Difference between revisions of "ZIM file format"

ZIM file format (view source)

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-As directoy entries are cached and accessed via URL this indirection from titles via URLs to directory indeces makes sure that the cache is always used.
+The indirection from titles via URLs to directory entries has two reasons:
+* the pointer list is only half in size as 4 bytes are enough for each entry
+* accessing directory entries by title also makes use of cached directory entries which are referenced by the URL pointers, as implemented in zimlib
 == Cluster pointer list (clusterPtrPos) ==