;csv: doc: rewrite currency tip (#1089)
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				| @ -890,27 +890,60 @@ There is some special handling for an amount's sign: | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| ## Setting currency/commodity | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| If the currency/commodity symbol is included in the  CSV's amount field(s), | ||||
| you don't have to do anything special. | ||||
| If the currency/commodity symbol is included in the  CSV's amount field(s): | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| If the currency is provided as a separate CSV field, you can either: | ||||
| ```csv | ||||
| 2020-01-01,foo,$123.00 | ||||
| ``` | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| - assign that to `currency`, which adds it to all posting amounts. The | ||||
|   symbol will prepended to the amount quantity (on the left side). If | ||||
|   you write a trailing space after the symbol, there will be a space | ||||
|   between symbol and amount (an exception to the usual whitespace | ||||
|   stripping). | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| - or assign it to `currencyN` which adds it to posting N's amount only. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| - or for more control, construct the amount from symbol and quantity | ||||
|   using field assignment, eg: | ||||
| you don't have to do anything special for the commodity symbol, it will be assigned as part of the amount. Eg: | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| ```rules | ||||
|    fields date,description,currency,quantity | ||||
|    # add currency symbol on the right: | ||||
|    amount %quantity %currency | ||||
| fields date,description,amount | ||||
| ``` | ||||
| ```journal | ||||
| 2020-01-01 foo | ||||
|     expenses:unknown         $123.00 | ||||
|     income:unknown          $-123.00 | ||||
| ``` | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| If the currency is provided as a separate CSV field: | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| ```csv | ||||
| 2020-01-01,foo,USD,123.00 | ||||
| ``` | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| You can assign that to the `currency` pseudo-field, which has the | ||||
| special effect of prepending itself to every amount in the | ||||
| transaction (on the left, with no separating space): | ||||
|    | ||||
| ```rules | ||||
| fields date,description,currency,amount | ||||
| ``` | ||||
| ```journal | ||||
| 2020-01-01 foo | ||||
|     expenses:unknown       USD123.00 | ||||
|     income:unknown        USD-123.00 | ||||
| ``` | ||||
| <!-- a special case, I don't remember exactly where: | ||||
| If you write a trailing space after the symbol, there will be a space | ||||
| between symbol and amount (an exception to the usual whitespace stripping). | ||||
| --> | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| Or, you can use a field assignment to construct the amount yourself, with more control. | ||||
| Eg to put the symbol on the right, and separated by a space: | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| ```rules | ||||
| fields date,description,cur,amt | ||||
| amount %amt %cur | ||||
| ``` | ||||
| ```journal | ||||
| 2020-01-01 foo | ||||
|     expenses:unknown        123.00 USD | ||||
|     income:unknown         -123.00 USD | ||||
| ``` | ||||
| Note we used temporary field names `cur` (and `amt`) - not `currency`, | ||||
| since in this case we don't want to trigger that name's special effect. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| ## Referencing other fields | ||||
| 
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