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diff --git a/doc/lzlib.texinfo b/doc/lzlib.texinfo index d0cdd2b..409b053 100644 --- a/doc/lzlib.texinfo +++ b/doc/lzlib.texinfo @@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ @finalout @c %**end of header -@set UPDATED 3 July 2009 -@set VERSION 0.5 +@set UPDATED 2 September 2009 +@set VERSION 0.6 @dircategory Data Compression @direntry @@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ read/write functions until all the data has been processed by the library. This interface is safer and less error prone than the traditional zlib interface. +Compression/decompression is done when the read function is called. This +means the value returned by the position functions will not be updated +until some data is read, even if you write a lot of data. If you want +the data to be compressed in advance, just call the read function with a +@var{size} equal to 0. + Lzlib will correctly decompress a data stream which is the concatenation of two or more compressed data streams. The result is the concatenation of the corresponding uncompressed data streams. Integrity testing of @@ -515,7 +521,7 @@ Example 1: Normal compression (@var{member_size} > total output). 4) go back to step 2 until all input data has been written 5) LZ_compress_finish 6) LZ_compress_read -7) go back to step 6 until LZ_compress_read returns 0 +7) go back to step 6 until LZ_compress_finished returns 1 8) LZ_compress_close @end example @@ -531,7 +537,7 @@ Example 2: Decompression. 4) go back to step 2 until all input data has been written 5) LZ_decompress_finish 6) LZ_decompress_read -7) go back to step 6 until LZ_decompress_read returns 0 +7) go back to step 6 until LZ_decompress_finished returns 1 8) LZ_decompress_close @end example @@ -549,7 +555,7 @@ Example 3: Multimember compression (@var{member_size} < total output). 6) go back to step 2 until all input data has been written 7) LZ_compress_finish 8) LZ_compress_read - 9) go back to step 8 until LZ_compress_read returns 0 + 9) go back to step 8 until LZ_compress_finished returns 1 10) LZ_compress_close @end example |