{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/plk/biblatex/issues/420","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/plk/biblatex","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/plk/biblatex/issues/420/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/plk/biblatex/issues/420/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/plk/biblatex/issues/420/events","html_url":"https://github.com/plk/biblatex/issues/420","id":153964604,"number":420,"title":"Formatting of suffixes does not work as expected","user":{"login":"michue","id":19283328,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/19283328?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/michue","html_url":"https://github.com/michue","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/michue/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/michue/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/michue/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/michue/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/michue/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/michue/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/michue/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/michue/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/michue/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":{"login":"plk","id":1220851,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1220851?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/plk","html_url":"https://github.com/plk","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/plk/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/plk/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/plk/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/plk/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/plk/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/plk/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/plk/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/plk/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/plk/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"milestone":null,"comments":5,"created_at":"2016-05-10T09:41:03Z","updated_at":"2016-05-10T10:58:53Z","closed_at":null,"body":"According to the documentation (page 104) I assumed `\\mkbibnamesuffix` to change the format of a name suffix. This does not work.\r\n\r\nInstead the legacy `\\mkbibnameaffix` formats the suffix. Taking a look into `biblatex_.def` at line 839ff. reveals, that the bibmacros `name:given-family` and `name:family-given` still use the legacy macro.\r\n\r\nThe following MWE illustrates this issue\r\n\r\n```TeX\r\n\\documentclass{report}\r\n\r\n\\RequirePackage[\r\n   % Use the newest backend: biber\r\n   backend=biber,\r\n   % Use alphabetic style\r\n   style=alphabetic\r\n]{biblatex}\r\n\r\n\\begin{filecontents}{bibliography.bib}\r\n@Article{Duckhausen,\r\nauthor =    {von Duckhausen, Sr, Dagobert},\r\ntitle =     {Lowercase Title},\r\njournaltitle = {Miscellaneous Journal},\r\ndate =      {2016-05-10}\r\n}\r\n\\end{filecontents}}\r\n% Add the bibliography as only source\r\n\\addbibresource{bibliography.bib}\r\n\r\n% The format of name suffix cannot be changed using\r\n\\renewcommand*{\\mkbibnamesuffix}{\\textit}\r\n% but reacts to the legacy command\r\n\\renewcommand*{\\mkbibnameaffix}{\\textbf}\r\n\r\n\\begin{document}\r\n\\chapter{First Chapter}\r\nCitation of working entry \\cite{Duckhausen}.\r\n\r\n% Suffix will be printed in bold font\r\n\\printbibliography\r\n\\end{document}\r\n```"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/plk/biblatex/issues/comments/218125147","html_url":"https://github.com/plk/biblatex/issues/420#issuecomment-218125147","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/plk/biblatex/issues/420","id":218125147,"user":{"login":"michue","id":19283328,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/19283328?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/michue","html_url":"https://github.com/michue","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/michue/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/michue/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/michue/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/michue/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/michue/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/michue/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/michue/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/michue/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/michue/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-05-10T10:58:53Z","updated_at":"2016-05-10T10:58:53Z","body":"It's no issue for me... just something I stumbled over while testing the new version.\r\nTherefore I consider this as _\"will be fixed in the next version\"_"}}