Add documentation about pre-commands

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@node Pre-commands, , Debug Options, Developer Commands
@subsection Pre-Commands
@cindex pre-commands
Pre-commands are useful when you aren't sure how a command or option
will work.
will work. The difference between a pre-command and a regular command
is that pre-commands ignore the journal data file completely, nor is
the user's init file read.
@ftable @code
@item args
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Liabilities:MasterCard $-200.00
@end smallexample
@item eval
@item eval @var{VEXPR}
Evaluate the given value expression against the model transaction
@item expr "LIMIT EXPRESSION"
Print details of how ledger parses the given limit expression and apply
it against a model transaction.
@item format "FORMATTING"
@item format @var{FORMAT_STRING}
Print details of how ledger uses the given formatting description and
apply it against a model transaction.
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Randomly generates syntactically valid Ledger data from a seed. Used
by the GenerateTests harness for development testing
@item parse <VALUE EXPR>
@item parse @var{VEXPR}
Print details of how ledger uses the given value expression description
and apply it against a model transaction.