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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex/README b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex/README index b85f5e9b525..09e2ccfdad0 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex/README +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex/README @@ -1,18 +1,18 @@ -$Id: README,v 1.7 2011/11/13 19:09:07 lehman stable $ - ABOUT The biblatex package is a complete reimplementation of the -bibliographic facilities provided by LaTeX in conjunction with -BibTeX. It redesigns the way in which LaTeX interacts with BibTeX at -a fairly fundamental level. With biblatex, BibTeX is only used to -sort the bibliography and to generate labels. Instead of being +bibliographic facilities provided by LaTeX. A custom backend "Biber" +by default is used which processed the BibTeX format data files and +them performs all sorting, label generation (and a great deal +more). Legacy BibTeX is also supported as a backend, albeit with a +reduced feature set. Biblatex does not use the backend to format the +bibliography information as with traditional BibTeX: instead of being implemented in BibTeX's style files, the formatting of the bibliography is entirely controlled by TeX macros. Good working -knowledge in LaTeX should be sufficient to design new bibliography -and citation styles. There is no need to learn BibTeX's postfix -stack language. Just like the bibliography styles, all citation -commands may be freely (re)defined. +knowledge in LaTeX should be sufficient to design new bibliography and +citation styles. There is no need to learn BibTeX's postfix stack +language. Just like the bibliography styles, all citation commands may +be freely (re)defined. Apart from the features unique to biblatex, the package also incorporates core features of the following packages: babelbib, @@ -22,36 +22,28 @@ parallels to the amsrefs package. The biblatex package supports split bibliographies, multiple bibliographies within one document, and separate lists of bibliographic shorthands. Bibliographies may be subdivided into parts (by chapter, by section, etc.) and/or -segmented by topics (by type, by keyword, etc.). The package is -fully localized and can interface with the babel package. +segmented by topics (by type, by keyword, etc.). With biber as the +backend, features such as customisable sorting, multiple bibliographies +with different sorting, customisable labels, dynamic data modification +are available. The package is fully localized and can interface with +the babel package. LICENSE -Copyright (c) 2006-2011 Philipp Lehman. Permission is granted to -copy, distribute and/or modify this software under the terms of the -LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL), version 1.3. This package is -author-maintained. 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. +Copyright (c) 2006-2012 Philipp Lehman, 2012-present Philip Lehman, Joseph Wright, +Audrey Boruvka, Philip Kime). Permission is granted to copy, +distribute and/or modify this software under the terms of the LaTeX +Project Public License (LPPL), version 1.3. 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. FEEDBACK -Please use the biblatex project page on SourceForge to report bugs +Please use the biblatex project page on github to report bugs or submit feature requests: - http://sourceforge.net/projects/biblatex/ - -There are two trackers on this page, 'Bugs' for bug reports and -'Features' for feature requests: - - http://sourceforge.net/tracker2/?group_id=244752 - -Select a tracker, then click on "Add new" to submit your report or -request. If you do not want to report a bug or request a feature but -are simply in need of assistance, you might want to consider posting -your question on the comp.text.tex newsgroup. I can not provide any -end-user support by email or via the project page. + http://github.com/plk/biblatex REQUIREMENTS @@ -71,7 +63,7 @@ Strongly recommended: - babel - csquotes 4.4 or later -Biber is available from CTAN or: +Biber is available from CTAN, via TeXLive or from http://sourceforge.net/projects/biblatex-biber/ |