Re: libgsf tweaks

[Allin Cottrell <cottrell wfu edu>]

On Tue, 15 Oct 2019, John Cupitt via gnumeric-list wrote:

> On Mon, 14 Oct 2019 at 19:20, Allin Cottrell <cottrell wfu edu> wrote:
> > 1) gsf-output-memory: it would be nice to be able to "steal" a
> > buffer created in this way.
>
> I'd like this too.
>
> > 2) gsf-output-gzip: in some contexts it would be useful to be able to
> > control the zlib compression level in the interest of maximum speed or
> > maximal compression.
>
> I do this now with eg.:
>
>                        obj = gsf_outfile_new_child_full(out, name, FALSE,
>                                "compression-level", GSF_ZIP_DEFLATED,
>                                "deflate-level", dir->deflate_level,
>                                NULL);
>
> Perhaps the name isn't the clearest :(

Hmm, is that "child" approach applicable if you just want a wrapper 
for a gzipped file, as in tests/test-out-gzip1.c ? (As opposed to 
creating a zip archive.)

Allin Cottrell