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diff --git a/lib/Catalyst/View/TT.pm b/lib/Catalyst/View/TT.pm
index 3a3b025..7277ddf 100644
--- a/lib/Catalyst/View/TT.pm
+++ b/lib/Catalyst/View/TT.pm
@@ -1,69 +1,272 @@
 package Catalyst::View::TT;
 
 use strict;
+use warnings;
+
 use base qw/Catalyst::View/;
+use Data::Dump 'dump';
 use Template;
 use Template::Timer;
-use NEXT;
+use MRO::Compat;
 
-our $VERSION = '0.21';
+our $VERSION = '0.32';
 
 __PACKAGE__->mk_accessors('template');
 __PACKAGE__->mk_accessors('include_path');
 
+*paths = \&include_path;
+
 =head1 NAME
 
 Catalyst::View::TT - Template View Class
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
-# use the helper to create View
+# use the helper to create your View
+
     myapp_create.pl view TT TT
 
-# configure in lib/MyApp.pm
+# configure in lib/MyApp.pm (Could be set from configfile instead)
 
     MyApp->config(
         name     => 'MyApp',
-        root     => MyApp->path_to('root');,
+        root     => MyApp->path_to('root'),
         'View::TT' => {
             # any TT configurations items go here
             INCLUDE_PATH => [
-              MyApp->path_to( 'root', 'src' ), 
-              MyApp->path_to( 'root', 'lib' ), 
+              MyApp->path_to( 'root', 'src' ),
+              MyApp->path_to( 'root', 'lib' ),
             ],
+            TEMPLATE_EXTENSION => '.tt',
+            CATALYST_VAR => 'c',
+            TIMER        => 0,
+            # Not set by default
             PRE_PROCESS        => 'config/main',
             WRAPPER            => 'site/wrapper',
-            TEMPLATE_EXTENSION => '.tt',
-
-            # two optional config items
-            CATALYST_VAR => 'Catalyst',
-            TIMER        => 1,
         },
     );
-         
-# render view from lib/MyApp.pm or lib/MyApp::C::SomeController.pm
-    
+
+# render view from lib/MyApp.pm or lib/MyApp::Controller::SomeController.pm
+
     sub message : Global {
         my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
         $c->stash->{template} = 'message.tt2';
         $c->stash->{message}  = 'Hello World!';
-        $c->forward('MyApp::V::TT');
+        $c->forward( $c->view('TT') );
     }
 
 # access variables from template
 
     The message is: [% message %].
-    
+
     # example when CATALYST_VAR is set to 'Catalyst'
-    Context is [% Catalyst %]          
-    The base is [% Catalyst.req.base %] 
-    The name is [% Catalyst.config.name %] 
-    
+    Context is [% Catalyst %]
+    The base is [% Catalyst.req.base %]
+    The name is [% Catalyst.config.name %]
+
     # example when CATALYST_VAR isn't set
     Context is [% c %]
     The base is [% base %]
     The name is [% name %]
 
