Re: Compound time signature style

[Dan Eble]

On Nov 7, 2014, at 01:46 , David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Dan Eble <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> If both \compoundMeter #(2 3 8) and \compoundMeter 4/4 could be made
>> to work, why bother keeping both \compoundMeter and \time?  Why not
>> just let \time do all the work?
> 
> Because of
> 
> \time #'(2 3 2) #'(8 8)
> 
> Is it \time (2 + 3)/2 followed by #'(8 8) or is it \time 8/8 with a beat
> structure of 2+3+2 ?

Shame on me for not reading the code for \time; but if one were serious about 
creating a more uniform interface, one could write a conversion rule rather 
than sticking with the old syntax exactly, right?  (Hans just said he uses a 
separate command to set the beat structure anyway.)

It doesn’t matter right now, though.  I’ll keep \compoundMeter numeric.  Thanks 
for your help.
— 
Dan