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Fixed #11554: Several errors in Generic Views Documentation. 

Thanks Ramiro. 
Refs #11477 - that ticket should have been marked a duplicate of #11554



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Luke Plant 2009-09-11 13:46:56 +00:00
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docs/topics/generic-views.txt
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@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ be using these models::
publisher = models.ForeignKey(Publisher)
publication_date = models.DateField()
To build a list page of all books, we'd use a URLconf along these lines::
To build a list page of all publishers, we'd use a URLconf along these lines::
from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
from django.views.generic import list_detail
@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ version of the model's name.
.. highlightlang:: html+django
This template will be rendered against a context containing a variable called
``object_list`` that contains all the book objects. A very simple template
``object_list`` that contains all the publisher objects. A very simple template
might look like the following::
{% extends "base.html" %}
@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ Making "friendly" template contexts
You might have noticed that our sample publisher list template stores all the
books in a variable named ``object_list``. While this works just fine, it isn't
all that "friendly" to template authors: they have to "just know" that they're
dealing with books here. A better name for that variable would be
dealing with publishers here. A better name for that variable would be
``publisher_list``; that variable's content is pretty obvious.
We can change the name of that variable easily with the ``template_object_name``
@ -241,14 +241,14 @@ Adding extra context
--------------------
Often you simply need to present some extra information beyond that provided by
the generic view. For example, think of showing a list of all the other
publishers on each publisher detail page. The ``object_detail`` generic view
provides the publisher to the context, but it seems there's no way to get a list
of *all* publishers in that template.
the generic view. For example, think of showing a list of all the books on each
publisher detail page. The ``object_detail`` generic view provides the
publisher to the context, but it seems there's no way to get additional
information in that template.
But there is: all generic views take an extra optional parameter,
``extra_context``. This is a dictionary of extra objects that will be added to
the template's context. So, to provide the list of all publishers on the detail
the template's context. So, to provide the list of all books on the detail
detail view, we'd use an info dict like this:
.. parsed-literal::