Release notes for version 0.9.8a [2011-09-21]: - Fixed a series of unsightly errors in the author-date style, discovered while working on the pending update to the 16th edition. - Fixed bugs uncovered in both the author-date and the notes & bibliography styles thanks to Charles Schaum's adventurous use of the "origyear" field. - Added two new bibstrings to the cms-*.lbx files to fix potential bugs in some of the audiovisual entry types. Release notes for version 0.9.8 [2011-08-31]: - Starting with biblatex version 1.5, in order to adhere to the author-date specification you will need to use Biber to process your .bib files, as BibTeX (and its more recent variants) will no longer provide all the required features. Unfortunately, however, the current release of Biber (0.9.5) contains bugs that make it tricky to use with biblatex-chicago. These bugs have been addressed in 0.9.6 beta, which is available for various operating systems in the development subdirectory of your SourceForge mirror, e.g., ... b/project/bi/biblatex-biber/biblatex-biber/development. (If, by the time you read this, Biber 0.9.6 has already been released, then so much the better.) Please see the start of cms-dates-sample.pdf for more details. - The switch to Biber for the author-date specification means that biblatex now provides considerably enhanced handling of the various date fields. I have attempted to document the relevant changes in cms-dates-sample.pdf and in the "date" discussion in biblatex-chicago.pdf, but in my testing the only alterations I've so far had to make to my .bib files involve adhering more closely to the instructions for specifying date ranges. Biber doesn't like {1968/75}, and will ignore it. Either use {1968/1975} or put {1968--75} in the "year" field. - In the notes & bibliography style, and mainly in Article, Letter, Misc, and Review entries, previous releases of biblatex-chicago recommended using the \isdot macro when you needed both to define a field and not have it appear in the printed output. This mechanism no longer works in biblatex 1.6, and while addressing the problem I realized that relying on it covered over some inconsistencies and bugs in my code, so from this release forward you will need to modify your .bib and .tex files to use other, more standard mechanisms to achieve the same ends, in particular the \headlesscite commands and declaring "useauthor=false" in the "options" field. Please consult the documentation in biblatex-chicago.pdf section 4.3.1, s.v. "isdot," for a list of example entries where you can see these changes at work. - The 16th-edition files are well under way, but still a work in progress. Other changes in 0.9.8: - Fixed the \smartcite citation command in, and added a \smartcites command to, chicago-notes.cbx, so that the notes & bibliography style no longer prints parentheses around citations produced using \autocite(s) commands inside \footnote commands. Many thanks to Louis-Dominique Dubeau for pointing out this error. - Fixed a problem with the \lbx@fromlang command, which biblatex 1.6 no longer defines. Many thanks to Rembrandt Wolpert and Aaron Lambert for pointing this out, and to Charles Schaum for posting a temporary workaround in a newsgroup post. - Version 1.6 of biblatex no longer allows you to redefine the "minnames" and "maxnames" options in the \printbibliography command, so I've defined "minbibnames" and "maxbibnames" in biblatex-chicago.sty, instead. These parameters have been available since version 1.1, so this is now the earliest version of biblatex that will work with the Chicago styles. Of course, if the (Chicago-recommended) values of these options don't suit your needs, you can redefine them in your document preamble. Release notes for version 0.9.7a [2011-03-17]: - Added the \smartcite citation command to chicago-notes.cbx so that the notes & bibliography style will work with biblatex 1.3. - Added bibstrings "byconductor" and "cbyconductor" to the .lbx files, mistakenly omitted in version 0.9.7. - Minor fixes to the docs. Release notes for version 0.9.7 [2011-02-15]: - The CustomA and CustomB entry types are now obsolete. Any such entry in your .bib files will be ignored. Please use Letter and BookInBook, respectively. - If you still have any CustomC entries containing introductions, afterwords, or the like, please change them to SuppBook, as I have reclaimed CustomC in order to provide alphabetized cross-references to other, separate entries in a bibliography or list of references. - The directory structure of the package archive has changed. I've copied that used by the biblatex package, so now you will find a latex/ directory with further bbx/, cbx/, and lbx/ subdirectories, and a doc/ directory with an examples/ subdirectory. The files are the same as in the previous release, merely organized differently. Other changes in 0.9.7: - I have added three new audiovisual entry types to both styles, Audio, Music, and Video. The documentation of Audio in sections 4.1 and 5.1 of biblatex-chicago.pdf contains an overview of the three, and the details for each type are to be found under their individual headings. - I have added several new bibstrings to the cms-*.lbx files for these new audiovisual entry types. This means that the "editortype" fields can now be set to "director," "producer," or "conductor," depending on your needs. You can also set the fields to "none," which eliminates all identifying strings, and which is