gks@doc.ic.ac.uk (Gary K Smith) (05/20/91)
Does anyone know of a fairly simple and quick way to decide which of the different algoritms is the best to compress a particular file - apart from the obvious of keep on trying different ones, and select the best? I have just discovered that using different bit widths for both input and output on LZW can make a very big difference to the size of the result. Does anyone know how to decide what bit sizes are likely to be best? Thanks Gary --