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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/templates.txt | 12 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/templates.txt b/docs/templates.txt index 6117bf7b84..d33575f7fd 100644 --- a/docs/templates.txt +++ b/docs/templates.txt @@ -363,10 +363,14 @@ extends Signal that this template extends a parent template. -This tag may be used in two ways: ``{% extends "base.html" %}`` (with quotes) -uses the literal value "base.html" as the name of the parent template to -extend, or ``{% extends variable %}`` uses the value of ``variable`` as the -name of the parent template to extend. +This tag may be used in two ways: + + * ``{% extends "base.html" %}`` (with quotes) uses the literal value + "base.html" as the name of the parent template to extend + + * ``{% extends variable %}`` uses the value of ``variable`` as either the + name of the parent template to extend (if it evaluates to a string,) or + as the parent tempate itelf (if it evaluates to a Template object). See `Template inheritance`_ for more information. |