[OS X TeX] Chicago-notes-df

Mervyn Thomas mervyn.thomas at emphron.com
Sun Apr 4 14:58:40 EDT 2010


Thanks Alan!

An old version of biblatex in my local tree was the culprit.

Definitely a senior moment!

Mervyn




Mervyn R. Thomas D.Phil
Partner - Biostatistics
Emphron Informatics Pty Ltd



On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 11:32 PM, Alan Munn <amunn at gmx.com> wrote:
> On Apr 3, 2010, at 3:38 AM, Mervyn Thomas wrote:
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> Hi
> I am using  Texlive 2009, and get errors as soon as I load
> "chicago-notes-df"
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> There have been some recent changes to biblatex (from v. 0.8 to 0.9 which
> have required updates of the styles that depend on biblatex.  Check to see
> that the version of chicago-notes-df that you have is compatible with the
> version of biblatex that you have, and update if necessary.
> Also, since biblatex was formerly in the experimental part of CTAN and not
> part of TeXLive (although it is now) is it possible that you have an older
> version of biblatex in your ~/Library/texmf folder?
> Alan
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> Here is my preamble
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> \documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
> \usepackage{times}
> \usepackage{rotating}
> \usepackage{lscape}
> \usepackage{tabularx}
> \usepackage{flafter}
> \usepackage{float}
> \usepackage{hyperref}
> \usepackage{graphicx}
> \usepackage{longtable}
> \linespread{1.5}
> \author{Mervyn Thomas}
> \title{Marcion}
> \date{April 2010}
> \usepackage[style=chicago-notes-df]{biblatex}
> \defbibheading{bibliography}{\section*{Works Cited}}
> \bibliography{/Users/mervyn/WorkingCopy/LatexTemplates/Moltmann.bib}
> \begin{document}
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> The following error appears in the log
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (TeX Live 2009)
> \write18 enabled.
> entering extended mode
> (./marcion1.tex
> LaTeX2e <2009/09/24>
>
> <SNIP>
>
> <\SNIP>
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> (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/biblatex-chicago-notes-df/chicago
> -notes-df.bbx
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> ! LaTeX Error: Command \abx at macro@byothers already defined.
>               Or name \end... illegal, see p.192 of the manual.
>
> See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
> Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
> ...
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I am doing some humanities courses, and they insist on Chicago
> footnote reference style :(
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> Sorry if this has a well known solution, I have searched the wiki and
> all the documentation I could find.
>
> I have used Latex for a while, but I am absolutely incompetent at
> hacking the installation!\
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> I would be very grateful for any help!
> Thanks
> Mervyn
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> Mervyn R. Thomas D.Phil
> Partner - Biostatistics
> Emphron Informatics Pty Ltd
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