Index: django/views/generic/simple.py
===================================================================
--- django/views/generic/simple.py	(revision 7513)
+++ django/views/generic/simple.py	(working copy)
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from django.template import loader, RequestContext
 from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponsePermanentRedirect, HttpResponseGone

-def direct_to_template(request, template, extra_context=None, mimetype=None, **kwargs):
+def direct_to_template(request, template, extra_context=None, mimetype=None, context_processors=None, **kwargs):
     """
     Render a given template with any extra URL parameters in the context as
     ``{{ params }}``.
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
             dictionary[key] = value()
         else:
             dictionary[key] = value
-    c = RequestContext(request, dictionary)
+    c = RequestContext(request, dictionary, context_processors)
     t = loader.get_template(template)
     return HttpResponse(t.render(c), mimetype=mimetype)

Index: docs/generic_views.txt
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--- docs/generic_views.txt	(revision 7513)
+++ docs/generic_views.txt	(working copy)
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@
     * ``mimetype``: The MIME type to use for the resulting document. Defaults
       to the value of the ``DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE`` setting.

+    * ``context_processors``: A list of template-context processors to apply to
+      the view's template. See the `RequestContext docs`_.
+
 **Example:**

 Given the following URL patterns::
@@ -818,7 +821,7 @@

 An example of the use of pagination can be found in the `object pagination`_
 example model. 
-	 
+
 .. _`object pagination`: ../models/pagination/

 **New in Django development version:**