;doc: journal: separate periodic rules' two meanings
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							| @ -376,7 +376,7 @@ main = do | ||||
|         deps <- liftIO $ filter (/= src) . filter (".m4.md" `isSuffixOf`) . map (dir </>) <$> S.getDirectoryContents dir | ||||
|         need $ [src, commonm4, packagem4, tmpl] ++ deps | ||||
|         when (dir=="hledger") $ need commandmds | ||||
|         cmd_ Shell sed "-i -e" ("'s/(_monthyear_}}, *)\\{\\{[^}]+/\\1{{"++mandate++"/;'") packagem4 | ||||
|         cmd_ Shell sed "-i -e" ("'s/(_monthyear_}}, *)\\{\\{[^}]+/\\1{{"++mandate++"/;'") packagem4  -- XXX forces a rebuild every time | ||||
|         cmd Shell | ||||
|           "m4 -P -DMAN -I" dir commonm4 packagem4 src "|" | ||||
|           pandoc fromsrcmd "-s" "--template" tmpl | ||||
|  | ||||
| @ -1436,7 +1436,6 @@ Periodic transaction rules describe transactions that recur. | ||||
| They allow hledger to generate temporary future transactions to help with forecasting, | ||||
| so you don't have to write out each one in the journal, | ||||
| and it's easy to try out different forecasts. | ||||
| Secondly, they are also used to define the budgets shown in budget reports. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| Periodic transactions can be a little tricky, so before you use them, | ||||
| read this whole section - or at least these tips: | ||||
| @ -1454,6 +1453,10 @@ read this whole section - or at least these tips: | ||||
|    `~ every 10th day of month from 2020/01`, which is equivalent to <br> | ||||
|    `~ every 10th day of month from 2020/01/01`, will be adjusted to start on 2019/12/10. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| Periodic transaction rules also have a second meaning: | ||||
| they are used to define budget goals, shown in [budget reports](hledger.html#budget-report). | ||||
| 
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| 
 | ||||
| ### Periodic rule syntax | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| A periodic transaction rule looks like a normal journal entry, | ||||
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