Inline Auctions

<auction type="inline">
    <call code="P"/> 
       <call code="1S"/> 
       <call code="2H"/>  
       <call code="3C"/>

    <call code="4D"/> 
       <call code="X"/> 
       <call code="XX"/> 
       <call code="4N"/>

    <call code="P"/> 
       <call code="P"/> 
       <call code="P"/>
</auction>

Notice that the XSL has dropped the last three passes from the auction, but included the pass at the start of the auction. Dropping the last three passes matches Pavlicek's recommendations for inline auctions.

<p>At the other table, the auction was:
<auction type="inline">
<call code="P"/>
<call code="1N" comment="?"/>
<call code="P"/>
<call code="P"/>
<call code="P"/>
</auction>.
West's <call code="1N"/> was a bit off-shape.
</p>

A comment can be added to a call. Comments should be restricted to "!" or "?".

<p>At the other table, the auction was
<auction type="inline">
<call code="P"/>
<call code="1N"/>
<call code="P"/>
<call code="P" comment="?"/>
<call code="P"/>
</auction>.  East was not able to explain
his pass.
</p>

A comment on one of the last three passes should cause the last three calls to be show.

<auction type="inline" hands="EW" dealer="E">
    <call code="1H"/>
    <call code="2C"/>
    <call code="2H"/>
    <call code="P"/> 

    <call code="4H"/>
    <call code="P"/>
    <call code="P"/>
    <call code="P"/> 
</auction>

The optional hands attribute can be either "EW" or "NS", which indicates that we want an abbreviated auction concentrating on the named pair. Non-passes by the other side are included inside parenthesis, but passes by the other side are ignored (except when the first call in the auction to remind the reader of which side dealt.) If you use the hands attribute, you need to include the dealer, as well.

<auction type="inline" hands="EW" dealer="E">
    <call code="1H"/> <call code="P"/> <call code="2H"/> <call code="P"/>
    <call code="4H"/><call code="P"/> <call code="P"/> <call code="P"/> 
</auction>

A simple inline uncontested auction.

<auction type="inline" hands="EW" dealer="N">
    <call code="P"/> <call code="1H"/> <call code="P"/> <call code="2H"/>
    <call code="P"/> <call code="4H"/><call code="P"/> <call code="P"/>
    <call code="P"/> 
</auction>

This was an aesthetic decision - to show the initial pass by the opponent or not? I chose to show it, because it reminds the reader who the dealer is.