id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc,stage,has_patch,needs_docs,needs_tests,needs_better_patch,easy,ui_ux 4756,Mention direct_to_template as an alternate shortcut when wanting RequestContext,Chris Beaven,nobody,"Currently the docs suggest passing a !RequestContext instance to the `render_to_response()` shortcut. But that means also importing !RequestContext which makes it a bit less ""short"" and the actual ""cut"" less concise. Perhaps we could mention using the simple generic view `direct_to_template()` as an alternate shortcut?",,closed,Documentation,dev,,wontfix,,,Design decision needed,1,0,0,0,0,0