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@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +2012-01-05 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> + + * Version 1.13-rc2 released. + * Compression time of option '-0' has been reduced by 2%. + * Reorganization of the compression code. + * Small change in '--help' output and man page. + * Changed quote characters in messages as advised by GNU Standards. + 2011-11-12 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> * Version 1.13-rc1 released. @@ -8,58 +16,58 @@ 2011-04-30 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> * Version 1.12 released. - * main.cc: Added new option `-F, --recompress'. + * main.cc: Added new option '-F, --recompress'. * encoder.h (update_prices): Update high length symbol prices - independently of the value of `pos_state'. This gives better - compression for large values of `--match-length' without being + independently of the value of 'pos_state'. This gives better + compression for large values of '--match-length' without being slower. * encoder.h encoder.cc: Optimize pair price calculations. This - reduces compression time for large values of `--match-length' + reduces compression time for large values of '--match-length' by up to 6%. - * Compression time of option `-0' has been reduced by 2%. + * Compression time of option '-0' has been reduced by 2%. * main.cc (decompress): Print only one status line for each - multimember file when only one `-v' is specified. + multi-member file when only one '-v' is specified. * main.cc (decompress): Print up to 6 bytes of trailing garbage - when `-vvvv' is specified. + when '-vvvv' is specified. * main.cc (open_instream): Do not show the message - " and `--stdout' was not specified" for directories, etc. - * lziprecover.cc: If `-v' is not specified show errors only. + " and '--stdout' was not specified" for directories, etc. + * lziprecover.cc: If '-v' is not specified show errors only. * testsuite/unzcrash.cc: Use Arg_parser. - * testsuite/unzcrash.cc: Added new option `-b, --bits'. - * testsuite/unzcrash.cc: Added new option `-p, --position'. - * testsuite/unzcrash.cc: Added new option `-s, --size'. + * testsuite/unzcrash.cc: Added new option '-b, --bits'. + * testsuite/unzcrash.cc: Added new option '-p, --position'. + * testsuite/unzcrash.cc: Added new option '-s, --size'. 2010-09-16 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> * Version 1.11 released. - * Added new option `-0' which produces a compression speed and - ratio comparable to those of `gzip -9'. + * Added new option '-0' which produces a compression speed and + ratio comparable to those of 'gzip -9'. * fast_encoder.h fast_encoder.cc: New files. * main.cc: Match length limit set by options -1 to -8 has been reduced to extend range of use towards gzip. Lower numbers now compress less but faster. (-1 now takes 43% less time for only 20% larger compressed size). * encoder.cc: Compression of option -9 has been slightly increased. - * lziprecover.cc: Added new option `-m, --merge' which tries to + * lziprecover.cc: Added new option '-m, --merge' which tries to produce a correct file merging the good parts of two or more damaged copies. - * lziprecover.cc: Added new option `-R, --repair' for repairing + * lziprecover.cc: Added new option '-R, --repair' for repairing a 1-byte error in single-member files. * decoder.cc (decode_member): Detect file errors earlier to improve efficiency of lziprecover's new repair capability. This change also prevents (harmless) access to uninitialized memory when decompressing a corrupt file. - * lziprecover.cc: Added new option `-f, --force'. - * lziprecover.cc: Added new option `-o, --output'. - * lziprecover.cc: Added new option `-s, --split' to select the - until now only operation of splitting multimember files. + * lziprecover.cc: Added new option '-f, --force'. + * lziprecover.cc: Added new option '-o, --output'. + * lziprecover.cc: Added new option '-s, --split' to select the + until now only operation of splitting multi-member files. * lziprecover.cc: If no operation is specified, warn the user and do nothing. * main.cc: Fixed warning about fchown's return value being ignored. - * decoder.cc: `-tvvvv' now also shows compression ratio. + * decoder.cc: '-tvvvv' now also shows compression ratio. * main.cc: Set stdin/stdout in binary mode on MSVC and OS2. * New examples have been added to the manual. - * testsuite: `test1' renamed to `test.txt'. Added new tests. + * testsuite: 'test1' renamed to 'test.txt'. Added new tests. * Matchfinder types HC4 (4 bytes hash-chain) and HT4 (4 bytes hash-table) have been tested and found no better than the current BT4. @@ -68,9 +76,9 @@ * Version 1.10 released. * decoder.h: Input_buffer integrated in Range_decoder. - * main.cc: File specified with option `-o' is now created with + * main.cc: File specified with option '-o' is now created with mode 0666 if umask allows it, deleted if interrupted by user. - * main.cc: New constant `o_binary'. + * main.cc: New constant 'o_binary'. * main.cc: Dictionary size for options -2, -3, -4 and -8 has been changed to improve linearity of compressed sizes. * lzip.h: Fixed warnings produced by over-optimization (-O3). @@ -80,8 +88,8 @@ * Version 1.9 released. * main.cc (main): Return at least 1 if closing stdout fails. - * Makefile.in: Added `--name' option to help2man invocation. - * testsuite/check.sh: Use `test1' instead of `COPYING' for testing. + * Makefile.in: Added '--name' option to help2man invocation. + * testsuite/check.sh: Use 'test1' instead of 'COPYING' for testing. 