+=cut
+
+sub _coerce_paths {
+    my ( $paths, $dlim ) = shift;
+    return () if ( !$paths );
+    return @{$paths} if ( ref $paths eq 'ARRAY' );
+
+    # tweak delim to ignore C:/
+    unless ( defined $dlim ) {
+        $dlim = ( $^O eq 'MSWin32' ) ? ':(?!\\/)' : ':';
+    }
+    return split( /$dlim/, $paths );
+}
+
+sub new {
+    my ( $class, $c, $arguments ) = @_;
+    my $config = {
+        EVAL_PERL          => 0,
+        TEMPLATE_EXTENSION => '',
+        %{ $class->config },
+        %{$arguments},
+    };
+    if ( ! (ref $config->{INCLUDE_PATH} eq 'ARRAY') ) {
+        my $delim = $config->{DELIMITER};
+        my @include_path
+            = _coerce_paths( $config->{INCLUDE_PATH}, $delim );
+        if ( !@include_path ) {
+            my $root = $c->config->{root};
+            my $base = Path::Class::dir( $root, 'base' );
+            @include_path = ( "$root", "$base" );
+        }
+        $config->{INCLUDE_PATH} = \@include_path;
+    }
+
+    # if we're debugging and/or the TIMER option is set, then we install
+    # Template::Timer as a custom CONTEXT object, but only if we haven't
+    # already got a custom CONTEXT defined
+
+    if ( $config->{TIMER} ) {
+        if ( $config->{CONTEXT} ) {
+            $c->log->error(
+                'Cannot use Template::Timer - a TT CONTEXT is already defined'
+            );
+        }
+        else {
+            $config->{CONTEXT} = Template::Timer->new(%$config);
+        }
+    }
+
+    if ( $c->debug && $config->{DUMP_CONFIG} ) {
+        $c->log->debug( "TT Config: ", dump($config) );
+    }
+
+    my $self = $class->next::method(
+        $c, { %$config },
+    );
+
+    # Set base include paths. Local'd in render if needed
+    $self->include_path($config->{INCLUDE_PATH});
+
+    $self->config($config);
+
+    # Creation of template outside of call to new so that we can pass [ $self ]
+    # as INCLUDE_PATH config item, which then gets ->paths() called to get list
+    # of include paths to search for templates.
+
+    # Use a weakend copy of self so we dont have loops preventing GC from working
+    my $copy = $self;
+    Scalar::Util::weaken($copy);
+    $config->{INCLUDE_PATH} = [ sub { $copy->paths } ];
+
+    if ( $config->{PROVIDERS} ) {
+        my @providers = ();
+        if ( ref($config->{PROVIDERS}) eq 'ARRAY') {
+            foreach my $p (@{$config->{PROVIDERS}}) {
+                my $pname = $p->{name};
+                my $prov = 'Template::Provider';
+                if($pname eq '_file_')
+                {
+                    $p->{args} = { %$config };
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    if($pname =~ s/^\+//) {
+                        $prov = $pname;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        $prov .= "::$pname";
+                    }
+                    # We copy the args people want from the config
+                    # to the args
+                    $p->{args} ||= {};
+                    if ($p->{copy_config}) {
+                        map  { $p->{args}->{$_} = $config->{$_}  }
+                                   grep { exists $config->{$_} }
+                                   @{ $p->{copy_config} };
+                    }
+                }
+                eval "require $prov";
+                if(!$@) {
+                    push @providers, "$prov"->new($p->{args});
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    $c->log->warn("Can't load $prov, ($@)");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        delete $config->{PROVIDERS};
+        if(@providers) {
+            $config->{LOAD_TEMPLATES} = \@providers;
+        }
+    }
+
+    $self->{template} =
+        Template->new($config) || do {
+            my $error = Template->error();
+            $c->log->error($error);
+            $c->error($error);
+            return undef;
+        };
+
+
+    return $self;
+}
+
+sub process {
+    my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
+
+    my $template = $c->stash->{template}
+      ||  $c->action . $self->config->{TEMPLATE_EXTENSION};
+
+    unless (defined $template) {
+        $c->log->debug('No template specified for rendering') if $c->debug;
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    my $output = $self->render($c, $template);
+
+    if (UNIVERSAL::isa($output, 'Template::Exception')) {
+        my $error = qq/Couldn't render template "$output"/;
+        $c->log->error($error);
+        $c->error($error);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    unless ( $c->response->content_type ) {
+        $c->response->content_type('text/html; charset=utf-8');
+    }
+
+    $c->response->body($output);
+
+    return 1;
+}
+
+sub render {
+    my ($self, $c, $template, $args) = @_;
+
+    $c->log->debug(qq/Rendering template "$template"/) if $c && $c->debug;
+
+    my $output;
+    my $vars = {
+        (ref $args eq 'HASH' ? %$args : %{ $c->stash() }),
+        $self->template_vars($c)
+    };
+
+    local $self->{include_path} =
+        [ @{ $vars->{additional_template_paths} }, @{ $self->{include_path} } ]
+        if ref $vars->{additional_template_paths};
+
+    unless ($self->template->process( $template, $vars, \$output ) ) {
+        return $self->template->error;
+    } else {
+        return $output;
+    }
+}
+
+sub template_vars {
+    my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
+
+    return  () unless $c;
+    my $cvar = $self->config->{CATALYST_VAR};
+
+    defined $cvar
+      ? ( $cvar => $c )
+      : (
+        c    => $c,
+        base => $c->req->base,
+        name => $c->config->{name}
+      )
+}
+
+
+1;
+
+__END__
+
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
 This is the Catalyst view class for the L<Template Toolkit|Template>.
@@ -75,16 +278,18 @@ of the Catalyst setup.
 
