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docs/forms.txt

@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ code.  It is, and this document explains how the framework works.
     .. admonition:: A note to the lazy
 
         If all you want to do is present forms for a user to create and/or
-        update a given object, don't read any further but instead click thyself
+        update a given object, don't read any further. Instead, click thyself
-        over to the `generic views`_ documentation. The following exercises are
+        to the `generic views`_ documentation. The following exercises are
         for those interested in how Django's form framework works and those
-        needing to do more than simple create/update.
+        needing to do more than simple creation/updating.
 
-We'll take a top-down approach to examining Django's form validation framework
+We'll take a top-down approach to examining Django's form validation framework,
-since much of the time you won't need to use the lower-level APIs.  Throughout
+becuase much of the time you won't need to use the lower-level APIs. Throughout
 this document, we'll be working with the following model, a "place" object::
 
     PLACE_TYPES = (
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ this document, we'll be working with the following model, a "place" object::
 
     class Place(meta.Model):
         fields = (
-            meta.CharField('name', 'name', maxlength=100),
+            meta.CharField('name', maxlength=100),
-            meta.CharField('address', 'address', maxlength=100, blank=True),
+            meta.CharField('address', maxlength=100, blank=True),
-            meta.CharField('city', 'city', maxlength=50, blank=True),
+            meta.CharField('city', maxlength=50, blank=True),
-            meta.USStateField('state', 'state'),
+            meta.USStateField('state'),
-            meta.CharField('zip_code', 'zip code', maxlength=5, blank=True),
+            meta.CharField('zip_code', maxlength=5, blank=True),
-            meta.IntegerField('place_type', 'place type', choices=PLACE_TYPES)
+            meta.IntegerField('place_type', choices=PLACE_TYPES)
         )
 
         def __repr__(self):
@@ -74,55 +74,57 @@ POSTed data from the browser and creates a new ``Place`` object::
 
     def naive_create_place(request):
         """A naive approach to creating places; don't actually use this!"""
-        # Create the AddManipulator
+        # Create the AddManipulator.
         manipulator = places.AddManipulator()
 
         # Make a copy of the POSTed data so that do_html2python can
-        # modify it in place (request.POST is immutable)
+        # modify it in place (request.POST is immutable).
         new_data = request.POST.copy()
 
         # Convert the request data (which will all be strings) into the
-        # appropriate Python types for those fields
+        # appropriate Python types for those fields.
         manipulator.do_html2python(new_data)
 
-        # Save the new object
+        # Save the new object.
         new_place = manipulator.save(new_data)
 
         # It worked!
         return HttpResponse("Place created: %s" % new_place)
 
-The ``naive_create_place`` example works (somewhat), but as you probably can
+The ``naive_create_place`` example works, but as you probably can tell, this
-tell, there's all sorts of problems (some more subtle than others) with this view:
+view has a number of problems:
 
-    * No validation of any sort is performed; if, for example, the ``name`` field
+    * No validation of any sort is performed. If, for example, the ``name`` field
       isn't given in ``request.POST``, the save step will cause a database error
       because that field is required. Ugly.
 
-    * Even if you *do* perform validation, there's still no way to give that information
+    * Even if you *do* perform validation, there's still no way to give that
-      to the user is any sort of useful way.
+      information to the user is any sort of useful way.
 
-    * You'll have to separate create a form (and view) that submits to this page, which is
+    * You'll have to separate create a form (and view) that submits to this
-      a pain and is redundant.
+      page, which is a pain and is redundant.
 
 Let's dodge these problems momentarily to take a look at how you could create a
 view with a form that submits to this flawed creation view::
 
     def naive_create_place_form(request):
         """Simplistic place form view; don't actually use anything like this!"""
-        # Create a FormWrapper object which the template can use; more
+        # Create a FormWrapper object that the template can use. Ignore
-        # on what the second two arguments to FormWrapper do later.
+        # the last two arguments to FormWrapper for now.
         form = formfields.FormWrapper(places.AddManipulator(), {}, {})
 
-        # Create a template, context, and response
+        # Create a template, context and response.
         t = template_loader.get_template('places/naive_create_form')
-        c = Context(request, {'form' : form})
+        c = Context(request, {
+            'form': form
+        })
         return HttpResponse(t.render(c))
 
-(This view, as well as all the following ones, have the same imports as the
+(This view, as well as all the following ones, has the same imports as in the
-first example above does.)
+first example above.)
 
