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diff --git a/docs/glossary.rst b/docs/glossary.rst index 7090b5f93..a7e3a7884 100644 --- a/docs/glossary.rst +++ b/docs/glossary.rst @@ -112,15 +112,14 @@ Glossary about :app:`Pyramid` view callables. view configuration - View configuration is the act of associating a :term:`view - callable` with configuration information. This configuration - information helps map a given :term:`request` to a particular view - callable and it can influence the response of a view callable. - :app:`Pyramid` views can be configured via :term:`imperative - configuration`, :term:`ZCML` or by a special ``@view_config`` - decorator coupled with a :term:`scan`. See - :ref:`view_config_chapter` for more information about view - configuration. + View configuration is the act of associating a :term:`view callable` + with configuration information. This configuration information helps + map a given :term:`request` to a particular view callable and it can + influence the response of a view callable. :app:`Pyramid` views can be + configured via :term:`imperative configuration`, :term:`ZCML` or by a + special ``@view_config`` decorator coupled with a :term:`scan`. See + :ref:`view_config_chapter` for more information about view + configuration. view name The "URL name" of a view, e.g ``index.html``. If a view is @@ -835,7 +834,7 @@ Glossary :meth:`pyramid.config.Configurator.add_route` and :meth:`pyramid.config.Configurator.add_view` to make it more convenient to register a collection of views as a single class when - using :term:`url dispatch`. See also :ref:`handlers_chapter`. + using :term:`url dispatch`. See also :ref:`views_chapter`. Deployment settings Deployment settings are settings passed to the :term:`Configurator` as a @@ -851,6 +850,15 @@ Glossary WSGI middleware which can display debuggable traceback information in the browser when an exception is raised by a Pyramid application. See http://pypi.python.org/pypi/WebError . - - + view mapper + A view mapper is a class which implements the + :class:`pyramid.interfaces.IViewMapperFactory` interface, which performs + view argument and return value mapping. This is a plug point for + extension builders, not normally used by "civilians". + + matchdict + The dictionary attached to the :term:`request` object as + ``request.matchdict`` when a :term:`URL dispatch` route has been matched. + Its keys are names as identified within the route pattern; its values are + the values matched by each pattern name. |