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Contents of the README file

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 four files biblatex-chicago.sty, cms-american.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 four files biblatex-chicago-notes-df.pdf, sample.tex,
   sample.pdf, and chicago-test.bib can go in
   <TEXMFLOCAL>/doc/latex/biblatex-contrib/biblatex-chicago.

 - See biblatex-chicago-notes-df.pdf for instructions about installing
   the csquotes.cfg file found in the XeLaTeX directory of the
   package.

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) 2008-2009 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
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expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied
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