Text::Lossy
===========

This is a Perl 5 module which implements lossy text compression.
Specifically, it implements the "lossy" part to transform any text to a
form which is better compressible by standard entropy-based compression
algorithms.

Several different lossy text filters are supplied.

INSTALLATION
------------

To install this module, run the following commands:

	perl Makefile.PL
	make
	make test
	make install

The module 'Text::Lossy' will be installed in your Perl library path.
An executable Perl script, 'text-lossy', will also be installed.

For more control over install locations, as well as additional commands,
try 'make help'.

SUPPORT AND DOCUMENTATION
-------------------------

After installing, you can find documentation for this module with the
perldoc command.

    perldoc Text::Lossy

You can also look for information at:

    RT, CPAN's request tracker (report bugs here)
        http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Text-Lossy

    AnnoCPAN, Annotated CPAN documentation
        http://annocpan.org/dist/Text-Lossy

    CPAN Ratings
        http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Text-Lossy

    Search CPAN
        http://search.cpan.org/dist/Text-Lossy/


LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
---------------------

Copyright (C) 2012-2013 Ben Deutsch

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published
by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.

See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.

