In the Python console, when I type:
>>> \"\\n\".join([\'I\', \'would\', \'expect\', \'multiple\', \'lines\'])
Gives:
You have to print it:
In [22]: "\n".join(['I', 'would', 'expect', 'multiple', 'lines']) Out[22]: 'I\nwould\nexpect\nmultiple\nlines' In [23]: print "\n".join(['I', 'would', 'expect', 'multiple', 'lines']) I would expect multiple lines