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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libzlib.tex b/Doc/lib/libzlib.tex index c0ab117..d5dab91 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libzlib.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libzlib.tex @@ -1,22 +1,12 @@ -% zlib compression module version A.01.02 -% Alpha test release. -% Written by A.M. Kuchling (amk@magnet.com) -% Comments are welcomed. -% -% Can you think of a better name than zlib? (The module's purpose isn't -% really obvious from the name) - \section{Built-in Module \sectcode{zlib}} \bimodindex{zlib} For applications that require data compression, the functions in this -module allow compression and decompression, using a library based on -GNU zip. The library is available at -\code{ftp://godzilli.cs.sunysb.edu/pub/ngf/zlib-1.00.tar.gz}, -and is mirrored at -\code{ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/png/src/zlib-1.00.tar.gz}. Version -1.00 is the most recent version as of March 18, 1996; use a later -version if one is available. +module allow compression and decompression, using the zlib library, +which is based on GNU zip. The zlib library has its own home page at +\code{http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/}. +Version 1.0.4 is the most recent version as of April 30, 1997; use a +later version if one is available. The available functions in this module are: @@ -65,7 +55,9 @@ error occurs. \begin{funcdesc}{decompressobj}{\optional{wbits}} Returns a compression object, to be used for decompressing data streams - that won't fit into memory at once. The \var{wbits} parameter controls the size of the window buffer; usually this can be left alone. +that won't fit into memory at once. The \var{wbits} parameter +controls the size of the window buffer; usually this can be left +alone. \end{funcdesc} Compression objects support the following methods: @@ -92,8 +84,8 @@ Decompress \var{string}, returning a string containing the uncompressed data corresponding to at least part of the data in \var{string}. This data should be concatenated to the output produced by any preceding calls to the -\code{decompress()} method. Some of the input data may be preserved in internal buffers -for later processing. +\code{decompress()} method. Some of the input data may be preserved +in internal buffers for later processing. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{flush}{} |