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
