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2837	missing context_instance explanation in the template documentation	thomas.rabaix@…	Jacob	"The documentation about the template engine does not explain how to use custom context processor in a custom view


{{{
@@ -301,6 +301,15 @@
 .. _HttpRequest object: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/request_response/#httprequest-objects
 .. _TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS setting: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/settings/#template-context-processors
 
+Note : in your custom views, you need to specify the correct context instance in order to access to the variable set
+in your processor. 
+
+   from django import template
+
+   def demo(request):
+       values = {'Invoice': '20061254'}
+       return render_to_response('demo/demo.html', values, context_instance=template.RequestContext(request))
+
 django.core.context_processors.auth
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


}}}
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