\documentclass[onedown-examples]{subfiles} \makeatletter \def\SW{\the\ODw@Skip@Width} \makeatletter \begin{document} \vfill We show a couple of diagrams without comment, with the exception of number 4. % We must trick here because HBox makes the settings local \setdefaults{bidfirst=S} \vfill \begin{HBox}{1: showNS pair\hfill File: \FileName} \newgame \northhand{KJ82}{KQ9}{J}{AQJT8} \southhand{AQT95}{A52}{864}{K6} \easthand{JT6}{764}{KT9}{JT32} \westhand{Q952}{K32}{765}{AQ7} \setdefaults{bidfirst=S} \begin{biddingpair}-(\explainit{splinter}) 1S & 4D\markit \\ 4H & 6S \\ \end{biddingpair} \showNS+ \end{HBox} \vfill \begin{HBox}{2: showNS pair centered\hfill File: \FileName} \begin{biddingpair}!-(\explainit{splinter}) 1S & 4D\markit \\ 4H & 6S \\ \end{biddingpair} \showNS*+ \end{HBox} \vfill \begin{HBox}{3: showNS\hfill File: \FileName} \begin{bidding}!-(\explainit{splinter} \explainit{control}) 1S & p & 4D\markit & p \\ 4H\markit & p & 6S & p \\ \end{bidding} \showNS+ \end{HBox} \vfill \needspace{8\baselineskip} \vfill Here we show the influence of command |\handskip|, that adds some extra space between the card diagram and the bidding diagram. In the 2nd diagram the negative value diminishes the distance. Because it is within braces, the length change is local and the normal value is automatically restored afterwards. In the 4th diagram we add |3em| extra space \vfill \begin{HBox}{4: showNS centered\hfill File: \FileName} \setdefaults{compmid=1} \showNS*+ {\handskip{-1em}\setdefaults{compmid=2} \showNS*+} \setdefaults{compmid=3} \showNS*+ {\handskip{3em}\setdefaults{compmid=4} \showNS*+} \end{HBox} \vfill \begin{HBox}{5: showNS pair\hfill File: \FileName} \gamefont{\sffamily\bfseries\scriptsize} \begin{biddingpair}!- 1S & 4D \\ 4H & 6S \\ \end{biddingpair} \showNS+ \end{HBox} \vfill Because the previously saved bidding diagram is used, setting |bidfirst| has no influence on the output\ldots \vfill \begin{HBox}{6: showNS pair centered\hfill File: \FileName} \setdefaults{bidfirst=W} \showNS*+ \end{HBox} \vfill \ldots But when setting the next bidding diagram, it has! % Need to trick here again \setdefaults{bidfirst=W} \vfill \begin{HBox}{7: showNS\hfill File: \FileName} \begin{bidding}-(\explainit{splinter} \explainit{control}) 1S & p & 4D\markit & p \\ 4H\markit & p & 6S & p \\ \end{bidding} \showNS+ \end{HBox} \vfill \begin{HBox}{8: showNS centered\hfill File: \FileName} \showNS*+ \end{HBox} \vfill \end{document} \endinput