Hi,

I was updating the wiki page on \framed and realized that I do not know the difference between height=broad|fit in \framed. Reading pack-rul suggests that both should behave similarly. The following example from pack-rul also shows no difference.

\starttext
\bgroup
\showstruts
\dontcomplain
\startlinecorrection
\halign{#\enskip&#\enskip&#\enskip&#\enskip&#\enskip&#\cr
  \framed[width=.2\hsize, height=.2\hsize, align=]      {a\par b\par c}&
  \framed[width=.2\hsize, height=broad,    align=]      {a\par b\par c}&
  \framed[width=.2\hsize, height=fit,      align=]      {a\par b\par c}&
  \framed[width=fit,      height=.2\hsize, align=]      {a\par b\par c}&
  \framed[width=fit,      height=broad,    align=]      {a\par b\par c}&
  \framed[width=fit,      height=fit,      align=]      {a\par b\par c}\cr
  \noalign{\vskip1em}
  \framed[width=.2\hsize, height=.2\hsize, align=yes]   {a\par b\par c}&
  \framed[width=.2\hsize, height=broad,    align=yes]   {a\par b\par c}&
  \framed[width=.2\hsize, height=fit,      align=yes]   {a\par b\par c}&
  \framed[width=fit,      height=.2\hsize, align=yes]   {a\par b\par c}&
  \framed[width=fit,      height=broad,    align=yes]   {a\par b\par c}&
  \framed[width=fit,      height=fit,      align=yes]   {a\par b\par c}\cr
  \noalign{\vskip1em}
  \framed[width=.2\hsize, height=.2\hsize, align=right] {a\par b\par c}&
  \framed[width=.2\hsize, height=broad,    align=right] {a\par b\par c}&
  \framed[width=.2\hsize, height=fit,      align=right] {a\par b\par c}&
  \framed[width=fit,      height=.2\hsize, align=right] {a\par b\par c}&
  \framed[width=fit,      height=broad,    align=right] {a\par b\par c}&
  \framed[width=fit,      height=fit,      align=right] {a\par b\par c}\cr
  \noalign{\vskip1em}
  \framed[width=.2\hsize, height=.2\hsize, align=left]  {a\par b\par c}&
  \framed[width=.2\hsize, height=broad,    align=left]  {a\par b\par c}&
  \framed[width=.2\hsize, height=fit,      align=left]  {a\par b\par c}&
  \framed[width=fit,      height=.2\hsize, align=left]  {a\par b\par c}&
  \framed[width=fit,      height=broad,    align=left]  {a\par b\par c}&
  \framed[width=fit,      height=fit,      align=left]  {a\par b\par c}\cr
  \noalign{\vskip1em}
  \framed[width=.2\hsize, height=.2\hsize, align=middle] {a\par b\par c}&
  \framed[width=.2\hsize, height=broad,    align=middle] {a\par b\par c}&
  \framed[width=.2\hsize, height=fit,      align=middle] {a\par b\par c}&
  \framed[width=fit,      height=.2\hsize, align=middle] {a\par b\par c}&
  \framed[width=fit,      height=broad,    align=middle] {a\par b\par c}&
\framed[width=fit, height=fit, align=middle] {a\par b\par c}\cr}
\stoplinecorrection
\blank[2*big]
\egroup
\stoptext

Is there a difference between the two? If not, why do we have two values then?

Aditya
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