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| author | Adrian Holovaty <adrian@holovaty.com> | 2011-12-30 18:14:31 +0000 |
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| committer | Adrian Holovaty <adrian@holovaty.com> | 2011-12-30 18:14:31 +0000 |
| commit | de697769b7c1b67d038f49799b167690f5320177 (patch) | |
| tree | eea5194dd05b0657cf9672799580b930ffb8c492 /docs/ref/django-admin.txt | |
| parent | d3ef13044e73c64e7f8f46c5030040a5566012b3 (diff) | |
Edited doc changes from [17246]
git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@17303 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37
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diff --git a/docs/ref/django-admin.txt b/docs/ref/django-admin.txt index d33b18280a..27e3bb4a97 100644 --- a/docs/ref/django-admin.txt +++ b/docs/ref/django-admin.txt @@ -918,42 +918,44 @@ directory or the given destination. .. versionchanged:: 1.4 By default the directory created contains a ``models.py`` file and other app -template files, see the `source`_ for more details. If only the app +template files. (See the `source`_ for more details.) If only the app name is given, the app directory will be created in the current working directory. -If the optional destination is provided, it will be used to create the -the new app directory in. The use of '.' to denote the current working -directory is valid for the destination. For example:: +If the optional destination is provided, Django will create the new project +directory in that directory. You can use '.' to denote the current working +directory. - django-admin.py startapp myapp /Users/jezdez/Code +For example:: + django-admin.py startapp myapp /Users/jezdez/Code .. versionadded:: 1.4 .. django-admin-option:: --template -With the ``--template`` option you can use a custom app template by providing -either the path to a directory with the app template file, a path to a +With the ``--template`` option, you can use a custom app template by providing +either the path to a directory with the app template file, or a path to a compressed file (``.tar.gz``, ``.tar.bz2``, ``.tgz``, ``.tbz``, ``.zip``) containing the app template files. -Additionally Django will also accept URLs (``http``, ``https``, ``ftp``) to -compressed archives with the app template files, downloading and extracting -them on the fly. +Django will also accept URLs (``http``, ``https``, ``ftp``) to compressed +archives with the app template files, downloading and extracting them on the +fly. -For example, this would look for an app template in the given directory when creating the ``myapp`` app:: +For example, this would look for an app template in the given directory when +creating the ``myapp`` app:: django-admin.py startapp --template=/Users/jezdez/Code/my_app_template myapp .. versionadded:: 1.4 -When Django copies the app template files it will also render the files +When Django copies the app template files, it also renders the files whose extension matches those passed with the ``--extension`` option (``py`` by default) using the template engine. The :class:`template context <django.template.Context>` used is: - Any option passed to the startapp command -- ``app_name`` -- the appp name as passed to the command +- ``app_name`` -- the app name as passed to the command - ``app_directory`` -- the full path of the newly created app .. _render_warning: @@ -961,12 +963,12 @@ by default) using the template engine. The :class:`template context .. warning:: When the app template files are rendered with the Django template - engine (by default all ``*.py`` files) it will also replace all - stray template variables contained. If one of the Python files for - example contains a docstring explaining a particular feature related + engine (by default all ``*.py`` files), Django will also replace all + stray template variables contained. For example, if one of the Python files + contains a docstring explaining a particular feature related to template rendering, it might result in an incorrect example. - To work around this problem you can use the :ttag:`templatetag` + To work around this problem, you can use the :ttag:`templatetag` templatetag to "escape" the various parts of the template syntax. .. _source: https://code.djangoproject.com/browser/django/trunk/django/conf/app_template/ @@ -981,33 +983,35 @@ the current directory or the given destination. .. versionchanged:: 1.4 -By default the directory created contains a ``manage.py`` file and a project -package (containing ``settings.py`` file and other project template files), -see the `template source`_ for more details. +By default, the new directory contains ``manage.py`` and a project package +(containing ``settings.py`` file and other project template files). +See the `template source`_ for details. If only the project name is given, both the project directory and project package will be named ``<projectname>`` and the project directory will be created in the current working directory. -If the optional destination is provided, it will be used to create the -the new project directory in. The use of '.' to denote the current working -directory is valid for the destination. For example:: +If the optional destination is provided, Django will create the new project +directory in that directory. You can use '.' to denote the current working +directory. + +For example:: django-admin.py startproject myproject /Users/jezdez/Code .. versionadded:: 1.4 -Similar to the :djadmin:`startapp` command the ``--template`` option is also -available for specifying a directory or file path of a custom project -template. See the :djadmin:`startapp` documentation for details of supported -project template formats. +As with the :djadmin:`startapp` command, the ``--template`` option lets you +specify a directory or file path of a custom project template. See the +:djadmin:`startapp` documentation for details of supported project template +formats. For example, this would look for a project template in the given directory when creating the ``myproject`` project:: django-admin.py startproject --template=/Users/jezdez/Code/my_project_template myproject -When Django copies the project template files it will also render the files +When Django copies the project template files, it will also render the files whose extension matches those passed with the ``--extension`` option (``py`` by default) using the template engine. The :class:`template context <django.template.Context>` used is: @@ -1022,7 +1026,6 @@ for :djadmin:`startapp`. .. _`template source`: https://code.djangoproject.com/browser/django/trunk/django/conf/project_template/ - syncdb ------ |
