Tip#21
When loading in a new line character with XML in flash, flash will automatically substitute the \n to \\n. This will mean it wont used as a newline character and will simply be show as normal text. To overcome this you need to replace all occurrences of \\n with \n.
desc = desc.split('\\n').join('\n');
some_tf.text = desc;
Where desc is the string to be changed.
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