CTAN package update: biblatex 0.5

Philipp Lehman plehman@gmx.net wrote:

I've uploaded `biblatex.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the UK node. This is an update for macros/latex/exptl/biblatex. Please purge the old files, install the new ones, and announce the upload as usual.

Thank you very much.

RELEASE NOTES

See the file `RELEASE' for release notes.

CHANGES

• Added command usedriver
• Added package option 'pagetracker'
• Added test iffirstonpage
• Added test ifsamepage
• Corrected documentation of ifciteseen
• Added package option 'terseinits'
• Modified default value of package option 'maxnames'
• Renamed package option 'index' to 'indexing'
• Extended package option 'indexing'
• Removed package option 'citeindex'
• Removed package option 'bibindex'
• Added package option 'labelalpha'
• Updated documentation of field 'labelalpha'
• Added package option 'labelctitle'
• Updated documentation of field 'labelctitle'
• Added package option 'labelnumber'
• Updated documentation of field 'labelnumber'
• Added package option 'labelyear'
• Updated documentation of field 'labelyear'
• Added citation style 'authortitle-verb'
• Added citation style 'authortitle-cverb'
• Renamed citation style 'traditional' to 'authortitle-trad'
• Improved citation style 'authortitle-trad'
• Added citation style 'authortitle-strad'
• Improved bibliography style 'authoryear'
• Improved bibliography style 'authortitle'
• Added option 'maxnames' to printbibliography
• Added option 'minnames' to printbibliography
• Added option 'maxnames' to ibbysection
• Added option 'minnames' to ibbysection
• Added option 'maxnames' to ibbysegment
• Added option 'minnames' to ibbysegment
• Added option 'maxnames' to ibbycategory
• Added option 'minnames' to ibbycategory
• Added option 'maxnames' to printshorthands
• Added option 'minnames' to printshorthands
• Renamed 'bibsection' to 'refsection' (conflict with memoir)
• Renamed 'bibsegment' to 'refsegment' (consistency)
• Extended 'refsection' environment
• Renamed 'bibsection' counter to 'refsection'
• Renamed 'bibsegment' counter to 'refsegment'
• Updated documentation
• Added counter 'citecount'
• Modified default definition of lxauxprefix
• Added command CopyFieldFormat
• Added command CopyIndexFieldFormat
• Added command CopyListFormat
• Added command CopyIndexListFormat
• Added command CopyNameFormat
• Added command CopyIndexNameFormat
• Added command clearfield
• Added command clearlist
• Added command clearname
• Added command

estorefield

• Added command

estorelist

• Added command

estorename

• Renamed command ibhyperlink to ibhyperref
• Added new command ibhyperlink
• Added command ibhypertarget
• Renamed formatting directive 'bibhyperlink' to 'bibhyperref'
• Added new formatting directive 'bibhyperlink'
• Added formatting directive 'bibhypertarget'
• Added command addlpthinspace
• Added command addhpthinspace
• Added field 'annotator'
• Added field 'commentator'
• Added field 'introduction'
• Added field 'foreword'
• Added field 'afterword'
• Updated documentation of field 'translator'
• Added field 'articleid'
• Added field 'doi'
• Added field 'file'
• Added field alias 'pdf'
• Added field 'indextitle'
• Added field 'indexsorttitle'
• Changed data type of 'language'
• Changed data type of 'origlanguage'
• Updated documentation of entry type 'book'
• Updated documentation of entry type 'collection'
• Updated documentation of entry type 'inbook'
• Updated documentation of entry type 'incollection'
• Extended entry type 'misc'
• Added command UndefineBibliographyExtras
• Added command UndeclareBibliographyExtras
• Added command finalandcomma
• Added localization key 'citedas'
• Renamed localization key 'editby' to 'edited'
• Renamed localization key 'transby' to 'translated'
• Added localization key 'annotated'
• Added localization key 'commented'
• Added localization key 'introduced'
• Added localization key 'foreworded'
• Added localization key 'afterworded'
• Added localization key 'commentary'
• Added localization key 'annotations'
• Added localization key 'introduction'
• Added localization key 'foreword'
• Added localization key 'afterword'
• Added localization key 'doneby'
• Added localization key 'itemby'
• Added localization key 'spanish'
• Added localization key 'latin'
• Added localization key 'greek'
• Modified localization key 'fromenglish'
• Modified localization key 'fromfrench'
• Modified localization key 'fromgerman'
• Added localization key 'fromspanish'
• Added localization key 'fromlatin'
• Added localization key 'fromgreek'
• Updated and expanded documentation (see biblatex.pdf)
• Added support for Spanish (translation by Ignacio Fernández Galván)
• Various memory-related optimizations in biblatex.bst

i have installed the new version, at macros/latex/exptl/biblatex on the cambridge ctan.

users who've not yet read the details of this package, may browse it via the catalogue entry

http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex.html

thanks again, philipp, for the upload.

Robin Fairbairns

For the CTAN team