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+++ b/docs/narr/zca.rst
@@ -9,17 +9,16 @@
 .. _zca_chapter:
 
 Using the Zope Component Architecture in :app:`Pyramid`
-==========================================================
+=======================================================
 
-Under the hood, :app:`Pyramid` uses a :term:`Zope Component
-Architecture` component registry as its :term:`application registry`.
-The Zope Component Architecture is referred to colloquially as the
-"ZCA."
+Under the hood, :app:`Pyramid` uses a :term:`Zope Component Architecture`
+component registry as its :term:`application registry`. The Zope Component
+Architecture is referred to colloquially as the "ZCA."
 
 The ``zope.component`` API used to access data in a traditional Zope
-application can be opaque.  For example, here is a typical "unnamed
-utility" lookup using the :func:`zope.component.getUtility` global API
-as it might appear in a traditional Zope application:
+application can be opaque.  For example, here is a typical "unnamed utility"
+lookup using the :func:`zope.component.getUtility` global API as it might
+appear in a traditional Zope application:
 
 .. code-block:: python
    :linenos:
@@ -28,23 +27,21 @@ as it might appear in a traditional Zope application:
    from zope.component import getUtility
    settings = getUtility(ISettings)
 
-After this code runs, ``settings`` will be a Python dictionary.  But
-it's unlikely that any "civilian" will be able to figure this out just
-by reading the code casually.  When the ``zope.component.getUtility``
-API is used by a developer, the conceptual load on a casual reader of
-code is high.
+After this code runs, ``settings`` will be a Python dictionary.  But it's
+unlikely that any "civilian" will be able to figure this out just by reading
+the code casually.  When the ``zope.component.getUtility`` API is used by a
+developer, the conceptual load on a casual reader of code is high.
 
-While the ZCA is an excellent tool with which to build a *framework*
-such as :app:`Pyramid`, it is not always the best tool with which
-to build an *application* due to the opacity of the ``zope.component``
-APIs.  Accordingly, :app:`Pyramid` tends to hide the presence of the
-ZCA from application developers.  You needn't understand the ZCA to
-create a :app:`Pyramid` application; its use is effectively only a
-framework implementation detail.
+While the ZCA is an excellent tool with which to build a *framework* such as
+:app:`Pyramid`, it is not always the best tool with which to build an
+*application* due to the opacity of the ``zope.component`` APIs.  Accordingly,
+:app:`Pyramid` tends to hide the presence of the ZCA from application
+developers.  You needn't understand the ZCA to create a :app:`Pyramid`
+application; its use is effectively only a framework implementation detail.
 
-However, developers who are already used to writing :term:`Zope`
-applications often still wish to use the ZCA while building a
-:app:`Pyramid` application; :app:`Pyramid` makes this possible.
+However, developers who are already used to writing :term:`Zope` applications
+often still wish to use the ZCA while building a :app:`Pyramid` application.
+:app:`Pyramid` makes this possible.
 
 .. index::
    single: get_current_registry
@@ -52,87 +49,81 @@ applications often still wish to use the ZCA while building a
    single: getSiteManager
    single: ZCA global API
 
