From 936a46cc89dda9971ef1b8099cb260e98dbf50a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Malcolm Tredinnick <malcolm.tredinnick@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 13:11:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed #3034 -- Added mimetype parameter to the
 direct_to_template() generic view, for consistency with the other generic
 views. Thanks, Paul Bx.

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@4983 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37
---
 AUTHORS                        | 1 +
 django/views/generic/simple.py | 8 +++++---
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index e0c915512b0..2fecddf36a9 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ answer newbie questions, and generally made Django that much better:
     Andrew Brehaut <http://brehaut.net/blog>
     brut.alll@gmail.com
     Jonathan Buchanan <jonathan.buchanan@gmail.com>
+    Paul Bx <pb@e-scribe.com>
     Antonio Cavedoni <http://cavedoni.com/>
     C8E
     Chris Chamberlin <dja@cdc.msbx.net>
diff --git a/django/views/generic/simple.py b/django/views/generic/simple.py
index 355bd25ef83..69a494931e3 100644
--- a/django/views/generic/simple.py
+++ b/django/views/generic/simple.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
-from django.template import RequestContext
+from django.template import loader, RequestContext
 from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponsePermanentRedirect, HttpResponseGone
 
-def direct_to_template(request, template, extra_context={}, **kwargs):
+def direct_to_template(request, template, extra_context={}, mimetype=None, **kwargs):
     """
     Render a given template with any extra URL parameters in the context as
     ``{{ params }}``.
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ def direct_to_template(request, template, extra_context={}, **kwargs):
             dictionary[key] = value()
         else:
             dictionary[key] = value
-    return render_to_response(template, dictionary, context_instance=RequestContext(request))
+    c = RequestContext(request, dictionary)
+    t = loader.get_template(template)
+    return HttpResponse(t.render(c), mimetype=mimetype)
 
 def redirect_to(request, url, **kwargs):
     """