     $ script/myapp_create.pl view TT TT
 
-This creates a MyApp::V::TT.pm module in the F<lib> directory (again,
+This creates a MyApp::View::TT.pm module in the F<lib> directory (again,
 replacing C<MyApp> with the name of your application) which looks
 something like this:
 
-    package FooBar::V::TT;
-    
+    package FooBar::View::TT;
+
     use strict;
-     use base 'Catalyst::View::TT';
+    use warnings;
 
-    __PACKAGE__->config->{DEBUG} = 'all';
+    use base 'Catalyst::View::TT';
+
+    __PACKAGE__->config(DEBUG => 'all');
 
 Now you can modify your action handlers in the main application and/or
 controllers to forward to your view class.  You might choose to do this
@@ -92,24 +297,56 @@ in the end() method, for example, to automatically forward all actions
 to the TT view class.
 
     # In MyApp or MyApp::Controller::SomeController
-    
+
     sub end : Private {
         my( $self, $c ) = @_;
-        $c->forward('MyApp::V::TT');
+        $c->forward( $c->view('TT') );
     }
 
+But if you are using the standard auto-generated end action, you don't even need
+to do this!
+
+    # in MyApp::Controller::Root
+    sub end : ActionClass('RenderView') {} # no need to change this line
+
+    # in MyApp.pm
+    __PACKAGE__->config(
+        ...
+        default_view => 'TT',
+    );
+
+This will Just Work.  And it has the advantages that:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+If you want to use a different view for a given request, just set 
+<< $c->stash->{current_view} >>.  (See L<Catalyst>'s C<< $c->view >> method
+for details.
+
+=item *
+
+<< $c->res->redirect >> is handled by default.  If you just forward to 
+C<View::TT> in your C<end> routine, you could break this by sending additional
+content.
+
+=back
+
+See L<Catalyst::Action::RenderView> for more details.
+
 =head2 CONFIGURATION
 
 There are a three different ways to configure your view class.  The
 first way is to call the C<config()> method in the view subclass.  This
 happens when the module is first loaded.
 
-    package MyApp::V::TT;
-    
+    package MyApp::View::TT;
+
     use strict;
     use base 'Catalyst::View::TT';
 
-    MyApp::V::TT->config({
+    MyApp::View::TT->config({
         INCLUDE_PATH => [
             MyApp->path_to( 'root', 'templates', 'lib' ),
             MyApp->path_to( 'root', 'templates', 'src' ),
@@ -121,7 +358,7 @@ happens when the module is first loaded.
 The second way is to define a C<new()> method in your view subclass.
 This performs the configuration when the view object is created,
 shortly after being loaded.  Remember to delegate to the base class
-C<new()> method (via C<$self-E<gt>NEXT::new()> in the example below) after
+C<new()> method (via C<$self-E<gt>next::method()> in the example below) after
 performing any configuration.
 
     sub new {
@@ -134,26 +371,26 @@ performing any configuration.
             PRE_PROCESS  => 'config/main',
             WRAPPER      => 'site/wrapper',
         });
-        return $self->NEXT::new(@_);
+        return $self->next::method(@_);
     }
- 
+
 The final, and perhaps most direct way, is to define a class
 item in your main application configuration, again by calling the
-uniquitous C<config()> method.  The items in the class hash are
+ubiquitous C<config()> method.  The items in the class hash are
 added to those already defined by the above two methods.  This happens
 in the base class new() method (which is one reason why you must
-remember to call it via C<NEXT> if you redefine the C<new()> method in a
-subclass).
+remember to call it via C<MRO::Compat> if you redefine the C<new()>
+method in a subclass).
 
     package MyApp;
-    
+
     use strict;
     use Catalyst;
-    
+
     MyApp->config({
         name     => 'MyApp',
         root     => MyApp->path_to('root'),
-        'V::TT' => {
+        'View::TT' => {
             INCLUDE_PATH => [
                 MyApp->path_to( 'root', 'templates', 'lib' ),
                 MyApp->path_to( 'root', 'templates', 'src' ),
@@ -165,41 +402,61 @@ subclass).
 
