add some edits to the docs for response_adapter decorator; fix renderings

2 files changed, 28 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/docs/glossary.rst b/docs/glossary.rst
index cc1d6201d..c6705fdc5 100644
--- a/docs/glossary.rst
+++ b/docs/glossary.rst
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ Glossary
      a subclass such as :class:`pyramid.httpexceptions.HTTPFound`.  See
      :ref:`webob_chapter` for information about response objects.
 
+   response adapter
+     A callable which accepts an arbitrary object and "converts" it to a
+     :class:`pyramid.response.Response` object.  See :ref:`using_iresponse`
+     for more information.
+
    Repoze
      "Repoze" is essentially a "brand" of software developed by `Agendaless
      Consulting <http://agendaless.com>`_ and a set of contributors.  The
diff --git a/docs/narr/hooks.rst b/docs/narr/hooks.rst
index df081d35c..fc3f01271 100644
--- a/docs/narr/hooks.rst
+++ b/docs/narr/hooks.rst
@@ -575,20 +575,6 @@ Response:
 
    config.add_response_adapter(string_response_adapter, str)
 
-The above example using the :class:`~pyramid.response.response_adapter`
-decorator:
-
-.. code-block:: python
-   :linenos:
-
-   from pyramid.response import Response
-   from pyramid.response import response_adapter
-
-   @response_adapter(str)
-   def string_response_adapter(s):
-       response = Response(s)
-       return response
-
 Likewise, if you want to be able to return a simplified kind of response
 object from view callables, you can use the IResponse hook to register an
 adapter to the more complex IResponse interface:
@@ -639,6 +625,29 @@ startup time, as by their nature, instances of this class (and instances of
 subclasses of the class) will natively provide IResponse.  The adapter
 registered for ``webob.Response`` simply returns the response object.
 
+Instead of using :meth:`pyramid.config.Configurator.add_response_adapter`,
+you can use the :class:`pyramid.response.response_adapter` decorator:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+   :linenos:
+
+   from pyramid.response import Response
+   from pyramid.response import response_adapter
+
+   @response_adapter(str)
+   def string_response_adapter(s):
+       response = Response(s)
+       return response
+
+The above example, when scanned, has the same effect as:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+   config.add_response_adapter(string_response_adapter, str)
+
+The :class:`~pyramid.response.response_adapter` decorator will have no effect
+until activated by a :term:`scan`.
+
 .. index::
    single: view mapper