2009-09-02 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> @@ -106,25 +114,25 @@ is smaller than dictionary size limit. * decoder.cc: Added extra flush calls to improve partial decompression of corrupt files. - * `--test' no more needs `/dev/null'. - * Removed some `bashisms' from lzdiff and lzgrep. - * Dictionary size for options `-1' to `-4' has been changed. - * main.cc (signal_handler): Declared as `extern "C"'. + * '--test' no more needs '/dev/null'. + * Removed some 'bashisms' from lzdiff and lzgrep. + * Dictionary size for options '-1' to '-4' has been changed. + * main.cc (signal_handler): Declared as 'extern "C"'. * Makefile.in: Extra files are now installed by default. * testsuite/check.sh: Test lziprecover. - * Added `export LC_ALL=C' to all scripts. + * Added 'export LC_ALL=C' to all scripts. 2009-04-12 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> * Version 1.5 released. * lzip.h: Coded dictionary size implemented in File_header. * Fixed some includes that prevented compilation with GCC 4.4. - * `member_size' and `volume_size' are now accurate limits. + * 'member_size' and 'volume_size' are now accurate limits. * Compression speed has been improved. * Implemented bt4 type matchfinder. - * Added chapter `Algorithm' to the manual. - * Lzdiff and lzgrep now accept `-h' for `--help' and - `-V' for `--version'. + * Added chapter 'Algorithm' to the manual. + * Lzdiff and lzgrep now accept '-h' for '--help' and + '-V' for '--version'. * Makefile.in: Man page is now installed by default. * testsuite/check.sh: Verify that files are open in binary mode. @@ -132,11 +140,11 @@ * Version 1.4 released. * Implemented compression of version 1 files. - * Added new option `-b, --member-size'. - * Added new option `-S, --volume-size'. - * Added new option `-o, --output'. - * main.cc: Read from non regular files if `--stdout' is specified. - * Added `lziprecover', a member recoverer program. + * Added new option '-b, --member-size'. + * Added new option '-S, --volume-size'. + * Added new option '-o, --output'. + * main.cc: Read from non regular files if '--stdout' is specified. + * Added 'lziprecover', a member recoverer program. * testsuite/unzcrash.cc: Test all 1-byte errors. 2008-12-21 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> @@ -146,7 +154,7 @@ dictionary size for each file during compression, saving memory during decompression. * Implemented decompression of version 1 files. - * testsuite/check.sh: Replaced `diff -q' with `cmp'. + * testsuite/check.sh: Replaced 'diff -q' with 'cmp'. 2008-12-10 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> @@ -154,23 +162,23 @@ * encoder.cc: A 1-byte read outside allocated memory has been fixed. * lzip.h: Dictionary size limit has been reduced to 512MiB because setting it to 1GiB causes overflow of a 32 bit integer. - * Added `lzdiff', a diff/cmp wrapper for gzip, bzip2, lzip and + * Added 'lzdiff', a diff/cmp wrapper for gzip, bzip2, lzip and non-compressed files. - * Added `lzgrep', a grep wrapper for gzip, bzip2, lzip and + * Added 'lzgrep', a grep wrapper for gzip, bzip2, lzip and non-compressed files. - * `make install-info' should now work on Debian and OS X. + * 'make install-info' should now work on Debian and OS X. 2008-11-17 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> * Version 1.1 released. - * Changed short name of option `--dictionary-size' to `-s'. - * Changed short name of option `--match-length' to `-m'. + * Changed short name of option '--dictionary-size' to '-s'. + * Changed short name of option '--match-length' to '-m'. * Changed LONG_LONG_MAX to LLONG_MAX. 2008-10-14 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> * Version 1.0 released. - * `-tvv' shows file version and dictionary size. + * '-tvv' shows file version and dictionary size. 2008-09-30 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> @@ -180,7 +188,7 @@ 2008-09-23 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> * Version 0.4 released. - * Code cleanup for global variable `verbosity'. + * Code cleanup for global variable 'verbosity'. * Regained the compression ratio of 0.2 with 5% faster speed. * Fixed compilation on sistems where size_t != unsigned int. @@ -188,8 +196,8 @@ * Version 0.3 released. * encoder.cc: Compression is now 15% faster, 1% worse. - * main.cc (main): Make `-t' option override `-c'. - * main.cc (decompress): Show `done' instead of `ok' when not testing. + * main.cc (main): Make '-t' option override '-c'. + * main.cc (decompress): Show 'done' instead of 'ok' when not testing. * encoder.h: Use trials[] to return the list of pairs. 2008-09-09 Antonio Diaz Diaz <ant_diaz@teleline.es> @@ -203,7 +211,7 @@ * Version 0.1 released. -Copyright (C) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Antonio Diaz Diaz. +Copyright (C) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Antonio Diaz Diaz. 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