 Successful compression:
 =======================

 With pipes:
 -----------
 .elc      (emacs lisp file)
 emacs info files
 .h        (C include file)
 .c        (C source file)
 .gsf      (ghostscript fonts)
 X application defaults (with some exceptions)
 /etc/mtools
 /etc/magic
 /etc/services
 man pages
 .fmt	  (tex format files)
 .sty     (TeX style files)
 .mf      (MetaFont)
 .bst     (Bibliography style)


 With temp files:
 ----------------
 Tex pk files (however, they don't compress well)
 .pcf      (X font file, with X386)
 .dvi
 rgb.pag
 .a        (static library)
 .sa       (shared library stub)
 .o        (object file)
 .fas      (Common Lisp)
 .mem      (Common Lisp)

 dosemu read only disk images
 ComposeKeyDB (for xfig)
 shell scripts ( executed with '. script' or 'source script' )

 ... and many more. Now that the default uncompression methode uses
temp files, virtually everything can be compressed.


 Unsuccessful compression:
 =========================

 /usr/lib/texmf/dvips/
 shared libraries
 executables (use tcx for those)


 Incompatibilities:
 ==================

 Strace is incompatible with zlibc on SunOs. The FAQ proposes to
upgrade to strace 3.1