-Using the ZCA Global API in a :app:`Pyramid` Application
------------------------------------------------------------
-
-:term:`Zope` uses a single ZCA registry -- the "global" ZCA registry
--- for all Zope applications that run in the same Python process,
-effectively making it impossible to run more than one Zope application
-in a single process.
-
-However, for ease of deployment, it's often useful to be able to run more
-than a single application per process.  For example, use of a
-:term:`PasteDeploy` "composite" allows you to run separate individual WSGI
-applications in the same process, each answering requests for some URL
-prefix.  This makes it possible to run, for example, a TurboGears application
-at ``/turbogears`` and a :app:`Pyramid` application at ``/pyramid``, both
-served up using the same :term:`WSGI` server within a single Python process.
-
-Most production Zope applications are relatively large, making it
-impractical due to memory constraints to run more than one Zope
-application per Python process.  However, a :app:`Pyramid` application
-may be very small and consume very little memory, so it's a reasonable
-goal to be able to run more than one :app:`Pyramid` application per
-process.
-
-In order to make it possible to run more than one :app:`Pyramid`
-application in a single process, :app:`Pyramid` defaults to using a
-separate ZCA registry *per application*.
-
-While this services a reasonable goal, it causes some issues when
-trying to use patterns which you might use to build a typical
-:term:`Zope` application to build a :app:`Pyramid` application.
-Without special help, ZCA "global" APIs such as
-:func:`zope.component.getUtility` and :func:`zope.component.getSiteManager`
-will use the ZCA "global" registry.  Therefore, these APIs
-will appear to fail when used in a :app:`Pyramid` application,
-because they'll be consulting the ZCA global registry rather than the
-component registry associated with your :app:`Pyramid` application.
-
-There are three ways to fix this: by disusing the ZCA global API
-entirely, by using
-:meth:`pyramid.config.Configurator.hook_zca` or by passing
-the ZCA global registry to the :term:`Configurator` constructor at
-startup time.  We'll describe all three methods in this section.
+Using the ZCA global API in a :app:`Pyramid` application
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+:term:`Zope` uses a single ZCA registry—the "global" ZCA registry—for all Zope
+applications that run in the same Python process, effectively making it
+impossible to run more than one Zope application in a single process.
+
+However, for ease of deployment, it's often useful to be able to run more than
+a single application per process.  For example, use of a :term:`PasteDeploy`
+"composite" allows you to run separate individual WSGI applications in the same
+process, each answering requests for some URL prefix.  This makes it possible
+to run, for example, a TurboGears application at ``/turbogears`` and a
+:app:`Pyramid` application at ``/pyramid``, both served up using the same
+:term:`WSGI` server within a single Python process.
+
+Most production Zope applications are relatively large, making it impractical
+due to memory constraints to run more than one Zope application per Python
+process.  However, a :app:`Pyramid` application may be very small and consume
+very little memory, so it's a reasonable goal to be able to run more than one
+:app:`Pyramid` application per process.
+
+In order to make it possible to run more than one :app:`Pyramid` application in
+a single process, :app:`Pyramid` defaults to using a separate ZCA registry *per
+application*.
+
+While this services a reasonable goal, it causes some issues when trying to use
+patterns which you might use to build a typical :term:`Zope` application to
+build a :app:`Pyramid` application.  Without special help, ZCA "global" APIs
+such as :func:`zope.component.getUtility` and
+:func:`zope.component.getSiteManager` will use the ZCA "global" registry.
+Therefore, these APIs will appear to fail when used in a :app:`Pyramid`
+application, because they'll be consulting the ZCA global registry rather than
+the component registry associated with your :app:`Pyramid` application.
+
+There are three ways to fix this: by disusing the ZCA global API entirely, by
+using :meth:`pyramid.config.Configurator.hook_zca` or by passing the ZCA global
+registry to the :term:`Configurator` constructor at startup time.  We'll
+describe all three methods in this section.
 
 .. index::
    single: request.registry
 
 .. _disusing_the_global_zca_api:
 
-Disusing the Global ZCA API
+Disusing the global ZCA API
 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 
 ZCA "global" API functions such as ``zope.component.getSiteManager``,
 ``zope.component.getUtility``, :func:`zope.component.getAdapter`, and
 :func:`zope.component.getMultiAdapter` aren't strictly necessary.  Every
-component registry has a method API that offers the same
-functionality; it can be used instead.  For example, presuming the
-``registry`` value below is a Zope Component Architecture component
-registry, the following bit of code is equivalent to
-``zope.component.getUtility(IFoo)``:
+component registry has a method API that offers the same functionality; it can
+be used instead.  For example, presuming the ``registry`` value below is a Zope
+Component Architecture component registry, the following bit of code is
+equivalent to ``zope.component.getUtility(IFoo)``:
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
    registry.getUtility(IFoo)
 
-The full method API is documented in the ``zope.component`` package,
-but it largely mirrors the "global" API almost exactly.
+The full method API is documented in the ``zope.component`` package, but it
+largely mirrors the "global" API almost exactly.
 
