/* Author    : Rick van der Zwet
 * S-number  : 0433373
 * Version   : $Id: HOWTO.txt 344 2007-12-01 14:08:51Z rick $
 * Copyright : FreeBSD Licence
 */

= Intro =
Using an trie by the compression and decompression of LZW
algoritm.

= Choices made =
* Different systax ./[de]compressie <infile> <outfile>
* Special number FILE_END to define end of file instead default EOF to
  fix the problem of writing away odd size numbers. We just add FILE_END
  to make it even and 2 * FILE_END in case of even number

= Student solution comparison =
I did not find any program to compare with, but could think of the
following problems
* Different initial Trie
* Other way to end program

= Gif comparision =
http://www.cis.udel.edu/%7Eamer/CISC651/lzw.and.gif.explained.html
* The Clear Code. It tells when to restart the WHOLE process.
* The End Of Information. It tells when there's no more codes to read.
* Gif includes header information
* Variable bit size coding


= Files =
HOWTO.txt       -  Explain how to run and why certain choices where made
Makefile        -  Enhanced makefile with some included checks
compressie.cc   -  Compression of file
decompressie.cc -  Decompression of file
fileio.cc       -  File read and write functions, using for conversion
                   8bit -> 12bit
fileio.h        -  File read and write headers
README.txt      -  Assignment description
read12.cc       -  Only reading of numbers to be used for unit testing
test.sh         -  Unit test script
trie.cc         -  Trie implementation source file
trie.h          -  Trie implementation header file
trie07.ps       -  Assignment PostScript file
trie07.pdf      -  Assignment PDF file
write12.cc      -  Only writing of numbers to be used for unit testing