useful for identifying performers of various sorts. - I have transformed the CustomC entry type to enable alphabetized cross-references -- the "c" is meant to be mnemonic -- to other, separate entries in a reference list or bibliography. In particular, this facilitates cross-references to other names in a list, rather than to other works. In author-date, in a procedure recommended by the Manual, this now allows you to expand shorthands inside the reference list rather than in a list of shorthands. In both styles, you can now provide a pointer to the main entry if a reader is looking an author up under, e.g., a pseudonym or other alternative name. - I have introduced the "userc" field, intended to simplify the printing of the cross-references provided by CustomC entries. The standard \nocite command works as well, but the additional mechanism may be more convenient in some circumstances. - You can now provide an "eventdate" field in Music entries to identify, e.g., a particular recording session. It will be printed just after the "title." - In the notes & bibliography style, I have now implemented the "shorthandintro" field, which allows you to change the string introducing a shorthand in the first, long note. It works just as it does in the standard biblatex styles. - I have added six new field-exclusion options to both styles, all of which can be set both in the document preamble and/or in the "options" field of individual .bib entries. Three of these -- "doi," "isbn," and "url" -- are standard biblatex options, the others -- "bookpages," "includeall," and "numbermonth" -- are chicago-specific. - I've added the "juniorcomma" option to both styles, which can be set in the document preamble and/or in the "options" field of individual entries. It allows you get the traditional comma between a surname and "Jr." or "Sr." - I fixed some old inaccuracies in the syntax of shortened notes and bibliography entries presenting multiple contributions to one multi-author (or single-author) volume. For the most part the changes won't affect your .bib files, but there may be cases where you need to choose your entry types carefully in order to get the results you want. For the details, please consult the "crossref" docs in section 4.2 of biblatex-chicago.pdf. - Several other bug fixes -- see biblatex-chicago.pdf for details. Release notes for version 0.9.5a [2010-09-07]: - This fixes an elementary and show-stopping mistake in biblatex-chicago.sty, a mistake disguised if you use the csquotes package, which I do in all my test files. Many thanks to Israel Jacques and Emil Salim for pointing this out to me. - These files have now been tested with biblatex 0.9c and 0.9d, which both work fine. Release notes for version 0.9.5 [2010-09-03]: Users upgrading from biblatex-chicago-notes-df may need to alter a few things in their .bib files and in their document preambles. - If you used \usepackage{biblatex-chicago} to load the package, now you need \usepackage[notes]{biblatex-chicago} instead. (The default if you don't choose between "notes" and "authordate" is, in fact, "notes," so even if you don't make this change it should all still work.) - If you used \usepackage[style=chicago-notes-df]{biblatex} to load the package, then be aware that you now need style=chicago-notes (or style=chicago-authordate) instead. - If you are still, for some reason, using the \custpunctc macro in your .bib files, it is now obsolete. Its function has been taken by the punctuation-tracking code present in biblatex for a long while now. - I have slightly improved the Misc entry type that uses an "entrysubtype." If you are citing archival letters or other letter-like sources (memoranda, reports, telegrams), then you're already using the "origdate" field, and that's still correct. If you're citing non-letter-like sources (interviews, wills, contracts, personal communications received by yourself), then putting the date into the "date" field will slightly improve compliance with the specification, at least as I interpret it. Nothing untoward will happen if you don't make this change, and the distinction can be difficult to draw, but it needed mentioning nonetheless. - I've improved the "number" field in Article, Periodical, and Review entries. You can now put a series or range of numbers into the field and the style will print them prefixed by the appropriate bibstring, singular or plural. - I've improved author-less Manual, Article, and Review entries (the latter two with magazine "entrysubtype"). In previous releases of biblatex-chicago-notes-df you needed a "shortauthor" field to make sure either the "organization" (in Manual entries) or the "journaltitle" (in Article and Review entries) appeared in short notes. The style now automatically takes a name for short notes from those fields, though you can still use "shortauthor" if you wish to present it differently, e.g., in an abbreviated form. Again, you probably needn't change anything in your .bib files, but being aware of this may make entries simpler to construct in the future. - I've marked the Custom[A-C] entry types as deprecated, in preparation for reusing them for other purposes in the next major release. Please change CustomA to Letter, CustomB to BookInBook, and CustomC to SuppBook in your .bib files. Other changes in 0.9.5: - The Chicago author-date style is now implemented in the package, and therefore the package name has changed to biblatex-chicago. A number