-If you are willing to disuse the "global" ZCA APIs and use the method
-interface of a registry instead, you need only know how to obtain the
-:app:`Pyramid` component registry.
+If you are willing to disuse the "global" ZCA APIs and use the method interface
+of a registry instead, you need only know how to obtain the :app:`Pyramid`
+component registry.
 
 There are two ways of doing so:
 
-- use the :func:`pyramid.threadlocal.get_current_registry`
-  function within :app:`Pyramid` view or resource code.  This will
-  always return the "current" :app:`Pyramid` application registry.
+- use the :func:`pyramid.threadlocal.get_current_registry` function within
+  :app:`Pyramid` view or resource code.  This will always return the "current"
+  :app:`Pyramid` application registry.
 
-- use the attribute of the :term:`request` object named ``registry``
-  in your :app:`Pyramid` view code, eg. ``request.registry``.  This
-  is the ZCA component registry related to the running
-  :app:`Pyramid` application.
+- use the attribute of the :term:`request` object named ``registry`` in your
+  :app:`Pyramid` view code, e.g., ``request.registry``.  This is the ZCA
+  component registry related to the running :app:`Pyramid` application.
 
 See :ref:`threadlocals_chapter` for more information about
 :func:`pyramid.threadlocal.get_current_registry`.
@@ -142,7 +133,7 @@ See :ref:`threadlocals_chapter` for more information about
 
 .. _hook_zca:
 
-Enabling the ZCA Global API by Using ``hook_zca``
+Enabling the ZCA global API by using ``hook_zca``
 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 
 Consider the following bit of idiomatic :app:`Pyramid` startup code:
@@ -157,34 +148,31 @@ Consider the following bit of idiomatic :app:`Pyramid` startup code:
        config.include('some.other.package')
        return config.make_wsgi_app()
 
-When the ``app`` function above is run, a :term:`Configurator` is
-constructed.  When the configurator is created, it creates a *new*
-:term:`application registry` (a ZCA component registry).  A new
-registry is constructed whenever the ``registry`` argument is omitted
-when a :term:`Configurator` constructor is called, or when a
-``registry`` argument with a value of ``None`` is passed to a
-:term:`Configurator` constructor.
-
-During a request, the application registry created by the Configurator
-is "made current".  This means calls to
-:func:`~pyramid.threadlocal.get_current_registry` in the thread
-handling the request will return the component registry associated
-with the application.
-
-As a result, application developers can use ``get_current_registry``
-to get the registry and thus get access to utilities and such, as per
-:ref:`disusing_the_global_zca_api`.  But they still cannot use the
-global ZCA API.  Without special treatment, the ZCA global APIs will
-always return the global ZCA registry (the one in
-``zope.component.globalregistry.base``).
-
-To "fix" this and make the ZCA global APIs use the "current"
-:app:`Pyramid` registry, you need to call
-:meth:`~pyramid.config.Configurator.hook_zca` within your setup code.
-For example:
+When the ``app`` function above is run, a :term:`Configurator` is constructed.
+When the configurator is created, it creates a *new* :term:`application
+registry` (a ZCA component registry).  A new registry is constructed whenever
+the ``registry`` argument is omitted, when a :term:`Configurator` constructor
+is called, or when a ``registry`` argument with a value of ``None`` is passed
+to a :term:`Configurator` constructor.
+
+During a request, the application registry created by the Configurator is "made
+current".  This means calls to
+:func:`~pyramid.threadlocal.get_current_registry` in the thread handling the
+request will return the component registry associated with the application.
+
+As a result, application developers can use ``get_current_registry`` to get the
+registry and thus get access to utilities and such, as per
+:ref:`disusing_the_global_zca_api`.  But they still cannot use the global ZCA
+API.  Without special treatment, the ZCA global APIs will always return the
+global ZCA registry (the one in ``zope.component.globalregistry.base``).
+
+To "fix" this and make the ZCA global APIs use the "current" :app:`Pyramid`
+registry, you need to call :meth:`~pyramid.config.Configurator.hook_zca` within
+your setup code. For example:
 
