XSL template method to convert new lines into <br /> tag

_break.xsl

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
    <xsl:output method="html" encoding="windows-1251" indent="yes" />

    <xsl:template name="break">
        <xsl:param name="text" />
        <xsl:choose>
            <xsl:when test="contains($text,'&#xa;')">
                <xsl:value-of select="substring-before($text, '&#xa;')"  disable-output-escaping="yes" />
                <br />
                <xsl:call-template name="break">
                    <xsl:with-param name="text" select="substring-after($text,'&#xa;')" />
                </xsl:call-template>
            </xsl:when>
            <xsl:otherwise>
                <xsl:value-of select="$text" disable-output-escaping="yes" />
            </xsl:otherwise>
        </xsl:choose>
    </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>