> Is there a way?

<xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text>

should work. If the text node you are adding is not just white, you
don't need anything special at all eg

<xsl:template match="xxx">
1
2
3
4
5
</xsl:template>

should insert 6 newlines and some digits into the output.

David


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