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author | rodent <rodent> | 2013-04-07 20:49:31 +0000 |
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committer | rodent <rodent> | 2013-04-07 20:49:31 +0000 |
commit | 5ca67f2f93564feb67aa83240b7235d93601b287 (patch) | |
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Edited DESCR in the case of:
File too long (should be no more than 24 lines).
Line too long (should be no more than 80 characters).
Trailing empty lines.
Trailing white-space.
Trucated the long files as best as possible while preserving the most info
contained in them.
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diff --git a/print/tex-biblatex/DESCR b/print/tex-biblatex/DESCR index ef47f5caeb6..45842efc080 100644 --- a/print/tex-biblatex/DESCR +++ b/print/tex-biblatex/DESCR @@ -1,31 +1,24 @@ -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 (if it is used at all) 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. In fact, users need not -remain bound to BibTeX for use with biblatex: an alternative -bibliography processor biblatex-biber is available. Development -of biblatex and biblatex-biber is closely coupled; the present -release of biblatex is designed to work with biblatex-biber -version 0.9.3. The package needs e-TeX, and uses the author's -etoolbox and logreq packages. For users of biblatex-biber, -version 0.9 is required (at least; refer to the notes for the -version of biblatex-biber that you are using). Apart from the -features unique to biblatex, the package also incorporates core -features of the following packages: babelbib, bibtopic, -bibunits, chapterbib, cite, inlinebib, mcite and mciteplus, -mlbib, multibib, splitbib. There are also some conceptual -parallels to the natbib and amsrefs packages. 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. +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 (if it is used at all) 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. In fact, users need not remain bound to BibTeX for use with +biblatex: an alternative bibliography processor biblatex-biber is available. +Development of biblatex and biblatex-biber is closely coupled; the present +release of biblatex is designed to work with biblatex-biber version 0.9.3. The +package needs e-TeX, and uses the author's etoolbox and logreq packages. For +users of biblatex-biber, version 0.9 is required (at least; refer to the notes +for the version of biblatex-biber that you are using). Apart from the features +unique to biblatex, the package also incorporates core features of the following +packages: babelbib, bibtopic, bibunits, chapterbib, cite, inlinebib, mcite and +mciteplus, mlbib, multibib, splitbib. There are also some conceptual parallels +to the natbib and amsrefs packages. 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. |