@@ -3903,14 +3903,28 @@ \section{on}
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\rightvitem {13cm}{Turns compression mode on. This compression is a
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relatively simple compression that hardly costs extra computer time but
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saves roughly a factor two in disk storage. The old statement was `compress
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- on' but this should be avoided in the future. This setting is the default.}
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+ on' but this should be avoided in the future. This setting is the default if
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+ \FORM \ has not been compiled with gzip or zstd support.}
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\leftvitem {3.5cm}{compress,gzip\index {gzip}}
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- \rightvitem {13cm}{This option should be followed by a comma or a space and
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+ \rightvitem {13cm}{This setting is the default, if \FORM \ has been compiled
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+ with gzip support but not with zstd support.
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+ This option may be followed by a comma or a space and
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a single digit. It activates the gzip compression for the sort file. This
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compression can make the intermediate sort file considerably shorter at the
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- cost of some CPU time. This option can be used when disk space is at a
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- premium. The digit indicates the compression level. Zero means no
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+ cost of some CPU time.
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+ The digit indicates the compression level. Zero means no
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+ compression and 9 is the highest level. The default level is 6. Above that
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+ the compression becomes very slow and doesn't gain very much extra.}
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+
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+ \leftvitem {3.5cm}{compress,zstd\index {zstd}}
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+ \rightvitem {13cm}{This setting is the default, if \FORM \ has been compiled with
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+ zstd support.
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+ This option may be followed by a comma or a space and
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+ a single digit. It activates the zstd compression for the sort file. This
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+ compression performs better than gzip, both in terms of compression/
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+ decompression rates and compression ratio.
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+ The digit indicates the compression level. Zero means no
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compression and 9 is the highest level. The default level is 6. Above that
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the compression becomes very slow and doesn't gain very much extra.}
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