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+\version "2.19.16"
+
+\header {
+ texidoc = "The @code{\\compound-meter} markup command can produce various kinds of numeric time signature."
+}
+
+\markup {
+ \vspace #2
+ These are conventional time signatures:
+ \compound-meter #3
+ \compound-meter #'(3 . 4)
+ \compound-meter #'(4 4)
+ (Aren't they pretty?)
+}
+
+\markup {
+ \vspace #2
+ This is single-digit compound time signature:
+ \compound-meter #'((2) (3))
+ (Isn't it pretty?)
+}
+
+\markup {
+ \vspace #2
+ This is an unusual time signature:
+ \compound-meter #'((6.22e23 1) (-4 . 3) (3.14) (9876 5432 0) (-1))
+ (Isn't it pretty?)
+}