 The ``formfields.FormWrapper`` object is a wrapper that templates can
-easily deal with to create forms; here's the ``naive_create_form`` template::
+easily deal with to create forms. Here's the ``naive_create_form`` template::
 
     {% extends "base" %}
 
@@ -147,18 +149,18 @@ some salient points of the above template::
       creates the "right" type of widget for the form, as you can see with the
       ``place_type`` field above.
 
-    * There isn't a way just to spit out the form; you'll still need to define
+    * There isn't a way just to spit out the form. You'll still need to define
-      how the form gets laid out.  This is a feature: every form needs to be
+      how the form gets laid out. This is a feature: Every form should be
-      designed differently; Django doesn't force you into any type of mould.
+      designed differently. Django doesn't force you into any type of mold.
-      If you must use tables, use tables; if you're a semantic purist you can
+      If you must use tables, use tables. If you're a semantic purist, you can
-      probably find better HTML than the above template.
+      probably find better HTML than in the above template.
 
     * To avoid name conflicts, the ``id``s of form elements take the form
       "id_*fieldname*".
 
-By creating a creation form we've solved problem number 3 above, but we still don't
+By creating a creation form we've solved problem number 3 above, but we still
-have any validation; if you enter bad data into any of the .  Let's revise the validation
+don't have any validation. Let's revise the validation issue by writing a new
-issue by writing a new creation view that takes into account validation::
+creation view that takes validation into account::
 
     def create_place_with_validation(request):
         manipulator = places.AddManipulator()
@@ -168,7 +170,9 @@ issue by writing a new creation view that takes into account validation::
         errors = manipulator.get_validation_errors(new_data)
         if errors:
             t = template_loader.get_template('places/errors')
-            c = Context(request, {'errors' : errors}
+            c = Context(request, {
+                'errors': errors
+            }
             return HttpResponse(t.render(c))
         else:
             manipulator.do_html2python(request.POST)
@@ -192,25 +196,26 @@ on an error page (templated, of course)::
 
     {% endblock %}
 
-Still, this now has its own problems:
+Still, this has its own problems:
 
-    * There's still the issue of creating a seperate (redundant) view for the
+    * There's still the issue of creating a separate (redundant) view for the
       submission form.
 
-    * Errors, though nicely presented are on a seperate page, so the user will have
+    * Errors, though nicely presented, are on a separate page, so the user will
-      to use the "back" button to fix errors -- not exactly usable!
+      have to use the "back" button to fix errors. That's ridiculous and unusable.
 
-The best way to deal with these issues is to collapse the two views -- the form and the
+The best way to deal with these issues is to collapse the two views -- the form
-submission -- into a single view.  This view will be responsible for creating the
+and the submission -- into a single view.  This view will be responsible for
-form, validating POSTed data, and creating the new object (should it the data be
+creating the form, validating POSTed data, and creating the new object (if the
-valid).  An added bonus of this approach is that errors and the form will both
+data is valid). An added bonus of this approach is that errors and the form will
-be available on the same page, so errors with fields can be presented in context.
+both be available on the same page, so errors with fields can be presented in
+context.
 
 .. admonition:: Philosophy::
 
     Finally, for the HTTP purists in the audience (and the authorship), this
-    nicely matches the "true" meanings of HTTP-GET and HTTP-POST: GET fetches
+    nicely matches the "true" meanings of HTTP GET and HTTP POST: GET fetches
-    the form, POST creates the new object.
+    the form, and POST creates the new object.
 
 Below is the finished view::
 
@@ -218,29 +223,31 @@ Below is the finished view::
         manipulator = places.AddManipulator()
 
         if request.POST:
-            # If data was POSTed, we're trying to create a new Place
+            # If data was POSTed, we're trying to create a new Place.
             new_data = request.POST.copy()
 
-            # Check for errors
+            # Check for errors.
             errors = manipulator.get_validation_errors(new_data)
 
             if not errors:
-                # No errors -- this means we can save the data!
+                # No errors. This means we can save the data!
                 manipulator.do_html2python(new_data)
                 new_place = manipulator.save(new_data)
 
