Ticket #4756: 4756.patch

docs/templates_python.txt

@@ -315 +315 @@
             'foo': 'bar',
         }, [ip_address_processor])
 
-Note::
+Note:
     If you're using Django's ``render_to_response()`` shortcut to populate a
     template with the contents of a dictionary, your template will be passed a
     ``Context`` instance by default (not a ``RequestContext``). To use a
@@ -329 +329 @@
                                       my_data_dictionary,
                                       context_instance=RequestContext(request))
 
+    Or alternately, use the `simple generic view`_ ``direct_to_template()`` as a
+    shortcut. It works similar to ``render_to_response()`` except it takes
+    ``request`` as it's first argument and passes a ``RequestContext`` instance
+    to the template::
+
+        def some_view(request):
+            # ...
+            return direct_to_template(request,
+                                      'my_template.html',
+                                      my_data_dictionary)
+
+.. _simple generic view: ../generic_views/#django-views-generic-simple-direct-to-template
+
 Here's what each of the default processors does:
 
 .. _HttpRequest object: ../request_response/#httprequest-objects