CTAN package update: biblatex 0.3

Philipp Lehman writes: > I've uploaded `biblatex.tar.gz' to the incoming directory of the UK > node. This is an update for macros/latex/exptl/biblatex. i've installed the files as requested; i will update the catalogue just as soon as i find the catalogue server has returned to the land of the living :-( meanwhile, users may browse the package by way of the old catalogue entry: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex.html thanks for the update, Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team > 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 > 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. > > RELEASE NOTES > > See the file `RELEASE' for release notes. > > CHANGES > > * Renamed citation style `authortitle' to `authortitle-terse' > * Renamed citation style `authortitle-comp' to `authortitle-cterse' > * Renamed citation style `authortitle-verb' to `authortitle' > * Added new citation style `authortitle-comp' > * Citation style `traditional' now supports `loc. cit.' > * Added package option `date' > * Added package option `urldate' > * Introduced new data type: literal lists > * Renamed \citename to \citeauthor > * Renamed \citelist to \citename > * Added new \citelist command > * Renamed \printlist to \printnames > * Added new \printlist command > * Renamed \indexlist to \indexnames > * Added new \indexlist command > * Renamed \DeclareListFormat to \DeclareNameFormat > * Added new \DeclareListFormat command > * Renamed \DeclareListAlias to \DeclareNameAlias > * Added new \DeclareListAlias command > * Renamed \DeclareIndexListFormat to \DeclareIndexNameFormat > * Added new \DeclareIndexListFormat command > * Renamed \DeclareIndexListAlias to \DeclareIndexNameAlias > * Added new \DeclareIndexListAlias command > * Renamed \biblist to \thename > * Added new \thelist command > * Renamed \bibfield to \thefield > * Renamed \savelist to \savename > * Added new \savelist command > * Renamed \savelistcs to \savenamecs > * Added new \savelistcs command > * Renamed \iflistundef to \ifnameundef > * Added new \iflistundef test > * Renamed \iflistsequal to \ifnamesequal > * Added new \iflistsequal test > * Renamed \iflistequals to \ifnameequals > * Added new \iflistequals test > * Renamed \iflistequalcs to \ifnameequalcs > * Added new \iflistequalcs test > * Renamed \iflistequalstr to \ifnameequalstr > * Added new \iflistequalstr test > * Renamed \ifcurrentlist to \ifcurrentname > * Added new \ifcurrentlist test > * Entry type alias `conference' now resolved by BibTeX > * Entry type alias `mastersthesis' now resolved by BibTeX > * Entry type alias `phdthesis' now resolved by BibTeX > * Entry type alias `techreport' now resolved by BibTeX > * Entry type alias `www' now resolved by BibTeX > * Added new custom fields `lista' through `listf' > * Changed data type of `location' > * Changed data type of `origlocation' > * Changed data type of `publisher' > * Changed data type of `institution' > * Changed data type of `organization' > * Modified values of `gender' field for `jurabib' compatibility > * Modified and extended `idem...' keys for `jurabib' compatibility > * Improved \addtocategory > * Removed formatting command \mkshorthand > * Added field formatting directive `shorthandwidth' > * Added documentation of \shorthandwidth > * Removed formatting command \mklabelnumber > * Added field formatting directive `labelnumberwidth' > * Added documentation of \labelnumberwidth > * Removed formatting command \mklabelalpha > * Added field formatting directive `labelalphawidth' > * Added documentation of \labelalphawidth > * Renamed \bibitem to \thebibitem > * Renamed \lositem to \thelositem > * Modified \AtBeginBibliography > * Added \AtBeginShorthands > * Added \AtEveryLositem > * Extended `showkeys' compatibility to list of shorthands > * Added compatibility code for the `hyperref' package > * Added package option `hyperref' > * Added package option `backref' > * Added special field `pageref' > * Added command \ifhyperref > * Added command \bibhyperlink > * Added field formatting directive `bibhyperlink' > * Renamed \ifandothers to \ifmorenames > * Added new \ifandothers test > * Removed field `moreauthor' > * Removed field `morebookauthor' > * Removed field `moreeditor' > * Removed field `morelabelname' > * Removed field `moretranslator' > * Removed field `morenamea' > * Removed field `morenameb' > * Removed field `morenamec' > * Updated documentation at various places > (see the changelog in biblatex.pdf for pointers) > * Expanded documentation > (see the changelog in biblatex.pdf for pointers) > * Modified internal BibTeX interface > * Fixed some typos in the manual > * Fixed some bugs