-                # Redirect to the object's "edit" page (so that reloads
+                # Redirect to the object's "edit" page. Always use a redirect
-                # don't accidentally create duplicate entries)
+                # after POST data, so that reloads don't accidently create
+                # duplicate entires, and so users don't see the confusing
+                # "Repost POST data?" alert box in their browsers.
                 return HttpResponseRedirect("/places/edit/%i/" % new_place.id)
         else:
-            # No POST, so we want a brand new form without any data or errors
+            # No POST, so we want a brand new form without any data or errors.
             errors = new_data = {}
 
-        # Create the FormWrapper, template, context, response
+        # Create the FormWrapper, template, context, response.
         form = formfields.FormWrapper(manipulator, new_data, errors)
         t = template_loader.get_template("places/create_form")
         c = Context(request, {
-            'form' : form, 
+            'form': form,
         })
         return HttpResponse(t.render(c))
 
@@ -287,34 +294,33 @@ and here's the ``create_form`` template::
 The second two arguments to ``FormWrapper`` (``new_data`` and ``errors``)
 deserve some mention.
 
-The first is any "default" data to be used as values for the fields; pulling the
+The first is any "default" data to be used as values for the fields. Pulling
-data from ``request.POST`` as is done above makes sure that if there are errors,
+the data from ``request.POST``, as is done above, makes sure that if there are
-the values the user put in aren't lost. If you try the above example, you'll see
+errors, the values the user put in aren't lost. If you try the above example,
-this in action.
+you'll see this in action.
 
 The second argument is the error list retrieved from
-``manipulator.get_validation_errors``.  When passed into the ``FormWrapper``, this gives
+``manipulator.get_validation_errors``.  When passed into the ``FormWrapper``,
-each field an ``errors`` item (which is a list of error messages associated with the
+this gives each field an ``errors`` item (which is a list of error messages
-field) as well as a ``html_error_list`` item which is a ``<ul>`` of error messages.
+associated with the field) as well as a ``html_error_list`` item, which is a
-The above template uses these error items to display a simple error message next
+``<ul>`` of error messages. The above template uses these error items to
-to each field.
+display a simple error message next to each field.
 
 Using the ``ChangeManipulator``
 -------------------------------
 
-So: the above has covered using the ``AddManipulator`` to create a new object;
+The above has covered using the ``AddManipulator`` to create a new object. What
-what about editing an existing one?  It's rather shockingly similar to creating
+about editing an existing one? It's shockingly similar to creating a new one::
-a new one::
 
     def edit_place(request, place_id):
-        # Get the place in question from the database and create a ChangeManipulator 
+        # Get the place in question from the database and create a
-        # at the same time
+        # ChangeManipulator at the same time.
         try:
             manipulator = places.ChangeManipulator(place_id)
         except places.PlaceDoesNotExist:
             raise Http404
 
-        # Grab the Place object is question for future use
+        # Grab the Place object is question for future use.
         place = manipulator.original_object
 
         if request.POST:
@@ -334,46 +340,46 @@ a new one::
         form = formfields.FormWrapper(manipulator, new_data, errors)
         t = template_loader.get_template("places/edit_form")
         c = Context(request, {
-            'form' : form, 
+            'form': form,
-            'place' : place,
+            'place': place,
         })
         return HttpResponse(t.render(c))
 
-The only real differences here are:
+The only real differences are:
 
-    * A ``ChangeManipulator`` instead of an ``AddManipulator`` is created; 
+    * We create a ``ChangeManipulator`` instead of an ``AddManipulator``.
-      The argument to any ``ChangeManipulator`` is the id of the object
+      The argument to a ``ChangeManipulator`` is the ID of the object
       to be changed. As you can see, the initializer will raise an
-      ``ObjectDoesNotExist`` exception if the id is invalid.
+      ``ObjectDoesNotExist`` exception if the ID is invalid.
 
     * ``ChangeManipulator.original_object`` stores the instance of the
       object being edited.
 
-    * We set ``new_data`` to the original object's ``__dict__``; this makes
+    * We set ``new_data`` to the original object's ``__dict__``. This makes
-      sure that the form fields contain the current values of the object.
+      sure the form fields contain the current values of the object.
       ``FormWrapper`` does not modify ``new_data`` in any way, and templates
       cannot, so this is perfectly safe.
 
