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diff --git a/docs/shortcuts.txt b/docs/shortcuts.txt index 19eac4be6d..2030ea72fe 100644 --- a/docs/shortcuts.txt +++ b/docs/shortcuts.txt @@ -22,16 +22,29 @@ Required arguments Optional arguments ------------------ -``context`` +``dictionary`` A dictionary of values to add to the template context. By default, this is an empty dictionary. If a value in the dictionary is callable, the view will call it just before rendering the template. +``context_instance`` + The context instance to render the template with. By default, the template + will be rendered with a ``Context`` instance (filled with values from + ``dictionary``). If you need to use `context processors`_, you will want to + render the template with a ``RequestContext`` instance instead. Your code + might look something like this:: + + return render_to_response('my_template.html', + my_data_dictionary, + context_instance=RequestContext(request)) + ``mimetype`` **New in Django development version:** The MIME type to use for the resulting document. Defaults to the value of the ``DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE`` setting. +.. _`context processors`: ../templates_python/#subclassing-context-requestcontext + Example ------- |