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-rw-r--r--CHANGES.txt11
-rw-r--r--docs/api/request.rst4
-rw-r--r--docs/narr/webob.rst4
-rw-r--r--docs/whatsnew-1.3.rst8
4 files changed, 21 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index d07d49f8b..249e7fcfc 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,17 @@ Bug Fixes
Configurator was an old-style ``pyramid.configuration.Configurator``
instance.
+Deprecations
+------------
+
+- All references to the ``tmpl_context`` request variable were removed from
+ the docs. Its existence in Pyramid is confusing for people who were never
+ Pylons users. It was added as a porting convenience for Pylons users in
+ Pyramid 1.0, but it never caught on because the Pyramid rendering system is
+ a lot different than Pylons' was, and alternate ways exist to do what it
+ was designed to offer in Pylons. It will continue to exist "forever" but
+ it will not be recommended or mentioned in the docs.
+
1.3a9 (2012-02-22)
==================
diff --git a/docs/api/request.rst b/docs/api/request.rst
index e1b233fbc..1112ea069 100644
--- a/docs/api/request.rst
+++ b/docs/api/request.rst
@@ -145,10 +145,6 @@
``request.session`` attribute will cause a
:class:`pyramid.exceptions.ConfigurationError` to be raised.
- .. attribute:: tmpl_context
-
- The template context for Pylons-style applications.
-
.. attribute:: matchdict
If a :term:`route` has matched during this request, this attribute will
diff --git a/docs/narr/webob.rst b/docs/narr/webob.rst
index 21c368350..a8c11acec 100644
--- a/docs/narr/webob.rst
+++ b/docs/narr/webob.rst
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ Special Attributes Added to the Request by :app:`Pyramid`
In addition to the standard :term:`WebOb` attributes, :app:`Pyramid` adds
special attributes to every request: ``context``, ``registry``, ``root``,
``subpath``, ``traversed``, ``view_name``, ``virtual_root``,
-``virtual_root_path``, ``session``, and ``tmpl_context``, ``matchdict``, and
-``matched_route``. These attributes are documented further within the
+``virtual_root_path``, ``session``, ``matchdict``, and ``matched_route``.
+These attributes are documented further within the
:class:`pyramid.request.Request` API documentation.
.. index::
diff --git a/docs/whatsnew-1.3.rst b/docs/whatsnew-1.3.rst
index daa1ffdec..ac01bb140 100644
--- a/docs/whatsnew-1.3.rst
+++ b/docs/whatsnew-1.3.rst
@@ -476,6 +476,14 @@ Deprecations
Configurator were removed from the documentation. They have been
deprecated since Pyramid 1.1.
+- All references to the ``tmpl_context`` request variable were removed from
+ the docs. Its existence in Pyramid is confusing for people who were never
+ Pylons users. It was added as a porting convenience for Pylons users in
+ Pyramid 1.0, but it never caught on because the Pyramid rendering system is
+ a lot different than Pylons' was, and alternate ways exist to do what it
+ was designed to offer in Pylons. It will continue to exist "forever" but
+ it will not be recommended or mentioned in the docs.
+
Documentation Enhancements
--------------------------