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doc: --infer-market-prices is bad at guessing valuation commodity

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@ -1160,6 +1160,16 @@ and try adding `--debug` or `--debug=2` to troubleshoot.
"[more correct](investments.html#a-more-correct-entry)" multicommodity transactions "[more correct](investments.html#a-more-correct-entry)" multicommodity transactions
(no `@`, multiple commodities, balanced). (no `@`, multiple commodities, balanced).
There is another limitation (bug) currently: when a valuation commodity is not specified,
prices inferred with `--infer-market-prices` do not help select a default valuation commodity,
as `P` prices would.
So conversion might not happen because no valuation commodity was detected (`--debug=2` will show this).
To be safe, specify the valuation commmodity, eg:
- `-X EUR --infer-market-prices`, not `-V --infer-market-prices`
- `--value=then,EUR --infer-market-prices`, not `--value=then --infer-market-prices`
## Valuation commodity ## Valuation commodity
**When you specify a valuation commodity (`-X COMM` or `--value TYPE,COMM`):**\ **When you specify a valuation commodity (`-X COMM` or `--value TYPE,COMM`):**\