 Note that any configuration items defined by one of the earlier
 methods will be overwritten by items of the same name provided by the
-latter methods.  
+latter methods.
 
 =head2 DYNAMIC INCLUDE_PATH
 
-It is sometimes needed to dynamically add additional paths to the 
-INCLUDE_PATH variable of the template object. This can be done by setting
-'additional_include_paths' on stash to a referrence to an array with 
-additional paths:
+Sometimes it is desirable to modify INCLUDE_PATH for your templates at run time.
+
+Additional paths can be added to the start of INCLUDE_PATH via the stash as
+follows:
+
+    $c->stash->{additional_template_paths} =
+        [$c->config->{root} . '/test_include_path'];
+
+If you need to add paths to the end of INCLUDE_PATH, there is also an
+include_path() accessor available:
+
+    push( @{ $c->view('TT')->include_path }, qw/path/ );
+
+Note that if you use include_path() to add extra paths to INCLUDE_PATH, you
+MUST check for duplicate paths. Without such checking, the above code will add
+"path" to INCLUDE_PATH at every request, causing a memory leak.
+
+A safer approach is to use include_path() to overwrite the array of paths
+rather than adding to it. This eliminates both the need to perform duplicate
+checking and the chance of a memory leak:
+
+    @{ $c->view('TT')->include_path } = qw/path another_path/;
 
-    $c->stash->{additional_template_paths} = [$c->config->{root} . '/test_include_path']; 
+If you are calling C<render> directly then you can specify dynamic paths by
+having a C<additional_template_paths> key with a value of additonal directories
+to search. See L<CAPTURING TEMPLATE OUTPUT> for an example showing this.
 
 =head2 RENDERING VIEWS
 
 The view plugin renders the template specified in the C<template>
-item in the stash.  
+item in the stash.
 
     sub message : Global {
         my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
         $c->stash->{template} = 'message.tt2';
-        $c->forward('MyApp::V::TT');
+        $c->forward( $c->view('TT') );
     }
 
-If a class item isn't defined, then it instead uses the
-current match, as returned by C<$c-E<gt>match>.  In the above 
-example, this would be C<message>.
+If a stash item isn't defined, then it instead uses the
+stringification of the action dispatched to (as defined by $c->action)
+in the above example, this would be C<message>, but because the default
+is to append '.tt', it would load C<root/message.tt>.
 
 The items defined in the stash are passed to the Template Toolkit for
 use as template variables.
 
-sub message : Global {
     sub default : Private {
         my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
         $c->stash->{template} = 'message.tt2';
         $c->stash->{message}  = 'Hello World!';
-        $c->forward('MyApp::V::TT');
+        $c->forward( $c->view('TT') );
     }
 
 A number of other template variables are also added:
@@ -217,193 +474,95 @@ These can be accessed from the template in the usual way:
     The name is [% name %]
 
 
-The output generated by the template is stored in
-C<$c-E<gt>response-E<gt>output>.
+The output generated by the template is stored in C<< $c->response->body >>.
 
-=head2 TEMPLATE PROFILING
-
-=head2 METHODS
-
-=over 4
+=head2 CAPTURING TEMPLATE OUTPUT
 
-=item new
+If you wish to use the output of a template for some other purpose than
+displaying in the response, e.g. for sending an email, this is possible using
+L<Catalyst::Plugin::Email> and the L<render> method:
 
-The constructor for the TT view. Sets up the template provider, 
-and reads the application config.
-
-=cut
-
-sub _coerce_paths {
-    my ( $paths, $dlim ) = shift;
-    return () if ( !$paths );
-    return @{$paths} if ( ref $paths eq 'ARRAY' );
-
-    # tweak delim to ignore C:/
-    unless ( defined $dlim ) {
-        $dlim = ( $^O eq 'MSWin32' ) ? ':(?!\\/)' : ':';
-    }
-    return split( /$dlim/, $paths );
-}
+  sub send_email : Local {
+    my ($self, $c) = @_;
 
