Hi again, Alexander,
I love the possibility of a reduced DjVu file size using your new fork.
But I keep having problems installing.
I tried to install on two computers and am getting more error messages.
I tried your corrections and still no luck.
I love experimenting with DjVu, including annotations, but I have little Linux programming.experience.
I have a number of pbm to DjVu projects that I would love to test for you and me, in terms of changes in file size using the fork for a given set of DjVu parameters.
It would be revealing, for instance, to compare minidjvu with your minidjvu fork and with any2djvu and DjVu Solo 3.1, for a set number of dictionary pages. The program DjVuToy is also useful for comparing possibilities.
I have several self-made DjVu documents derived from pbms and bmps, some hundreds of pages long. It would be interesting to use your new program with these.
Is there a way for you to create a version of the minidjvu fork that will install as easily as minidjvu itself? Then maybe I can give you lots of resulting data regarding the efficacy of your new program at reducing DjVu file size.
I have tinkered a lot with DjVu, including with annotations, but I am no programmer.
I could, if necessary, remove minidjvu and then test the fork after a new fork install.
Thanks again for your great work and for your interesting discoveries about encoding DjVu.
Stephen Jones