Building shorten ================ There is no configuration file for this package, just type make to get a single executable called "shorten". The make variables CC and CFLAGS can be set if so desired, e.g.: unix$ make CC=gcc CFLAGS=-O2 The use of gcc is recommended, on a SparcStation the execution time is reduced by about 25% as compared with the unbundled cc. Testing shorten =============== A quick test may be performed with: unix$ make test Installing shorten ================== For a standard system: unix# make install will place shorten in /usr/local/bin and shorten.1 in /usr/local/man/man1. The make variables prefix and maxext can be set for non-standard environments, for example: unix$ make prefix=$HOME maxext=l Other documentation =================== A more readable version of the UNIX man page is contained in shorten.man. Eventually the file laplacian.tex will contain the maths behind the compression. Current bugs ============ There are no known problems with this release. If you find anything, please tell me and I'll fix it. Tony Robinson