-    * The above example uses a different template so that create and edit can
+    * The above example uses a different template, so create and edit can be
-      be "skinned" differently if needed, but the form chunk itself is
+      "skinned" differently if needed, but the form chunk itself is completely
-      completely identical to the one in the create form above.
+      identical to the one in the create form above.
 
-The astute programmer will notice that the add and create functions are nearly 
+The astute programmer will notice the add and create functions are nearly
-identical and could in fact be collapsed into a single view; this is left
+identical and could in fact be collapsed into a single view. This is left as an
-as an exercise for said programmer.
+exercise for said programmer.
 
 (However, the even-more-astute programmer will take heed of the note at the top
 of this document and check out the `generic views`_ documentation if all she
-wishes to do is this type of simple create/update).
+wishes to do is this type of simple create/update.)
 
 Custom forms and manipulators
 =============================
 
-All the above is fine and dandy if you want to just use the automatically created
+All the above is fine and dandy if you just want to use the automatically
-manipulators, but the coolness doesn't end there: you can easily create your 
+created manipulators. But the coolness doesn't end there: You can easily create
-own custom manipulators for handling custom forms.
+your own custom manipulators for handling custom forms.
 
-Custom manipulators are pretty simple; here's a manipulator that you might use
+Custom manipulators are pretty simple. Here's a manipulator that you might use
 for a "contact" form on a website::
 
     from django.core import formfields
@@ -399,8 +405,8 @@ method of a custom manipulator is ``__init__`` which must define the fields
 present in the manipulator.  See the ``django.core.formfields`` module for
 all the form fields provided by Django.
 
-You use this custom manipulator exactly as you would use an auto-generated one;
+You use this custom manipulator exactly as you would use an auto-generated one.
-here's a simple function that might drive the above form::
+Here's a simple function that might drive the above form::
 
     def contact_form(request):
         manipulator = ContactFormManipulator()
@@ -410,7 +416,7 @@ here's a simple function that might drive the above form::
             if not errors:
                 manipulator.do_html2python(new_data)
 
-                # send email using new_data here...
+                # Send e-mail using new_data here...
 
                 return HttpResponseRedirect("/contact/thankyou/")
         else:
@@ -418,18 +424,18 @@ here's a simple function that might drive the above form::
         form = formfields.FormWrapper(manipulator, new_data, errors)
         t = template_loader.get_template("contact_form")
         c = Context(request, {
-            'form' : form, 
+            'form': form,
         })
         return HttpResponse(t.render(c))
 
 Validators
 ==========
 
-One extremely useful feature of manipulators is the automatic validation it
+One useful feature of manipulators is the automatic validation. Validation is
-performs. Validation is done using a simple validation API: a validator is
+done using a simple validation API: A validator is a callable that raises a
-simple a callable that raises a ``ValidationError`` if there's something wrong
+``ValidationError`` if there's something wrong with the data.
-with the data. ``django.core.validators`` defines a whole host of validator
+``django.core.validators`` defines a host of validator functions, but defining
-functions, but defining your own couldn't be easier::
+your own couldn't be easier::
 
     from django.core import validators, formfields
 
@@ -442,15 +448,18 @@ functions, but defining your own couldn't be easier::
 
         def isValidToAddress(self, field_data, all_data):
             if not field_data.endswith("@example.com"):
-                raise ValidationError("You can only send messages to example.com email addresses")
+                raise ValidationError("You can only send messages to example.com e-mail addresses.")
 
-Above, we've added a "to" field to the contact form, but required that the 
+Above, we've added a "to" field to the contact form, but required that the "to"
-"to" address end with "@example.com" by adding the ``isValidToAddress``
+address end with "@example.com" by adding the ``isValidToAddress`` validator to
-validator to the field's ``validator_list``.
+the field's ``validator_list``.
 
 The arguments to a validator function take a little explanation.  ``field_data``
-is the value of the field in question, and ``all_data`` is a dict of all the
+is the value of the field in question, and ``all_data`` is a dictionary of all
-data being validated.  Note that at the point validators are called all data
+the data being validated.  Note that at the point validators are called all
-will still be strings (as ``do_html2python`` hasn't been called yet).
+data will still be strings (as ``do_html2python`` hasn't been called yet).
+
+Also, because consistency in user interfaces is important, we strongly urge you
+to put punctuation at the end of your validation messages.
 
