On Thu, 5 Jul 2012, Meer, H. van der wrote:

> Indeed, the align does the trick. But what is the raison d'être of 
> coupling the behaviour of \\ to the align parameter? I wouldn't have 
> known out but for your reply. Is it something to add to the wiki on 
> framed? (sorry, I am not apt at these things myself, too old ;-). Or can 
> it be done generally?

Without align={normal|middle|left|right}, \framed is equal to \hbox. You 
cannot have line breaks in a \hbox. With align=something, \framed is a 
\vbox, so you can have line breaks.

Aditya