1 04/29/78  make_compression_table
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 3 Syntax: make_compression_table path
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 6 Function: creates a compression table describing the encoding scheme
 7 to be used by compress_ascii.
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10 Arguments:
11 path
12    the pathname of the input segment describing the table, with
13    the optional suffix ".mct".  The output segment, containg the
14    binary version of the table, will have the same name as the input
15    segment without the suffix.
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18 Notes: This command is for use in cases where the user can define an
19 encoding scheme that will work particularly well for certain segments.
20 A table that works fairly well for average ASCII segments, such as
21 runoffs, runouts, and PL/I programs, is located at >am>compression_table.
22 A different table may be more appropriate when, for example the
23 segment to be compressed is known to contain a non-typical distribution
24 of characters (such as segments containing all numbers).  For
25 details on the creation of the compression table input, see the
26 AML documentation in memo MS-52.