README
1Zopfli Compression Algorithm is a compression library programmed in C to perform
2very good, but slow, deflate or zlib compression.
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4zopfli.c is separate from the library and contains an example program to create
5very well compressed gzip files.
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7The basic functions to compress data are ZopfliDeflate in deflate.h,
8ZopfliZlibCompress in zlib_container.h and ZopfliGzipCompress in
9gzip_container.h. Use the ZopfliOptions object to set parameters that affect the
10speed and compression. Use the ZopfliInitOptions function to place the default
11values in the ZopfliOptions first.
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13Deflate creates a valid deflate stream in memory, see:
14http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1951.txt
15ZlibCompress creates a valid zlib stream in memory, see:
16http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1950.txt
17GzipCompress creates a valid gzip stream in memory, see:
18http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1952.txt
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20This library can only compress, not decompress. Existing zlib or deflate
21libraries can decompress the data.
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23Zopfli Compression Algorithm was created by Lode Vandevenne and Jyrki
24Alakuijala, based on an algorithm by Jyrki Alakuijala.
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