of the files inside the package also have altered names -- the README file and biblatex-chicago.pdf contain the complete list. - I've now implemented the biblatex field "pubstate" in both styles. In the author-date style, it is strongly recommended you use it to identify reprints by putting the string "reprint" there. The requirements for formatting such entries are relatively complex, and the style does the right thing automatically. In the notes & bibliography style, you can also use the field in the same way to identify reprints, though placing the \reprint macro in the "location" field still works as it always has. Don't, please, use both methods in the same entry. - I've improved the functioning of Patent entries to make them more compliant with the specification. - Entries with a classical "entrysubtype" may behave slightly differently now, as I've improved the provision of punctuation before certain kinds of page or location specifiers even when citing works by their traditional divisions. This should, once again, make the package more compliant. Release notes for version 0.9a [2010-03-20]: - Small, quick fixes for immediate compatibility with biblatex 0.9a. Release notes for version 0.9 [2010-03-18]: As I noted in the README file, users will have to modify their .bib files somewhat to work properly with this release of biblatex-chicago. Some of these changes result from the disappearance of certain fields in biblatex itself -- particularly the "day" and "origyear" fields -- so you should at least skim through Lehman's RELEASE file first to familiarize yourself with what it means for your setup. The changes required for Chicago are as follows: - In CustomA (Letter) entries, the counter-intuitive reversal of roles between "year" and "origyear" has been eliminated. In common with other entry types, the "year" (or "date") field now refers to the publication date of the collection. The new "origdate" field now holds the date the letter was written. In short, change the "date" (or "year," "month," and "day") to "origdate," and change "origyear" to "year" (or "date"). - In Misc entries with an "entrysubtype," used to cite unpublished sources from a named archive, exactly the same reversal of roles was in place, and is now eliminated. The new "origdate" field now holds the date the letter was written or the interview conducted, so change the "date" (or "year," "month," and "day") to "origdate." (Under most circumstances, therefore, such entries won't have a "date" field defined.) Also, the use of the exact string "letter" in the "entrysubtype" field is no longer required. Using "origdate" prints the date where you want it, so anything at all in "entrysubtype" will do the trick, with "letter" being as good as anything else, meaning you don't actually have to modify this field. - In Patent entries, you need to make similar changes. The "origdate" field now holds the date the patent was filed, and the "date" field identifies when the patent was granted, if it was granted. You no longer need a specially-formatted "addendum" field for these entries. In short, change the "date" (or "year," "month," and "day") to "origdate," and put the date from the "addendum" field into "date." Any supplemental information you want printed after the dates of the patent can still be given in the "addendum" field, but most such entries won't require this. - The "userd" field is now obsolete. If by some chance you are still using it, please move any information found there into the "edition" field. Other changes in 0.9: - Added the files cms-german.lbx (with its clone cms-ngerman.lbx) and cms-french.lbx, which allow the creation of Chicago-like references in those languages. - Added the package option "annotation" to allow the creation of annotated bibliographies. - Added the new biblatex BookInBook entry type, which functions as an alias to CustomB. - Following biblatex's example, using the editortype field now turns off the package's usual string concatenation mechanisms. - Added support for the new editor[a-c] and editor[a-c]type fields, which function as they do in the standard biblatex styles. - My modified csquotes.cfg file is now obsolete, and has been removed from the package. Please upgrade to the latest version of csquotes. - Added bibstrings to help with internationalization. The new ones you might use in a .bib file are: pseudonym, nodate, revisededition, numbers, and reviewof. Changelog for version 0.8.9d [2010-02-16]: - Bug fix release, the last in the 0.8.9 series, intended for use with biblatex 0.8i, _not_ with 0.9. See note above. Changelog for version 0.8.9c [2009-11-04]: - Bug fix release. The details are in biblatex-chicago-notes-df.pdf. Changelog for version 0.8.9b [2009-09-09]: - Fixed several bugs, both recent and venerable. Please upgrade to the latest version of biblatex (0.8h at time of writing), though I have attempted to maintain backward compatibility at least with 0.8e. - Experimental version of the "reprinttitle" field, which allows you to provide original publication details of essays or chapters you are citing from a later reprint. See the pdf file for all the details. Changelog for version 0.8.9a [2009-07-05]: - Minor fixes to allow compatibility with biblatex 0.8e. The package still works with 0.8d and 0.8c, as well. Changelog for version 0.8.9 [2009-07-02]: - The default way of loading the package has changed. Please see the documentation for all the details, but