Re: Time signatures (Common, Cut Common)

[Patrick McCarty]

On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 12:56:11AM +0100, Anthony W. Youngman wrote:
> It's not in the manual, and I can't search the LSR because it's down ...
>
> I want time signatures of "Common" and "Cut Common" in my music. I know  
> they're the default settings, but I've already put
>
> \override Staff.TimeSignature #'style = #'()
>
> at the start of my piece to give me an opening time sig of 4/4
>
> What do I need to reset it to to give me common time later in the piece?

Hi Anthony,

All you have to do is put

\revert Staff.TimeSignature #'style

at the appropriate spot, and this will revert to the default style.

The default style for the TimeSignature grob is 'C, so the following
line would work too:

\override Staff.TimeSignature #'style = #'C

HTH,
Patrick