BridgeMats

The BridgeMats program will produce duplicate bridge guide cards (table mats) from an ACBLscore movement file.
The output is a PostScript file that may be viewed, printed, or converted to PDF with GhostScript.
Important: Game plans and related materials are available on the parent page of this one, on the club site.

Preformatted BridgeMats

US Letter   PostScript and PDF files to view/print on 8.5"x11" stock.
US Legal   PostScript and PDF files to view/print on 8.5"x14" stock (for Baron/Barclay sleeves, Letter+11%).
Printing   Sources and options for printing table mats onto legal size card stock or cover stock.

Current BridgeMats Program

The current version is B205 (May, 2012) and consists of four files, or a zip thereof:

BridgeMats.txt   The help and license from BridgeMats.pl - read here to see if this program is for you.
BridgeMats.pl   The Perl script that produces the table mats.
BridgeMats.ps   The PostScript model file (required by BridgeMats.pl).
BridgeMats.sw   File of global and movement-specific switch defaults (for BridgeMats.pl).
BridgeMats-B205.zip   Zip file of the four BridgeMats files for the current version.
Current Version Changes:   Major focus on individual movements: S061421 added; S0311A improved. -m, -M and -R switches added, supporting one or two rovers for larger movements, all of which have been added or reformatted: R0721, R0721R, R0721RR; R0728, R0728R, R0728RR; S0721, S0721R, S0721RR; S0824, S0824R, S0824RR; S0924, S0924R, S0924RR; S1027, S1027R, S1027RR; S1133, S1133R, S1133RR; S1224; S1326, S1326R, S1326RR. Also, H0708 added.
Late Breaking News   Plans, ideas, bugs, and fixes, since the last release.

Related No-Charge Software

Active Perl   to format your own BridgeMats from movement files.
GhostScript & GSview   to view formatted PostScript files (both are needed).
Adobe Acrobat Reader   to view formatted PDF files.

Prior Published Versions

BridgeMats-A911.zip   H7RVR-S supersedes HAJ7RVR, -s (print Scorer.htm) added: Scoring Table.
BridgeMats-A902.zip   H0812, MB1008, MB1108, MB1412, MB1513, QM0404, QM0404B+ posted,
S0413 repaired; -x (Bowman 2-table appendix) added, -o repaired.
BridgeMats-A802.zip   Trivial help/switch changes; H0305 repaired and H0305B+ posted.
BridgeMats-A710.zip   Trivial help/switch changes; PDFs and S0413.IND posted.
BridgeMats-A709.zip   Recommend +11% (not +15%), preformatted mats posted.
BridgeMats-A705a.zip   Initial published release.

Last updated: November 23, 2012


Contact Pete Matthews: pmatthews@alum.bucknell.edu

MIT - Draper Lab Bridge Club