html_context is always overriden

[shimizukawa]

in the the docs - http://sphinx.pocoo.org/templating.html?highlight=html_context - it is implied that one can set a variable called html_context so as to provide context variables to your templates. However, AFAICT, one cannot. One may //only// provide template context through command line switches, since in cmdline.py, html_context is always set to be an empty dictionary and passed in as an override.

Is this an error in documentation, or in code? I can try to provide a patch for either when I have a moment spare. FWIW, I'd prefer to pass in options to the html_context in conf.py as well as as a command line switch, as storing command-line options in a Makefile instead of conf.py feels wrong.

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• Bitbucket: https://bitbucket.org/birkenfeld/sphinx/issue/303
• Originally reported by: dan mackinlay
• Originally created at: 2009-12-29T16:33:13.314

[shimizukawa]

From dan mackinlay on 2009-12-31 02:20:40+00:00

It turns out the fix for this is almost trivial, and I needed it in a hurry, so I've created a patch which solves the issue for me. I don't expect this to be accepted - there are no tests nor is the documentation problem fixed. But if you get a chance to look in and let me know if I'm on the right track, that would be great.

[shimizukawa]

From Georg Brandl on 2009-12-31 08:48:25+00:00

A patch always helps :) I couldn't find negative effects, so I added a test and committed in <<cset 0967259>>. Thanks!