Hi,
\numericTimeSignature works on Staff level - it has been this way since
its first introduction by Graham Percival in 2008
(929abcd11cf5305b0929e5ca75b12ffee9f57785). As a consequence,
\version "2.22.1"
<<
\new Staff {
\numericTimeSignature
\time 2/2
s1
}
\new Staff {
s1
}
>>
generates
What's the rationale for this behaviour (rather than making
\numericTimeSignature act on Score level)?
By default, setting \time command affects all simultaneous staves, and I
can't think of a reason why one should want "4/4" in one staff and "c"
in another.
Of course there are polymetric situations where simultaneous numeric and
non-numeric time signatures might be desired, but that's a comparatively
rare use case, and if am moving around the Timing_translator anyway in
\layout {}, I can also set Staff.TimeSignature.style manually.
Lukas
