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diff --git a/deflateTune.3 b/deflateTune.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7269dec --- /dev/null +++ b/deflateTune.3 @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +.Dd January 15, 2017 +.Dt DEFLATETUNE 3 +.Os +. +.Sh NAME +.Nm deflateTune +.Nd fine tune compression parameters +. +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libz +. +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In zlib.h +.Ft int +.Fo deflateTune +.Fa "z_streamp strm" +.Fa "int good_length" +.Fa "int max_lazy" +.Fa "int nice_length" +.Fa "int max_chain" +.Fc +. +.Sh DESCRIPTION +Fine tune deflate's internal compression parameters. +This should only be used +by someone who understands the algorithm +used by zlib's deflate +for searching for the best matching string, +and even then only by the most fanatic optimizer +trying to squeeze out the last compressed bit +for their specific input data. +Read the +.Pa deflate.c +source code for the meaning of the +.Fa max_lazy , +.Fa good_length , +.Fa nice_length , +and +.Fa max_chain +parameters. +. +.Pp +.Fn deflateTune +can be called after +.Xr deflateInit 3 +or +.Xr deflateInit2 3 . +. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +.Fn deflateTune +returns +.Dv Z_OK +on success, +or +.Dv Z_STREAM_ERROR +for an invalid deflate stream. +. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr deflateInit 3 , +.Xr deflateInit2 3 +. +.Sh HISTORY +This manual page was converted from +.In zlib.h +to mdoc format by +.An C. McEnroe Aq Mt june@causal.agency . +. +.Sh AUTHORS +.An Jean-loup Gailly Aq Mt jloup@gzip.org +.An Mark Adler Aq Mt madler@alumni.caltech.edu |