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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/README b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/README index 41f15a9331c..5bcc4ae6ead 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/README +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-chicago/README @@ -1,37 +1,39 @@ IMPORTANT NOTE: This is the package formerly known as biblatex-chicago-notes-df. It -is intended for use only with the latest version of biblatex -- you -need at least version 0.9c, though 0.9d is current. If you have been -using biblatex-chicago-notes-df, then you should be sure to consult -the RELEASE file to find out what alterations you may need to make to -your .bib files and document preambles to bring them up to date. +is intended for use only with the latest version of biblatex -- 1.2a +is current. If you have used the package before, then you should be +sure to consult the RELEASE file to find out what alterations you may +need to make to your .bib files and document preambles to bring them +up to date. -README (version 0.9.5a): +README (version 0.9.7, 2011-02-15): Biblatex-chicago contains two biblatex styles implementing the -specifications of the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition. The -"notes & bibliography" style was formerly available in the package +specifications of the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition. (If you +are interested in adopting the changes introduced in the 16th edition, +published last fall, then please note that the next release of +biblatex-chicago will provide what you need.) The "notes & +bibliography" style was formerly available in the package biblatex-chicago-notes-df, and is intended primarily for writers in -the humanities. The "author-date" style is new to this release, and -is generally favored by writers in the sciences and social sciences. +the humanities, whereas the "author-date" style is generally favored +by writers in the sciences and social sciences. This is a beta release, but its feature set is already fairly -extensive. If you have used the package before under its old name you -may, after perusing the RELEASE file, want to look at the changelog at -the end of biblatex-chicago.pdf, which contains cross-references to -more detailed explanations about 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 to both styles (sections 4 and 5). The package also contains -annotated .bib files (notes-test.bib and dates-test.bib) which each -offer 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 -(cms-notes-sample.tex, cms-dates-sample.tex) or my system -(cms-notes-sample.pdf, cms-dates-sample.pdf) with the actual examples -in the Manual. +extensive. If you have used the package before you may, after +perusing the RELEASE file, want to look at the changelog at the end of +biblatex-chicago.pdf, which contains cross-references to more detailed +explanations about 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 to +both styles (sections 4 and 5). The package also contains annotated +.bib files (notes-test.bib and dates-test.bib) which each offer 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 (cms-notes-sample.tex, +cms-dates-sample.tex) or my system (cms-notes-sample.pdf, +cms-dates-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 @@ -53,18 +55,22 @@ biblatex-chicago.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: +With the recent proliferation of files, I have thought it best to +implement, with this release, a different directory structure for the +package archive. I have adopted the structure found in biblatex.zip, +so if you want to place these files in your TeX directory tree instead +of in your working directory, I recommend the following, which should +be familiar from the main biblatex package: - The nine files biblatex-chicago.sty, chicago-notes.cbx, chicago-notes.bbx, chicago-authordate.cbx, chicago-authordate.bbx, - cms-american.lbx, cms-french.lbx, cms-german.lbx, and cms-ngerman.lbx - 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, + cms-american.lbx, cms-french.lbx, cms-german.lbx, and + cms-ngerman.lbx are located in the latex/ subdirectory, itself + further subdivided into bbx/, cbx/, and lbx/. The entire contents + of this latex/ directory, including its subdirectories, 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 @@ -72,7 +78,9 @@ updating: - The eight files biblatex-chicago.tex, biblatex-chicago.pdf, cms-notes-sample.tex, cms-dates-sample.tex, cms-notes-sample.pdf, - cms-dates.sample.pdf, notes-test.bib, and dates-test.bib can go in + cms-dates.sample.pdf, notes-test.bib, and dates-test.bib can all be + found in the doc/ directory in the package archive, the last 6 in + the examples/ subdirectory. You can place all of this in <TEXMFLOCAL>/doc/latex/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-chicago. @@ -80,7 +88,7 @@ Changelog: See the RELEASE file, and also the end of biblatex-chicago.pdf. -Copyright (c) 2008-2010 David Fussner. This package is +Copyright (c) 2008-2011 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 |