 .. _`generic views`: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/generic_views/

docs/generic_views.txt

@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 Using generic views
 ===================
 
-Writing web applications can often be monotonous as we repeat certain patterns
+Writing Web applications can be monotonous, because we repeat certain patterns
-again and again.  In Django, the most common of these patterns have been abstracted into
+again and again. In Django, the most common of these patterns have been
-"generic views" that let you quickly provide common views of object without actually
+abstracted into "generic views" that let you quickly provide common views of
-needing to write any views.
+an object without actually needing to write any views.
 
 Django's generic views contain the following:
 
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ Django's generic views contain the following:
 .. _latest: http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/
 
 All of these views are used by creating configuration dictionaries in
-your urlconfig files and passing those dicts as the third member of the
+your URLconf files and passing those dictionaries as the third member of the
-urlconf tuple.  For example, here's the urlconf for the simple weblog
+URLconf tuple. For example, here's the URLconf for the simple weblog app that
-app that drives the blog on djangoproject.com::
+drives the blog on djangoproject.com::
 
     from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
 
@@ -47,48 +47,50 @@ app that drives the blog on djangoproject.com::
        (r'^/?$',                                                                  'archive_index', info_dict),
     )
 
-As you can see, this urlconf defines a few options in ``info_dict`` that tell
+As you can see, this URLconf defines a few options in ``info_dict`` that tell
 the generic view which model to use (``blog.entries`` in this case), as well as
 some extra information.
 
-Documentation of each generic view follows along with a list of all keyword arguments
+Documentation of each generic view follows, along with a list of all keyword
-that a generic view expects.  Remember that as in the example above, arguments may
+arguments that a generic view expects. Remember that as in the example above,
-either come from the URL pattern (as ``month``, ``day``, ``year``, etc. do above) or
+arguments may either come from the URL pattern (as ``month``, ``day``,
-from the additional information dict (as for ``app_label``, ``module_name``, etc.).
+``year``, etc. do above) or from the additional-information dictionary (as for
+``app_label``, ``module_name``, etc.).
 
 All the generic views that follow require the ``app_label`` and ``module_name`` keys.
 These values are easiest to explain through example::
 
     >>> from django.models.blog import entries
 
-In the above line, ``blog`` is the ``app_label`` (this is the name of the file that
+In the above line, ``blog`` is the ``app_label`` (the name of the file that
-holds all your model definitions) and ``entries`` is the ``module_name`` (this is
+holds all your model definitions) and ``entries`` is the ``module_name``
-either a pluralized, lowercased version of the model class name or the value of
+(either a pluralized, lowercased version of the model class name, or the value
-the ``module_name`` option of your model).  In the docs below, these keys will not
+of the ``module_name`` option of your model). In the docs below, these keys
-be repeated, but each generic view requires them.
+will not be repeated, but each generic view requires them.
 
 Using date-based generic views
 ==============================
 
 Date-based generic views (in the module ``django.views.generic.date_based``)
-export six functions for dealing with date-based data.  Besides ``app_label``
+feature six functions for dealing with date-based data. Besides ``app_label``
-and ``module_name``, all date-based generic views require that the ``date_field``
+and ``module_name``, all date-based generic views require that the
-argument to passed to them; this is the name of the field that stores the date
+``date_field`` argument be passed to them. This is the name of the field that
-the objects should key off of.
+stores the date the objects should key off of.
 
-Additional, all date-based generic views have the following optional arguments:
+Additionally, all date-based generic views have the following optional
+arguments:
 
     =======================  ==================================================
     Argument                 Description
     =======================  ==================================================
-    ``template_name``        Override the default template name used for the
+    ``template_name``        Overrides the default template name used for the
                              view.
 
     ``extra_lookup_kwargs``  A dictionary of extra lookup parameters (see
                              the `database API docs`_).
 
-    ``extra_context``        A dict of extra data to put into the template's
+    ``extra_context``        A dictionary of extra data to put into the
-                             context.
+                             template's context.
     =======================  ==================================================
 
 .. _`database API docs`: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/db_api/
@@ -96,9 +98,9 @@ Additional, all date-based generic views have the following optional arguments:
 The date-based generic functions are:
 
 ``archive_index``
-    A top-level index page showing the "latest" objects.  Has an optional argument,
+    A top-level index page showing the "latest" objects. Has an optional
-    ``num_latest`` which is the number of items to display on the page (defaults
+    argument, ``num_latest``, which is the number of items to display on the
-    to 15).
+    page (defaults to 15).
 