in short, if you used to load it with a command like: \usepackage[style=chicago-notes-df,further-options]{biblatex} you should now load it like so: \usepackage[further-options]{biblatex-chicago} - All single-letter bibstrings are now obsolete. Please use \autocap instead - You should be using at least biblatex version 0.8c. 0.8d would be even better. - The package-specific bibstrings have been removed from the .cbx and .bbx files and gathered in a new file, cms-american.lbx. This changes somewhat the way the package interacts with babel, making it simpler if you want the defaults, but more complicated if you require non-standard features. In short, assuming you use the default loading option I've just described, then babel's main text language can be american or english, or alternately you can turn off babel altogether, and the strings should be available automatically. - Added two new entry types, Artwork and Image. - Added a new bibliography and entry option usecompiler, set to true by default in biblatex-chicago.sty. - Added the new bibliography option footmarkoff to biblatex-chicago.sty. This turns off the optional formatting of marks (in-line instead of superscript) on foot- or endnotes, returning you to the LaTeX defaults. - Added the new citation command \headlesscite, which works like \headlessfullcite but allows biblatex to decide whether to print the full or the short version of the reference. - Adopted biblatex's end-of-entry punctuation system, which fixes issues several users have been seeing with the solution I offered in previous releases. - Added a modified csquotes.cfg file (in the XeLaTeX subdirectory) to address issues users were having when using XeLaTeX with biblatex-chicago. Please see the docs for the details. - Added a new shorthandibid option that allows you to print "Ibid." after repeated references to an entry which contains a shorthand field. Previously, the shorthand itself would always be printed, and this behavior remains the default if you don't set this option. - Added a clone of biblatex's natbib option, so that users who use \usepackage{biblatex-chicago} instead of \usepackage{biblatex} can still have access to the biblatex's natbib compatibility code in bibnatex.def. Changelog for version 0.8.5a [2009-06-14]: - Quick and dirty fix to allow compatibility with biblatex 0.8d. Changelog for version 0.8.5 [2009-01-10]: - At least version 0.8b of biblatex now required -- even better, get the latest (0.8c). - Adopted the "American" punctuation tracker provided by biblatex, which fixes many small formatting errors and eliminates the need for \custpunct commands, but requires that you use \mkbibquote when quoted material appears inside a bibliography field. - Loading babel with "American" as the main text language now _strongly_ recommended. - The CustomC entry type now allows referencing any sort of post- or pre-matter via the type field, though the old mechanism remains in place for backward compatibility. The new SuppBook and SuppCollection entry types are aliased to CustomC, and therefore work in exactly the same way. - The new SuppPeriodical entry type is aliased to Review, and Letter to CustomA. - For InReference entries the postnote field of a citation command is now automatically treated as an alphabetized encyclopedia entry, that is, it will be placed in quotation marks and prefaced with the string "s.v." This may allow multiple citations of the same reference work without multiplying .bib entries. - The biblatex option "usetranslator" is now set to "true" by default, which means entries will automatically be alphabetized by their translator in the absence of an author or an editor. - I've added some color-coding to biblatex-chicago-notes-df.pdf to highlight new or significantly revised sections. Changelog for version 0.8.2.2 [2008-11-24]: - Fixed spurious commas in some bibliography entries. Changelog for version 0.8.2 [2008-11-03]: - Fixed several formatting glitches between citations in multicite commands and also after some prenotes. Changelog for version 0.8.1 [2008-10-22]: - Updated the .bbx and .cbx files to work with biblatex 0.8. This most recent version of biblatex is now required for biblatex-chicago-notes-df to work. - The origlocation field is now obsolete, and has been replaced by lista. Please update your .bib files accordingly. - The single-letter \bibstring commands I provided in version 0.7 are now deprecated. In most cases, you'll be able to take advantage of the automatic contextual capitalization facilities introduced in this release, but if you still need the single-letter \bibstring functionality then you should switch to \autocap, as I shall be removing the single-letter bibstrings in a future release. See the \autocap docs for all the details. - The userd field is now deprecated, as biblatex 0.8 allows all forms of data to be included in the edition field. I shall be removing userd in a future release, so please update your .bib files as soon as is convenient. - Added the usera field, which holds supplemental information about a journaltitle in article and review entries. See the documentation of the field for details. - Other minor fixes and additions. See the full changelog for more. Changelog for version 0.7 [2008-08-18]: - First public release 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 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. 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