xml - XSLT removing the NewLine/CRLF -

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i generating xml having crlf in it

 <col4>  * comment # 1 * comment # 2 * comment # 2 * comment # 3 * comment # 3 edited </col4> 

now transforming html after transformation crlf missing output. output in html generating following (crlf missing)

* comment # 1 * comment # 2 * comment # 2 * comment # 3 * comment # 3 edited  

i using

<xsl:preserve-space elements="*" /> 

and

<xsl:value-of select="." disable-output-escaping="yes"/> 

kindly tell me how can retain crlf in output.

enclose text in <col4> in <xsl:text>, should preserve whitespaces.