     Uses the template ``app_label/module_name_archive`` by default.
 
@@ -118,56 +120,56 @@ The date-based generic functions are:
     Has the following template context:
 
         ``date_list``
-            List of months in this year with objects
+            List of months in the given year with objects
         ``year``
-            This year
+            The given year (an integer)
 
 ``archive_month``
-    Monthly archive; requires that ``year`` and ``month`` arguments be given.
+    Monthly archive. Requires that ``year`` and ``month`` arguments be given.
 
     Uses the template ``app_label/module_name__archive_month`` by default.
 
     Has the following template context:
 
         ``month``
-            (datetime object) this month
+            The given month (a datetime.datetime object)
         ``object_list``
-            list of objects published in the given month
+            List of objects published in the given month
 
 ``archive_day``
-    Daily archive; requires that ``year``, ``month``, and ``day`` arguments
+    Daily archive. Requires that ``year``, ``month``, and ``day`` arguments be
-    be given.
+    given.
 
     Uses the template ``app_label/module_name__archive_day`` by default.
 
     Has the following template context:
 
         ``object_list``
-            list of objects published this day
+            List of objects published this day
         ``day``
-            (datetime) the day
+            The given day (a datetime.datetime object)
         ``previous_day``
-            (datetime) the previous day
+            The previous day (a datetime.datetime object)
         ``next_day``
-            (datetime) the next day, or None if the current day is today
+            The next day (a datetime.datetime object), or None if the given
-
+            day is today
 
 ``archive_today``
-    List of objects for today; exactly the same as ``archive_day``, except
+    List of objects for today. Exactly the same as ``archive_day``, except
-    that the year/month/day arguments are not given and today's date is
+    the year/month/day arguments are not given, and today's date is used
-    used instead.
+    instead.
 
 ``object_detail``
-    Individual object page; requires ``year``/``month``/``day`` arguments like
+    Individual object page. Requires ``year``/``month``/``day`` arguments like
     ``archive_day``. This function can be used with two types of URLs: either
     ``/year/month/day/slug/`` or ``/year/month/day/object_id/``.
 
     If you're using the slug-style URLs, you'll need to have a ``slug`` item in
-    your urlconf, and you'll need to pass a ``slug_field`` key in your info
+    your URLconf, and you'll need to pass a ``slug_field`` key in your info
-    dict to indicate the name of the slug field.
+    dictionary to indicate the name of the slug field.
 
-    If your using the object_id-style URLs, you'll just need to have the URL
+    If your using the object_id-style URLs, you'll just need to give the URL
-    pattern have an ``object_id`` field.
+    pattern an ``object_id`` field.
 
     You can also pass the ``template_name_field`` argument to indicate that the
     the object stores the name of its template in a field on the object itself.
@@ -175,11 +177,11 @@ The date-based generic functions are:
 Using list/detail generic views
 ===============================
 
-The list-detail generic views (in the ``django.views.generic.list_detail`` module)
+The list-detail generic views (in the ``django.views.generic.list_detail``
-are similar to the data-based ones, except the list-detail views simply have two
+module) are similar to the data-based ones, except the list-detail views simply
-views: a list of objects, and an individual object page.
+have two views: a list of objects, and an individual object page.
 
-All these views take the same three optional arguments as the date-based ones do
+All these views take the same three optional arguments as the date-based ones
 (and they obviously do not accept or require the date field argument).
 
 Individual views are:
@@ -197,9 +199,9 @@ Individual views are:
                                  The view will expect a ``page`` GET param with
                                  the (zero-indexed) page number.
 
