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Packing a mostly empty screen

2 replies · opened 5 DAY ago

ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION
Title screen has lots of repeated spaces and a few chunky logo rows. A tiny run-length encoder seems obvious, but I am curious when people stop inventing compressors and use an existing one.

This is for learning, not a size competition.
REPLY #1
For learning, write the tiny RLE version. For shipping, compare it against an established tool before getting emotionally attached.
REPLY #2
Repeated spaces are practically asking for RLE. Keep the unpacker readable so you can reuse it next week.

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