django-genshi-template

django-genshi-template is a template backend that allows you to use Genshi with Django 1.8+

The following context variable are already pre-configured and usable:

• 'static' # staticfiles_storage.url
• 'url' # reverse
• 'request' # request
• 'csrf_input' # csrf_input_lazy(request)
• 'csrf_token' # csrf_token_lazy(request)

Usage/configuration

In your settings.py, change the TEMPLATE section to the following:

TEMPLATES = [
    {
        'BACKEND': 'django_genshi_template.backends.genshi.Genshi',
        'DIRS': [],
        'APP_DIRS': True,
        'OPTIONS': {
            'auto_reload': False,
            'app_dirname': 'genshi',
            'serialization': 'html',
            'doctype': 'html',
        },
    },
]

Questions with answers

• How do I add additional context variables or functions that are available to every template?

  Define a receiver function of the signal template_render and add context variables:

  from django.dispatch import receiver
  from django_template_backend_genshi import template_render
  
  @receiver(template_render)
  def add_render_globals(sender, **kwargs):
      genshi_context = kwargs['genshi_context']
      request = genshi_context['request']
      genshi_context['mynewvar'] = type(request)