-sub new {
-    my ( $class, $c, $arguments ) = @_;
-    my $config = {
-        EVAL_PERL          => 0,
-        TEMPLATE_EXTENSION => '',
-        %{ $class->config },
-        %{$arguments},
-    };
-    if ( ! (ref $config->{INCLUDE_PATH} eq 'ARRAY') ) {
-        my $delim = $config->{DELIMITER};
-        my @include_path
-            = _coerce_paths( $config->{INCLUDE_PATH}, $delim );
-        if ( !@include_path ) {
-            my $root = $c->config->{root};
-            my $base = Path::Class::dir( $root, 'base' );
-            @include_path = ( "$root", "$base" );
+    $c->email(
+      header => [
+        To      => 'me@localhost',
+        Subject => 'A TT Email',
+      ],
+      body => $c->view('TT')->render($c, 'email.tt', {
+        additional_template_paths => [ $c->config->{root} . '/email_templates'],
+        email_tmpl_param1 => 'foo'
         }
-        $config->{INCLUDE_PATH} = \@include_path;
-    }
+      ),
+    );
+  # Redirect or display a message
+  }
 
+=head2 TEMPLATE PROFILING
 
+See L<C<TIMER>> property of the L<config> method.
 
-    # if we're debugging and/or the TIMER option is set, then we install
-    # Template::Timer as a custom CONTEXT object, but only if we haven't
-    # already got a custom CONTEXT defined
+=head2 METHODS
 
-    if ( $config->{TIMER} ) {
-        if ( $config->{CONTEXT} ) {
-            $c->log->error(
-                'Cannot use Template::Timer - a TT CONFIG is already defined'
-            );
-        }
-        else {
-            $config->{CONTEXT} = Template::Timer->new(%$config);
-        }
-    }
+=head2 new
 
-    if ( $c->debug && $config->{DUMP_CONFIG} ) {
-        use Data::Dumper;
-        $c->log->debug( "TT Config: ", Dumper($config) );
-    }
-    if ( $config->{PROVIDERS} ) {
-        my @providers = ();
-        if ( ref($config->{PROVIDERS}) eq 'ARRAY') {
-            foreach my $p (@{$config->{PROVIDERS}}) {
-                my $pname = $p->{name};
-                eval "require Template::Provider::$pname";
-                if(!$@) {
-                    push @providers, "Template::Provider::${pname}"->new($p->{args});
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        delete $config->{PROVIDERS};
-        if(@providers) {
-            $config->{LOAD_TEMPLATES} = \@providers;
-        }
-    }
+The constructor for the TT view. Sets up the template provider,
+and reads the application config.
 
-    my $self = $class->NEXT::new(
-        $c,
-        {   template => Template->new($config) || do {
-                my $error = Template->error();
-                $c->log->error($error);
-                $c->error($error);
-                return undef;
-            },
-            %{$config},
-        },
-    );
-    $self->include_path($config->{INCLUDE_PATH});
-    $self->config($config);
+=head2 process($c)
 
-    return $self;
-}
+Renders the template specified in C<< $c->stash->{template} >> or
+C<< $c->action >> (the private name of the matched action).  Calls L<render> to
+perform actual rendering. Output is stored in C<< $c->response->body >>.
 
-=item process
+It is possible to forward to the process method of a TT view from inside
+Catalyst like this:
 
-Renders the template specified in C<$c-E<gt>stash-E<gt>{template}> or
-C<$c-E<gt>request-E<gt>match>. Template variables are set up from the
-contents of C<$c-E<gt>stash>, augmented with C<base> set to
-C<$c-E<gt>req-E<gt>base>, C<c> to C<$c> and C<name> to
-C<$c-E<gt>config-E<gt>{name}>. Alternately, the C<CATALYST_VAR>
-configuration item can be defined to specify the name of a template
-variable through which the context reference (C<$c>) can be accessed.
-In this case, the C<c>, C<base> and C<name> variables are omitted.
-Output is stored in C<$c-E<gt>response-E<gt>output>.
+    $c->forward('View::TT');
 
-=cut
+N.B. This is usually done automatically by L<Catalyst::Action::RenderView>.
 
