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try to clarify the compress option
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totaam committed Jun 1, 2015
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.SS Options for attach
.TP
\fB-z\fP\fILEVEL\fP, \fB\-\-compress\fP=\fILEVEL\fP
Select the level of zlib compression xpra will use when transmitting data
over the network. Higher levels of compression transmit less data over
the network, but use more CPU power. Valid options are between 0
(meaning no compression) and 9, inclusive. Higher levels take
progressively more CPU while giving diminishing returns in terms of
actual compression achieved; the default is 3, which gives a
reasonable trade-off in general.
If lz4 compression is available, it will be enabled when the level
is set to 1, lz4 compresses a lot less than zlib but it is also
much faster.
Select the level of compression xpra will use when transmitting data
over the network.
With the \fBlz4\fP and \fBlzo\fP compressors,
there are only two possible values:
0 (meaning no compression) and 1 (compression enabled).
The \fBzlib\fP compressor supports values between 0
(meaning no compression) and 9, inclusive. It should only be used
when \fBlz4\fP and \fBlzo\fP are not available.

This compression is not used on pixel data (except
when using the \fBrgb\fP encoding).
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