Some newbie troubles, especially with text

[David Feuer]

Main problem:  I can't seem to figure out how to make even simple text look 
decent.  There seem to be 7000 different options for dealing with text, all 
of them confusing.  In this case, I just want simple "Fine" and "D.S. al 
Fine", but I really can't figure out how to make it work right.  The example 
given in the docs, using \mark, doesn't work, and that seems like a nasty 
hack anyways.  I _think_ what I want is for the end of the D.S. al Fine to 
line up with the _right_ side of the last note in the piece, but I could 
only get it to line up with the _left_ side (using ^).  Not being an expert 
engraver, I'm not actually sure /what/ I want, but whatever it is, I'm sure 
I don't know how to get it.  Suggestion 1: teach Lilypond some of the 
standard text markings: Fine, D.S. al Fine, D.C. al Fine, D.S., D.C., and to 
Coda would be good to build in, particularly because they should affect MIDI 
playing.  It'd also be good to make a category of sorts for tempo markings: 
rit., a tempo, etc.  Please try to improve the documentation for alignment 
in general and text in particular, and try to make it more friendly.  It's 
not a good sign that text shows up in the "advanced" section of the manual.

Thanks for your consideration,
David Feuer

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