblatex-chicago-notes} it has four very specific
-uses, the first three of which I have designed in order to maintain,
-as much as possible, backward compatibility with the standard styles.
-First, in \textsf{article}, \textsf{periodical}, and \textsf{review}
-entries, the field allows you to differentiate between scholarly
-\enquote{journals,} on the one hand, and \enquote{magazines} and
-\enquote{newspapers} on the other.  Usage is fairly simple: you need
-to put the exact string \texttt{magazine} into the
+\paragraph*{\mymarginpar{\textbf{entrysubtype}}}
+\label{sec:entrysub}
+
+Standard and very powerful \textsf{biblatex} field, left undefined by
+the standard styles.  In \textsf{biblatex-chicago-notes} it has four
+very specific uses, the first three of which I have designed in order
+to maintain, as much as possible, backward compatibility with the
+standard styles.  First, in \textsf{article}, \textsf{periodical}, and
+\textsf{review} entries, the field allows you to differentiate between
+scholarly \enquote{journals,} on the one hand, and \enquote{magazines}
+and \enquote{newspapers} on the other.  Usage is fairly simple: you
+need to put the exact string \texttt{magazine} into the
 \textsf{entrysubtype} field if you are citing one of the latter two
 types of source, whereas if your source is a \enquote{journal,} then
 you need do nothing.
@@ -3334,20 +3349,23 @@ preferences regarding the formatting of numerals.
 
 \enlargethispage{\baselineskip}
 
-\mybigspace This \mymarginpar{\textbf{shortauthor}} is a standard
-\textsf{biblatex} field, but \textsf{biblatex-chicago-notes} makes
-considerably grea\-ter use of it than the standard styles.  For the
-purposes of the Chicago style, the field provides the name to be used
-in the short form of a footnote.  In the vast majority of cases, you
-don't need to specify it, because the \textsf{biblatex} system selects
-the author's last name from the \textsf{author} field and uses it in
-such a reference, and if there is no \textsf{author} it will search
-\textsf{namea}, \textsf{editor}, \textsf{nameb}, \textsf{translator},
-and \textsf{namec}, in that order.  (In the case of the non-standard
-names \textsf{name[a-c]}, you will need to provide a \textsf{sortkey}
-if you aren't using \textsf{Biber}.  Cf.\ \cmd{DeclareSortingScheme}
-and \cmd{DeclareLabelname} in section~\ref{sec:formatopts}, below.)
-In an author-less \textsf{article} or \textsf{review} entry
+\paragraph*{\mymarginpar{\textbf{shortauthor}}}
+\label{sec:shortauthor}
+
+This is a standard \textsf{biblatex} field, but
+\textsf{biblatex-chicago-notes} makes considerably grea\-ter use of it
+than the standard styles.  For the purposes of the Chicago style, the
+field provides the name to be used in the short form of a footnote.
+In the vast majority of cases, you don't need to specify it, because
+the \textsf{biblatex} system selects the author's last name from the
+\textsf{author} field and uses it in such a reference, and if there is
+no \textsf{author} it will search \textsf{namea}, \textsf{editor},
+\textsf{nameb}, \textsf{translator}, and \textsf{namec}, in that
+order.  (In the case of the non-standard names \textsf{name[a-c]}, you
+will need to provide a \textsf{sortkey} if you aren't using
+\textsf{Biber}.  Cf.\ \cmd{DeclareSortingScheme} and
+\cmd{DeclareLabelname} in section~\ref{sec:formatopts}, below.)  In an
+author-less \textsf{article} or \textsf{review} entry
 (\textsf{entrysubtype} \texttt{magazine}), where
 \textsf{biblatex-chicago-notes} will use the \textsf{journaltitle} as
 the author, or in author-less \textsf{manual} entries, where the
@@ -4723,8 +4741,8 @@ option will be ignored in \textsf{article}, \textsf{misc},
 \textsf{periodical}, and \textsf{review} fields.
 
 \mylittlespace This
-\mymarginpar{\vspace{-1\baselineskip}\texttt{completenotes}%
-  \\\vspace{\baselineskip}\texttt{=true}} is the one option that rules
+\mymarginpar{\vspace{-1\baselineskip}\texttt{completenotes=}%
+  \\\texttt{true}} is the one option that rules
 the three preceding, either printing all the fields under
 consideration --- the default --- or excluding all of them from long
 notes.  It is set to \texttt{true} in \textsf{chicago-notes.cbx}, but
@@ -10661,7 +10679,15 @@ code for it, let me know, and I'll look into it.
 \section{Revision History}
 \label{sec:history}
 
-\textbf{0.9.9d: Released \today}
+\textbf{0.9.9e: Released \today}
+\begin{itemize}
+\item This minor release fixes a regression in the \emph{Ibidem}
+  mechanism in the notes \&\ bibliography style, spotted by Harold
+  Bellemare, and present in the package since version 0.9.9c.  In all
+  other respects this release is identical to 0.9.9d.
+\end{itemize}
+
+\textbf{0.9.9d: Released October 30, 2013}
 \begin{itemize}
 \item Following requests by Kenneth~L.\ Pearce and Bertold Schweitzer,
   I have modified and extended the mechanism for creating abbreviated
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/biblatex-chicago15.pdf b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/biblatex-chicago15.pdf
index 1523ee4ae40..7e4f9ee3969 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/biblatex-chicago15.pdf
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/biblatex-chicago15.pdf
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/biblatex-chicago15.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/biblatex-chicago15.tex
index 285958d58dc..5151136ea1b 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/biblatex-chicago15.tex
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/biblatex-chicago15.tex
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
   15th-edition style files for biblatex
 
