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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/zlib.xml b/erts/doc/src/zlib.xml index 8917ab5c3a..da8ccdecdf 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/zlib.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/zlib.xml @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?> +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <!DOCTYPE erlref SYSTEM "erlref.dtd"> <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>2005</year><year>2011</year> + <year>2005</year><year>2013</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -161,20 +161,22 @@ list_to_binary([Compressed|Last])</pre> state. <c><anno>MemLevel</anno></c>=1 uses minimum memory but is slow and reduces compression ratio; <c><anno>MemLevel</anno></c>=9 uses maximum memory for optimal speed. The default value is 8.</p> - <p>The <c><anno>Strategy</anno></c> parameter is used to tune the - compression algorithm. Use the value <c>default</c> for - normal data, <c>filtered</c> for data produced by a filter - (or predictor), or <c>huffman_only</c> to force Huffman - encoding only (no string match). Filtered data consists - mostly of small values with a somewhat random - distribution. In this case, the compression algorithm is - tuned to compress them better. The effect of - <c>filtered</c>is to force more Huffman coding and less - string matching; it is somewhat intermediate between - <c>default</c> and <c>huffman_only</c>. The <c><anno>Strategy</anno></c> - parameter only affects the compression ratio but not the - correctness of the compressed output even if it is not set - appropriately.</p> + <p>The <c><anno>Strategy</anno></c> parameter is used to tune + the compression algorithm. Use the value <c>default</c> for + normal data, <c>filtered</c> for data produced by a filter (or + predictor), <c>huffman_only</c> to force Huffman encoding + only (no string match), or <c>rle</c> to limit match + distances to one (run-length encoding). Filtered data + consists mostly of small values with a somewhat random + distribution. In this case, the compression algorithm is tuned + to compress them better. The effect of <c>filtered</c>is to + force more Huffman coding and less string matching; it is + somewhat intermediate between <c>default</c> and + <c>huffman_only</c>. <c>rle</c> is designed to be almost as + fast as <c>huffman_only</c>, but give better compression for PNG + image data. The <c><anno>Strategy</anno></c> parameter only + affects the compression ratio but not the correctness of the + compressed output even if it is not set appropriately.</p> </desc> </func> <func> @@ -300,7 +302,7 @@ list_to_binary([B1,B2])</pre> <fsummary>Decompress data</fsummary> <desc> <p><c>inflate/2</c> decompresses as much data as possible. - It may some introduce some output latency (reading + It may introduce some output latency (reading input without producing any output).</p> <p>If a preset dictionary is needed at this point (see <c>inflateSetDictionary</c> below), <c>inflate/2</c> throws a |