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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago-notes-df/README b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago-notes-df/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..2386de5ed4a --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago-notes-df/README @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +IMPORTANT NOTE: + +This release is intended for use only with the latest version of +biblatex (0.9). There are a number of changes both in biblatex and in +this style that break backward compatibility with older versions. +Please be sure to read through Lehman's RELEASE file to see what has +changed in general, then consult my RELEASE file to see what other +alterations you'll need to make to your .bib files to bring them up to +date. + +README: + +Biblatex-chicago-notes-df is a biblatex style whose aim is to +implement the "notes + bibliography" specification of the Chicago +Manual of Style, 15th edition, a specification intended primarily for +writers in the humanities. Chicago's "author-date" system is not +supported by this package. + +This is a beta release, but its feature set is already fairly +extensive. If you have used the style before, you may want to start +by looking at the "Obsolete and Deprecated" sections in the changelog +of biblatex-chicago-notes-df.pdf, which detail how this update will +affect parts of your .bib file. If you are just getting started, the +best way to learn the system is to read the documentation in that same +pdf file, which contains both a Quickstart section and a complete +reference guide. The package also contains an annotated .bib file +(chicago-test.bib) which offers over 100 entries demonstrating how to +present a wide range of sources, nearly all of them taken from the +Chicago Manual of Style itself, so that you can compare the output of +your system (sample.tex) or my system (sample.pdf) with the actual +examples in the Manual. + +I have, wherever possible, attempted to maintain backward +compatibility with the standard biblatex styles, but there are a +significant number of situations where I have been unable to do so, +which means that switching among various styles while using the same +bibliography database will not be as simple and painless as it could +be. If you can see ways better to preserve this compatibility, or +indeed to improve the package in any way whatsoever, please let me +know, or better yet, send a patch. If the style doesn't behave as you +expect or if you discover a bug, I'd be very happy to hear about it, +but do please read biblatex-chicago-notes-df.pdf first, as you may +find that your question has already been answered there. If you do +find a bug, please send me the .bib entry, your LaTeX preamble, and +your output .log, so that I can try to reproduce it here. My email +address is at the head of biblatex-chicago-notes-df.pdf. + +Installation: + +If you wish to place these files in your TeX directory tree instead of +in your working directory, I recommend the following for the moment, +an arrangement which at least has the virtue of minimizing the +footprint of the package in the main tree, allowing for easier +updating: + + - The seven files biblatex-chicago.sty, cms-american.lbx, + cms-french.lbx, cms-german.lbx, cms-ngerman.lbx, + chicago-notes-df.cbx, and chicago-notes-df.bbx can go in + <TEXMFLOCAL>/tex/latex/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-chicago, where + <TEXMFLOCAL> is the root of your local TeX installation -- for + example, and depending on your system, /usr/share/texmf-local, + /usr/local/texmf, or C:\Local TeX Files\. You may need to create + this directory first, and after copying the files there please + remember to update your TeX file name database so that TeX can find + them. + + - The five files biblatex-chicago-notes-df.tex, + biblatex-chicago-notes-df.pdf, sample.tex, sample.pdf, and + chicago-test.bib can go in + <TEXMFLOCAL>/doc/latex/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-chicago. + + +Changelog: See RELEASE file, and also the end of +biblatex-chicago-notes-df.pdf. + + +Copyright (c) 2008-2010 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 +version. The latest version of this license is in +http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt and version 1.3 or later is part +of all distributions of LaTeX version 2005/12/01 or later. This +software is provided "as is," without warranty of any kind, either +expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied +warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. |