 \vspace{.3\baselineskip}
-\sffamily\normalsize\bfseries David Fussner\qquad Version 0.9.9d (beta) \\
+\sffamily\normalsize\bfseries David Fussner\qquad Version 0.9.9e (beta) \\
 \href{mailto:djf027@googlemail.com}{djf027@googlemail.com}\\ \today
 
 \end{center} 
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ release.
 
 \begin{itemize}{}{}
 \item Philipp Lehman's \textsf{biblatex} package, of course!  You
-  should use the latest version(s) --- 1.7 or 2.8 --- as those
+  should use the latest version(s) --- 1.7 or 2.8a --- as those
   versions have been tested more thoroughly than any other, meaning
   that these style files may well not function properly with earlier
   iterations of \textsf{biblatex}. Lehman's tools require several
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ release.
     following:
   \item \textsf{Biber} --- the next-generation \textsc{Bib}\TeX\
     replacement, which is available from SourceForge.  You should use
-    the latest version, 1.8, to work with \textsf{biblatex} 2.8, and
+    the latest version, 1.8, to work with \textsf{biblatex} 2.8a, and
     it is required for users who are either using the author-date
     style or processing a .bib file in Unicode.  See
     \textsf{cms15-dates-sample.pdf} for more details.
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ release.
 \subsection{License}
 \label{sec:lppl}
 
-Copyright © 2008--2013 David Fussner.  This package is
+Copyright © 2008--2014 David Fussner.  This package is
 author-maintained.  This work may be copied, distributed and/or
 modified under the conditions of the \LaTeX\ Project Public License,
 either version 1.3 of this license or (at your option) any later
@@ -8565,7 +8565,12 @@ code for it, let me know, and I'll look into it.
 \section{Revision History}
 \label{sec:history}
 
-\textbf{0.9.9d: Released \today}
+\textbf{0.9.9e: Released \today}
+\begin{itemize}
+\item No changes to the 15th-edition styles.
+\end{itemize}
+
+\textbf{0.9.9d: Released October 30, 2013}
 \begin{itemize}
 \item I have made just enough changes to the styles to ensure they
   compile the test files correctly, but I am marking them as
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/cms-dates-sample.pdf b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/cms-dates-sample.pdf
index dca6ab662a6..6f86f492870 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/cms-dates-sample.pdf
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/cms-dates-sample.pdf
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/cms-dates-sample.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/cms-dates-sample.tex
index 1ca60d94f03..97d51bb1cca 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/cms-dates-sample.tex
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/cms-dates-sample.tex
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ author-date specification you will need to use \textsf{Biber} to
 process your .bib files, as \textsc{Bib}\TeX\ (and its more recent
 variants) will no longer provide all the features the style requires.
 For this release, you really need the latest versions of
-\textsf{Biber} (1.8) and \textsf{biblatex} (2.8), which contain
+\textsf{Biber} (1.8) and \textsf{biblatex} (2.8a), which contain
 features and bug-fixes on which my own code relies.  The advice that
 follows in this document assumes that you are using \textsf{Biber}; if
 you wish to continue using \textsc{Bib}\TeX\ then you need
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/cms-notes-sample.pdf b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/cms-notes-sample.pdf
index fd9dcf8c4e4..aa155f785b3 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/cms-notes-sample.pdf
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/cms-notes-sample.pdf
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/cms-trad-sample.pdf b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/cms-trad-sample.pdf
index fddd9cb30dd..da41bb3fa18 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/cms-trad-sample.pdf
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/cms-trad-sample.pdf
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/cms-trad-sample.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/cms-trad-sample.tex
index d4ece985d32..09f04c22122 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/cms-trad-sample.tex
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/cms-trad-sample.tex
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ author-date specification you will need to use \textsf{Biber} to
 process your .bib files, as \textsc{Bib}\TeX\ (and its more recent
 variants) will no longer provide all the features the style requires.
 For this release, you really need the latest versions of
-\textsf{Biber} (1.8) and \textsf{biblatex} (2.8), which contain
+\textsf{Biber} (1.8) and \textsf{biblatex} (2.8a), which contain
 features and bug-fixes on which my own code relies.  The advice that
 follows in this document assumes that you are using \textsf{Biber}; if
 you wish to continue using \textsc{Bib}\TeX\ then you need
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/cms15-dates-sample.pdf b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/cms15-dates-sample.pdf
index ee5b0e0025e..8cacb5b0304 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/cms15-dates-sample.pdf
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/cms15-dates-sample.pdf
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/cms15-dates-sample.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/cms15-dates-sample.tex
index bbf5784cc50..1d614b2e938 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/cms15-dates-sample.tex
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/cms15-dates-sample.tex
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ process your .bib files, as \textsc{Bib}\TeX\ (and its more recent
 variants) will no longer provide all the features you need.  I highly
 recommend, therefore, that you upgrade either to \textsf{Biber} 0.9.9
 and to \textsf{biblatex} 1.7, which are designed to work together, or
-to \textsf{Biber} 1.8 and \textsf{biblatex} 2.8, which latter two are
+to \textsf{Biber} 1.8 and \textsf{biblatex} 2.8a, which latter two are
 the newest releases and are likewise designed to work as a matched
 pair.  The advice that follows in this document assumes that you are
 using \textsf{Biber}; if you wish to continue using \textsc{Bib}\TeX\
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/cms15-notes-sample.pdf b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/cms15-notes-sample.pdf
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--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/cms15-notes-sample.pdf
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