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@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ The `commodity` directive has several functions:
1. It declares commodities which may be used in the journal.
This is currently not enforced, but can serve as documentation.
2. It declares what decimal mark character to expect when parsing
2. It declares what decimal mark character (period or comma) to expect when parsing
input - useful to disambiguate international number formats in your
data. (Without this, hledger will parse both `1,000` and `1.000`
as 1).
@ -929,9 +929,10 @@ The `D` directive sets a default commodity, to be used for amounts without a com
This commodity will be applied to all subsequent commodity-less amounts, or until the next `D` directive.
(Note, this is different from Ledger's `D`.)
`D` also sets that commodity's display format, as a `commodity` directive would (for compatibility/historical reasons).
If both directives are used, `commodity`'s format takes precedence.
As with `commodity`, the amount must always be written with a decimal mark.
For compatibility/historical reasons, `D` also acts like a [`commodity` directive](#declaring-commodities),
setting the commodity's [display style](#amount-display-format) (for output) and decimal mark (for parsing input).
As with `commodity`, the amount must always be written with a decimal mark (period or comma).
If both directives are used, `commodity`'s style takes precedence.
The syntax is `D AMOUNT`. Eg:
```journal
@ -944,8 +945,6 @@ D $1,000.00
b
```
### Market prices
The `P` directive declares a market price, which is