-        ``allow_empty``          If ``False`` and there are no objects to display
+        ``allow_empty``          If ``False`` and there are no objects to display,
                                  the view will raise a 404 instead of displaying
-                                 an empty index page.
+                                 an empty index page. ``False`` is default.
         =======================  =================================================
 
     Uses the template ``app_label/module_name__list`` by default.
@@ -207,60 +209,61 @@ Individual views are:
     Has the following template context:
 
         ``object_list``
-            list of objects
+            List of objects
         ``is_paginated``
-            are the results paginated?
+            Are the results paginated? Either True or False
 
     If the results are paginated, the context will have some extra variables:
 
         ``results_per_page``
-            number of objects per page
+            Number of objects per page
         ``has_next``
-            is there a next page?
+            Is there a next page?
         ``has_previous``
-            is there a prev page?
+            Is there a previous page?
         ``page``
-            the current page
+            The current page number
         ``next``
-            the next page
+            The next page number
         ``previous``
-            the previous page
+            The previous page
         ``pages``
-            number of pages, total
+            Number of pages total
 
 ``object_detail``
     Object detail page. This works like and takes the same arguments as
-    the date-based ``object_detail`` above, except this one obviously
+    the date-based ``object_detail`` above, except this one, obviously,
     does not take the year/month/day arguments.
 
 Using create/update/delete generic views
 ========================================
 
 The ``django.views.generic.create_update`` module contains a set of functions
-for creating, editing, and deleting objects.  These views take the same global
+for creating, editing and deleting objects. These views take the same global
-arguments as the above sets of generic views; they also have a
+arguments as the above sets of generic views. They also have a
 ``login_required`` argument which, if ``True``, requires the user to be logged
-in to have access to the page (``login_required`` defaults to ``False``).
+in to have access to the page. (``login_required`` defaults to ``False``.)
 
 The create/update/delete views are:
 
 ``create_object``
     Create a new object. Has an extra optional argument, ``post_save_redirect``,
-    which is a URL that the view will redirect to after saving the object
+    which is a URL to which the view will redirect after saving the object.
-    (defaults to ``object.get_absolute_url()``).
+    It defaults to ``object.get_absolute_url()``.
 
-    ``post_save_redirect`` may contain dictionary string formatting which will
+    ``post_save_redirect`` may contain dictionary string formatting, which will
-    be interpolated against the object's dict (so you could use
+    be interpolated against the object's field attributes. For example, you
-    ``post_save_redirect="/polls/%(slug)s/"``, for example).
+    could use ``post_save_redirect="/polls/%(slug)s/"``.
 
-    Uses the template ``app_label/module_name__form`` by default (this is the
+    Uses the template ``app_label/module_name__form`` by default. This is the
-    same template as the ``update_object`` view below; your template can tell
+    same template as the ``update_object`` view below. Your template can tell
-    the different by the presence or absence of ``{{ object }}`` in the context.
+    the different by the presence or absence of ``{{ object }}`` in the
+    context.
 
     Has the following template context:
 
         form
-            the form wrapper for the object
+            The form wrapper for the object
 
     .. admonition:: Note
 
@@ -271,31 +274,32 @@ The create/update/delete views are:
 
 ``update_object``
     Edit an existing object. Has the same extra slug/ID parameters as
-    ``list_detail.object_detail`` does (see above), and the same ``post_save_redirect``
+    ``list_detail.object_detail`` does (see above), and the same
-    as ``create_object`` does.
+    ``post_save_redirect`` as ``create_object`` does.
 
     Uses the template ``app_label/module_name__form`` by default.
 
     Has the following template context:
 
         form
-            the form wrapper for the object
+            The form wrapper for the object
         object
-            the original object being edited
+            The original object being edited
 
 ``delete_object``
-    Delete an existing object.  The given object will only actually be deleted if 
+    Delete an existing object. The given object will only actually be deleted
-    the request method is POST; if this view is fetched with GET it will display
+    if the request method is POST. If this view is fetched with GET, it will
-    a confirmation page that should contain a form that POSTs to the same URL.
+    display a confirmation page that should contain a form that POSTs to the
+    same URL.
 
-    You must provide the ``post_delete_redirect`` argument to this function so
+    You must provide the ``post_delete_redirect`` argument to this function, so
     that the view knows where to go after the object is deleted.
 
-    If fetched with GET, uses the template
+    If fetched with GET, it uses the template
-    ``app_label/module_name_s_confirm_delete`` by default (uses no template if
+    ``app_label/module_name_s_confirm_delete`` by default. It uses no template
-    POSTed; simply deletes the object).
+    if POSTed -- it simply deletes the object and redirects.
 
     Has the following template context:
 
         object
-            the object about to be deleted
+            The object about to be deleted