Add carriage return to string resource in WPF

Question

My applications store all localized text in a string resource dictionary as suggested here http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb295251(VS.85).aspx

        <ResourceDictionary 
  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
  xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
  xmlns:system="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib">

  <!-- String resource that can be localized -->
  <system:String x:Key="localizedMessage">en-US Message</system:String>

</ResourceDictionary>

My question is, how can I add a new line to a string resource and have it render correctly when it's used in a TextBlock.

Doing this inline works:

<TextBlock Name="test" Text="Line 1&#13;Line 2"> </TextBlock>

However, using 
 in a string resource does not work. What's the best way to add a new line to a string resource?

Answer 1

UPDATE: updated answer - better option

The XAML parser normalized whitespace according to the following rules.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc189036(VS.95).aspx#whitespace

To instruct your sys:String to preserve whitespace, apply xml:space="preserved to it:

<sys:String x:Key="MyLocalizedString" xml:space="preserve">this&#13;&#10;is&#13;&#10;my&#13;&#10;resource</sys:String>