Index: work/remote/web/README
===================================================================
--- work/remote/web/README	(revision 5953)
+++ work/remote/web/README	(revision 5954)
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@
 
 Drawing Test
 
-Currently test files for the remote protocol (the ones with .remote
-extension) are loaded from ./testdata. gzipped files are not supported.
+Test files for the remote protocol (the ones with .remote.gz extension)
+are loaded from trunk/tests/RTT/ref.
 
 To specify another test file for the drawing test you should edit
 testclient/draw.js. Change the following function call near line 7:
 
-drawRemoteFile("../testdata/netlist.pcb.remote");
+drawRemoteFile("../testdata/netlist.remote.gz");
 
 For more info read testserver/README and testclient/README.
 
Index: work/remote/web/testclient/draw.js
===================================================================
--- work/remote/web/testclient/draw.js	(revision 5953)
+++ work/remote/web/testclient/draw.js	(revision 5954)
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 var draw = require("../client/scripts/draw");
 
 
-drawRemoteFile("../testdata/netlist.pcb.remote");
-//drawRemoteFile("../testdata/line_normal.pcb.remote");
+drawRemoteFile("../testdata/netlist.remote.gz");
+//drawRemoteFile("../testdata/line_normal.remote.gz");
 
 
 function drawRemoteFile(url) {
Index: work/remote/web/testserver/app.js
===================================================================
--- work/remote/web/testserver/app.js	(revision 5953)
+++ work/remote/web/testserver/app.js	(revision 5954)
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 var morgan = require('morgan');
 
 var app = express();
-var expressWs = require('express-ws')(app);
+var expressWs = require('express-ws')(app); // registers app.ws
 
 var serverecho;
 var clientecho;
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 // this will serve static files
 app.use("/", express.static("../client"));
 app.use("/test", express.static("../testclient"));
-app.use("/testdata", express.static("../testdata"));
+app.use("/testdata", gzipDirectory("../../../../trunk/tests/RTT/ref"));
 app.use("/protocol", express.static("../protocol"));
 
 // this will log http requests
@@ -58,3 +58,23 @@
 var server = app.listen(process.env.port || 3000, function () {
 	console.log('testserver listening on port', server.address().port);
 });
+
+// middleware for serving gzipped files
+// note: this would be too slow in production code but it will do it for test
+function gzipDirectory(localPath) {
+	return function (req, res) {
+		var path = req.path + ".gz";
+		if (/\.gz$/.test(req.path)) {
+			if (req.acceptsEncodings("gzip")) {
+				// automatic gunzip on client side
+				res.set('Content-Encoding', 'gzip');
+				res.sendFile(req.path, { root: localPath });
+			} else {
+				res.status(415).send("gzip support required in the browser");
+			}
+		} else {
+			// send as normal static file
+			res.sendFile(req.path, { root: localPath });
+		}
+	};
+}