Compression Types

[R0B]

Just out of curiosity, what type of compressions does pocket quake support for the *.pak files.  I know about *.gz but what about *.rar or *.zip?  Pak1.pak is pretty big (32.6MB) and I wanted to compress it, but I don't think that I have a *.gz compression utility.

[Moose or Chuck]

What do you think Rob? Do you think PocketQuake is some kind of compression decoder software filled with every algorithm known to man?

[R0B]

I never said that.  I actually only listed two very common types of compression.  I bet that if you asked someone if they have heard of *.zip they will say yes, *.rar chances are yes, but *.gz probably not.  I was just curious.  So, to continue this post, is *.gz the only form supported?

[Paul]

probably

[randall]

Yes, and it has far better compression than zip and rar.

[Moose or Chuck]

gz is the most popular compression in Mac and Linux OSes, so yes, most will know about it.

[suchiaruzu]

By the way, you still remember the ChiraKs-site, don't you? There was also a 3D-clock I'd like to use. The images are in *.zit-format - do you know any editors supporting *.zit-files?

[Moose or Chuck]

It was also made in Japan. I didn't even know they had QWERTY keyboards there. I thought all their keyboards were £ôæeƒ

[suchiaruzu]

Hehe, Moose...<br>Hey, did you know that a japanese (or was it a chinese?) keyboard would have to have more than 2000 keys?

[Dan East]

zLib gzip compression is all PQ supports. The gzip algorithm is free, non-patented, and the source is available. I believe zip uses the gzip algorithm for its primary compression. Other routines, like zip, are more bloated, and have a lot of additional liabilities, like the ability to contain multiple files, password protection, file attributes, multiple compression alogorithms, etc. gzip is just an algorithm for compressing a stream of data.<br><br>Dan East

[R0B]

Thanks, and from from what you have said, good choice on picking GZIP since it appears to be preety darn good.