\HeaderA{compress}{Compress objects}{compress}
\keyword{manip}{compress}
\keyword{utilities}{compress}
\begin{Description}\relax
Compress objects.

This function is generic. 

Particular methods exist. For the \code{\LinkA{imwd}{imwd}} class object this generic function uses \code{\LinkA{compress.imwd}{compress.imwd}}. There is a default compression method: \code{\LinkA{compress.default}{compress.default}} that works on vectors.
\end{Description}
\begin{Usage}
\begin{verbatim}
compress(...)
\end{verbatim}
\end{Usage}
\begin{Arguments}
\begin{ldescription}
\item[\code{...}] See individual help pages for details. 
\end{ldescription}
\end{Arguments}
\begin{Details}\relax
See individual method help pages for operation and examples
\end{Details}
\begin{Value}
A compressed version of the input.
\end{Value}
\begin{Section}{RELEASE}
Version 2.0 Copyright Guy Nason 1993
\end{Section}
\begin{SeeAlso}\relax
\code{\LinkA{compress.default}{compress.default}}, \code{\LinkA{compress.imwd}{compress.imwd}}, \code{\LinkA{imwd}{imwd}}, \code{\LinkA{imwd.object}{imwd.object}}, \code{\LinkA{imwdc.object}{imwdc.object}}, \code{\LinkA{threshold.imwd}{threshold.imwd}}
\end{SeeAlso}

