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index 0e95ca1c1..49dbed50f 100644
--- a/docs/tutorials/wiki2/definingviews.rst
+++ b/docs/tutorials/wiki2/definingviews.rst
@@ -6,16 +6,13 @@ A :term:`view callable` in a :app:`Pyramid` application is typically a simple
Python function that accepts a single parameter named :term:`request`. A
view callable is assumed to return a :term:`response` object.
-The request object passed to every view that is called as the result of a
-route match has an attribute named ``matchdict`` that contains the elements
-placed into the URL by the ``pattern`` of a ``route`` statement. For
-instance, if a call to :meth:`pyramid.config.Configurator.add_route` in
-``__init__.py`` had the pattern ``{one}/{two}``, and the URL at
-``http://example.com/foo/bar`` was invoked, matching this pattern, the
-``matchdict`` dictionary attached to the request passed to the view would
-have a ``'one'`` key with the value ``'foo'`` and a ``'two'`` key with the
-value ``'bar'``.
-
+The request object has a dictionary as an attribute named ``matchdict``. A
+``matchdict`` maps the placeholders in the matching URL ``pattern`` to the
+substrings of the path in the :term:`request` URL. For instance, if a call to
+:meth:`pyramid.config.Configurator.add_route` has the pattern ``/{one}/{two}``,
+and a user visits ``http://example.com/foo/bar``, our pattern would be matched
+against ``/foo/bar`` and the ``matchdict`` would look like: ``{'one':'foo',
+'two':'bar'}``
Declaring Dependencies in Our ``setup.py`` File
===============================================
@@ -33,7 +30,7 @@ Open ``tutorial/setup.py`` and edit it to look like the following:
.. literalinclude:: src/views/setup.py
:linenos:
:language: python
- :emphasize-lines: 19
+ :emphasize-lines: 20
(Only the highlighted line needs to be added.)
@@ -52,14 +49,14 @@ On UNIX:
.. code-block:: text
$ cd tutorial
- $ ../bin/python setup.py develop
+ $ $VENV/bin/python setup.py develop
On Windows:
.. code-block:: text
c:\pyramidtut> cd tutorial
- c:\pyramidtut\tutorial> ..\Scripts\python setup.py develop
+ c:\pyramidtut\tutorial> %VENV%\Scripts\python setup.py develop
Success executing this command will end with a line to the console something
like::
@@ -126,7 +123,7 @@ The ``view_page`` view function
-------------------------------
``view_page()`` is used to display a single page of our
-wiki. It renders the :term:`ReStructuredText` body of a page (stored as
+wiki. It renders the :term:`reStructuredText` body of a page (stored as
the ``data`` attribute of a ``Page`` model object) as HTML. Then it substitutes an
HTML anchor for each *WikiWord* reference in the rendered HTML using a
compiled regular expression.
@@ -148,14 +145,13 @@ As a result, the ``content`` variable is now a fully formed bit of HTML
containing various view and add links for WikiWords based on the content of
our current page object.
-We then generate an edit URL (because it's easier to do here than in the
-template), and we return a dictionary with a number of arguments. The fact
-that ``view_page()`` returns a dictionary (as opposed to a :term:`response`
-object) is a cue to :app:`Pyramid` that it should try to use a :term:`renderer`
-associated with the view configuration to render a template. In our case,
-the template which will be rendered will be the ``templates/view.pt``
-template, as indicated in the ``@view_config`` decorator that is applied to
-``view_page()``.
+We then generate an edit URL because it's easier to do here than in the
+template, and we return a dictionary with a number of arguments. The fact that
+``view_page()`` returns a dictionary (as opposed to a :term:`response` object)
+is a cue to :app:`Pyramid` that it should try to use a :term:`renderer`
+associated with the view configuration to render a response. In our case, the
+renderer used will be the ``templates/view.pt`` template, as indicated in the
+``@view_config`` decorator that is applied to ``view_page()``.
The ``add_page`` view function
------------------------------
@@ -276,9 +272,9 @@ by the view (row 45). The view will use the ``body`` and
none of our tutorial views return in their dictionary.
``request`` is one of several
names that are available "by default" in a template when a template
- renderer is used. See :ref:`chameleon_template_renderers` for
+ renderer is used. See :ref:`renderer_system_values` for
information about other names that are available by default
- when a Chameleon template is used as a renderer.
+ when a template is used as a renderer.
Static Assets
-------------
@@ -287,7 +283,7 @@ Our templates name a single static asset named ``pylons.css``. We don't need
to create this file within our package's ``static`` directory because it was
provided at the time we created the project. This file is a little too long
to replicate within the body of this guide, however it is available `online
-<http://github.com/Pylons/pyramid/blob/master/docs/tutorials/wiki2/src/views/tutorial/static/pylons.css>`_.
+<https://github.com/Pylons/pyramid/blob/master/docs/tutorials/wiki2/src/views/tutorial/static/pylons.css>`_.
This CSS file will be accessed via
e.g. ``http://localhost:6543/static/pylons.css`` by virtue of the call to
@@ -339,7 +335,7 @@ something like:
.. literalinclude:: src/views/tutorial/__init__.py
:linenos:
:language: python
- :emphasize-lines: 18-21
+ :emphasize-lines: 19-22
(The highlighted lines are the ones that need to be added or edited.)
@@ -350,20 +346,20 @@ We can finally examine our application in a browser (See
:ref:`wiki2-start-the-application`). Launch a browser and visit
each of the following URLs, check that the result is as expected:
-- ``http://localhost:6543`` in a browser invokes the
+- http://localhost:6543 in a browser invokes the
``view_wiki`` view. This always redirects to the ``view_page`` view
of the FrontPage page object.
-- ``http://localhost:6543/FrontPage`` in a browser invokes
+- http://localhost:6543/FrontPage in a browser invokes
the ``view_page`` view of the front page object.
-- ``http://localhost:6543/FrontPage/edit_page`` in a browser
+- http://localhost:6543/FrontPage/edit_page in a browser
invokes the edit view for the front page object.
-- ``http://localhost:6543/add_page/SomePageName`` in a
+- http://localhost:6543/add_page/SomePageName in a
browser invokes the add view for a page.
-- To generate an error, visit ``http://localhost:6543/foobars/edit_page`` which
+- To generate an error, visit http://localhost:6543/foobars/edit_page which
will generate a ``NoResultFound: No row was found for one()`` error.
You'll see an interactive traceback facility provided
by :term:`pyramid_debugtoolbar`.