Understanding the gnuchess display

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From: Michael De-la-Maza
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1993 21:18

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I have a question about the depth display and the principal variation
display.

The depth display looks something like this:

 Depth= 11- 
          ^ At this position I have seen "-", ".", and "&".  What do
they mean?

The principal variation display looks something like this:

( 1) d2d1
     f7f6  g5g6  d2d1  b1d1
     e4d6  e5d6 

What does the number in parenthesis mean?  If it is at depth 11, how
come it is only showing 7 ply?  In this game, it just so happens that d2
and f7 both have black pieces.  What move does gnuchess think that white
is going to make between those two black moves?

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