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@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@ Zopfli Compression Algorithm is a compression library programmed in C to perform very good, but slow, deflate or zlib compression. -gzip.c is separate from the library and contains an example program to create +zopfli.c is separate from the library and contains an example program to create very well compressed gzip files. -The basic function to compress data is Deflate in deflate.h. Use the Options +The basic functions to compress data are Deflate in deflate.h, ZlibCompress in +zlib_container.h and GzipCompress in gzip_container.h. Use the Options object to set parameters that affect the speed and compression. Use the InitOptions function to place the default values in the Options first. -This function creates a valid deflate stream. To get a valid zlib stream -instead, you need to add a small zlib header and a checksum around this stream -yourself. Please see the Zlib specification for more details: -http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1950.txt. +Deflate creates a valid deflate stream in memory, see: +http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1951.txt +ZlibCompress creates a valid zlib stream in memory, see: +http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1950.txt +GzipCompress creates a valid gzip stream in memory, see: +http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1952.txt This library can only compress, not decompress. Existing zlib or deflate libraries can decompress the data. |