 .. code-block:: python
    :linenos:
+   :emphasize-lines: 5
 
    from pyramid.config import Configurator
 
@@ -194,9 +182,9 @@ For example:
        config.include('some.other.application')
        return config.make_wsgi_app()
 
-We've added a line to our original startup code, line number 6, which
-calls ``config.hook_zca()``.  The effect of this line under the hood
-is that an analogue of the following code is executed:
+We've added a line to our original startup code, line number 5, which calls
+``config.hook_zca()``.  The effect of this line under the hood is that an
+analogue of the following code is executed:
 
 .. code-block:: python
    :linenos:
@@ -205,17 +193,15 @@ is that an analogue of the following code is executed:
    from pyramid.threadlocal import get_current_registry
    getSiteManager.sethook(get_current_registry)
 
-This causes the ZCA global API to start using the :app:`Pyramid`
-application registry in threads which are running a :app:`Pyramid`
-request.
+This causes the ZCA global API to start using the :app:`Pyramid` application
+registry in threads which are running a :app:`Pyramid` request.
 
-Calling ``hook_zca`` is usually sufficient to "fix" the problem of
-being able to use the global ZCA API within a :app:`Pyramid`
-application.  However, it also means that a Zope application that is
-running in the same process may start using the :app:`Pyramid`
-global registry instead of the Zope global registry, effectively
-inverting the original problem.  In such a case, follow the steps in
-the next section, :ref:`using_the_zca_global_registry`.
+Calling ``hook_zca`` is usually sufficient to "fix" the problem of being able
+to use the global ZCA API within a :app:`Pyramid` application.  However, it
+also means that a Zope application that is running in the same process may
+start using the :app:`Pyramid` global registry instead of the Zope global
+registry, effectively inverting the original problem.  In such a case, follow
+the steps in the next section, :ref:`using_the_zca_global_registry`.
 
 .. index::
    single: get_current_registry
@@ -224,14 +210,15 @@ the next section, :ref:`using_the_zca_global_registry`.
 
 .. _using_the_zca_global_registry:
 
-Enabling the ZCA Global API by Using The ZCA Global Registry
+Enabling the ZCA global API by using the ZCA global registry
 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 
-You can tell your :app:`Pyramid` application to use the ZCA global
-registry at startup time instead of constructing a new one:
+You can tell your :app:`Pyramid` application to use the ZCA global registry at
+startup time instead of constructing a new one:
 
 .. code-block:: python
    :linenos:
+   :emphasize-lines: 5-7
 
    from zope.component import getGlobalSiteManager
    from pyramid.config import Configurator
@@ -243,16 +230,14 @@ registry at startup time instead of constructing a new one:
        config.include('some.other.application')
        return config.make_wsgi_app()
 
-Lines 5, 6, and 7 above are the interesting ones.  Line 5 retrieves
-the global ZCA component registry.  Line 6 creates a
-:term:`Configurator`, passing the global ZCA registry into its
-constructor as the ``registry`` argument.  Line 7 "sets up" the global
-registry with Pyramid-specific registrations; this is code that is
-normally executed when a registry is constructed rather than created,
+Lines 5, 6, and 7 above are the interesting ones.  Line 5 retrieves the global
+ZCA component registry.  Line 6 creates a :term:`Configurator`, passing the
+global ZCA registry into its constructor as the ``registry`` argument.  Line 7
+"sets up" the global registry with Pyramid-specific registrations; this is code
+that is normally executed when a registry is constructed rather than created,
 but we must call it "by hand" when we pass an explicit registry.
 
-At this point, :app:`Pyramid` will use the ZCA global registry
-rather than creating a new application-specific registry; since by
-default the ZCA global API will use this registry, things will work as
-you might expect a Zope app to when you use the global ZCA API.
-
+At this point, :app:`Pyramid` will use the ZCA global registry rather than
+creating a new application-specific registry.  Since by default the ZCA global
+API will use this registry, things will work as you might expect in a Zope app
+when you use the global ZCA API.