I think merging \compoundMeter into \time as a single command would be
great. IMO an even bigger improvement would be to support compound meters
without requiring Scheme syntax. The parser already supports
comma-separated integer lists and dot-separated symbol lists. How feasible
would it be to support arguments to \time (or to music functions generally)
of the form 3/8+2/4 or 2+3/8?
Saul
On Mon, Jan 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM Dan Eble <dan@lyric.works> wrote:
> If I changed \compoundMeter to work exactly like \time when just a
> single fraction is provided, would that upset anyone? Right now,
> they're slightly different (image attached).
>
> ```
> {
> \time 4/4
> \repeat unfold 8 c'8
> \compoundMeter #'((4 4))
> \repeat unfold 8 c'8
> }
> ```
>
> I am currently trying to make the internals more similar and the thought
> of merging the two commands into one has crossed my mind. I don't think
> it's worth a lengthy discussion until I've experimented some more, but
> having an answer to this question could help me avoid wasting time.
>
> Thanks.
> --
> Dan
