NAME
compface, uncompface - compress and expand 48x48x1 face image files
SYNOPSIS
compface (buf)
uncompface (buf)
char *buf
DESCRIPTION
compface is a function for generating highly compressed representations
of 48x48x1 face image files. uncompface is an inverse function which
performs an inverse transformation with no loss of data. The algorithm
used is highly tuned for its purpose and achieves better than a five to
one compression ratio on average. In both functions, input is via a
NULL terminated string and a NULL terminated output string is written
over the input string. Buf should therefore point to a block of 2K
size or more to avoid buffer overruns during output generation.
The input format for compface (and the output format for uncompface) is
48 lines each of 3 sixteen bit hexadecimal integers, comma terminated
in C initialiser style. The output format of compface (and the input
format for uncompface) is some number of lines made up of a space
followed by printable characters (in the range ‘‘!’’ to ‘‘~’’
inclusive). The first line contains 72 characters and following lines
contain 79 characters except that the last line may be short.
This version of compface has been patched to also be able to handle
normal XBM images. uncompface will produce XBM output only if the -X
switch is applied.
The amount of compression obtained varies between face image files but
the output of compface averages less than 200 characters. The average
number of output lines is three.
DIAGNOSTICS
The return value is normally 0. 1 will be returned if extra input has
been ignored during a compress operation. -1 is returned in the case
of an invalid input format. -2 is returned if an internal buffer
overrun occurs.
SEE ALSO
Compface(1)
25 January 1990