Problems with \table in \markuplist

[Peter Toye]

I'm trying to lay out text using a \table and have found (to date) two problems.

Firstly, the wordwrap feature doesn't seem to work. See Table 1. I've tried using \wordwrap-lines but the result is the same. Obviously I'm missing something but can't see what.

Secondly, the spacing between rows in a table doesn't seem quite right when I use columns. In Table 2, Row 2 the columns have the expected spacing but the space between the last line and row 3 is too small. It's correct for the gap between rows 3 and 4.

Two further questions that I can't find the answers to:

Is there a way of ensuring that two items in a markup list are not broken by a page break? For example, the title of a table and the first row.

How can I increase the distance between the page header and the first line of markup text following a page break?  Setting top-markup-spacing.basic-distance doesn't seem to work.
 
Regards,

Peter
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\version "2.19.52"

\language "english"

\markuplist  {
  "Table 1"

  \override #'( line-width . 15 )
  \override #'( padding . 3 )
  \override #'( baseline-skip .  4 )
  \table #'(-1 -1)
  {
    "row 1"
    "text 1"
    "row 2"
    "text 2"
    \wordwrap {"a very very very very very very very very long row 3"}
    \override #'( line-width . 12 )
    \wordwrap {"a very very very very very very very very very very very very long text 3"}
  }

  \vspace #5
  "Table 2"

  \override #'( padding . 3 )
  \override #'( baseline-skip .  4 )
  \table #'(-1 -1)
  {
    "Row 1"
    "Text 1"
   \column {
    "a column"
    "row 2"
   }
   \override #'( baseline-skip . 6 )
   {\column {
    "a "
    "slightly"
    "but not much"
    "but sort of"
    "getting there"
    "longer"
    "text 2"
   }
   }
    "Row 3"
    "Text 3"
    "Row 4"
    "Text 4"
  }
}