-sub process {
-    my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
+=head2 render($c, $template, \%args)
 
-    my $template = $c->stash->{template}
-      || ( $c->request->match || $c->request->action )
-      . $self->config->{TEMPLATE_EXTENSION};
+Renders the given template and returns output, or a L<Template::Exception>
+object upon error.
 
-    unless ($template) {
-        $c->log->debug('No template specified for rendering') if $c->debug;
-        return 0;
-    }
+The template variables are set to C<%$args> if $args is a hashref, or
+$C<< $c->stash >> otherwise. In either case the variables are augmented with
+C<base> set to C< << $c->req->base >>, C<c> to C<$c> and C<name> to
+C<< $c->config->{name} >>. Alternately, the C<CATALYST_VAR> configuration item
+can be defined to specify the name of a template variable through which the
+context reference (C<$c>) can be accessed. In this case, the C<c>, C<base> and
+C<name> variables are omitted.
 
-    $c->log->debug(qq/Rendering template "$template"/) if $c->debug;
+C<$template> can be anything that Template::process understands how to
+process, including the name of a template file or a reference to a test string.
+See L<Template::process|Template/process> for a full list of supported formats.
 
-    my $output;
-    my $vars = { $self->template_vars($c) };
-
-    unshift @{ $self->include_path },
-      @{ $c->stash->{additional_template_paths} }
-      if ref $c->stash->{additional_template_paths};
-    unless ( $self->template->process( $template, $vars, \$output ) ) {
-        my $error = $self->template->error;
-        $error = qq/Couldn't render template "$error"/;
-        $c->log->error($error);
-        $c->error($error);
-        return 0;
-    }
-    splice @{ $self->include_path }, 0,
-      scalar @{ $c->stash->{additional_template_paths} }
-      if ref $c->stash->{additional_template_paths};
+To use the render method outside of your Catalyst app, just pass a undef context.
+This can be useful for tests, for instance.
 
-    unless ( $c->response->content_type ) {
-        $c->response->content_type('text/html; charset=utf-8');
-    }
+It is possible to forward to the render method of a TT view from inside Catalyst
+to render page fragments like this:
 
-    $c->response->body($output);
+    my $fragment = $c->forward("View::TT", "render", $template_name, $c->stash->{fragment_data});
 
-    return 1;
-}
+=head2 template_vars
 
-=item template_vars
-
-Returns a list of keys/values to be used as the variables in the
+Returns a list of keys/values to be used as the catalyst variables in the
 template.
 
-=cut
-
-sub template_vars {
-    my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
-
-    my $cvar = $self->config->{CATALYST_VAR};
-
-    defined $cvar
-      ? ( $cvar => $c )
-      : (
-        c    => $c,
-        base => $c->req->base,
-        name => $c->config->{name}
-      ),
-      %{ $c->stash() }
-
-}
-=item config
+=head2 config
 
 This method allows your view subclass to pass additional settings to
 the TT configuration hash, or to set the options as below:
 
-=over 2
+=head2 paths
 
-=item C<CATALYST_VAR> 
+The list of paths TT will look for templates in.
+
+=head2 C<CATALYST_VAR>
 
 Allows you to change the name of the Catalyst context object. If set, it will also
 remove the base and name aliases, so you will have access them through <context>.
@@ -413,7 +572,7 @@ For example:
     MyApp->config({
         name     => 'MyApp',
         root     => MyApp->path_to('root'),
-        'V::TT' => {
+        'View::TT' => {
             CATALYST_VAR => 'Catalyst',
         },
     });
@@ -423,7 +582,7 @@ F<message.tt2>:
     The base is [% Catalyst.req.base %]
     The name is [% Catalyst.config.name %]
 
-=item C<TIMER>
+=head2 C<TIMER>
 
 If you have configured Catalyst for debug output, and turned on the TIMER setting,
 C<Catalyst::View::TT> will enable profiling of template processing
@@ -441,21 +600,62 @@ output from your templates, such as:
     <!-- TIMER END: process mainmenu/footer.tt (0.003016 seconds) -->
 
 
-=item C<TEMPLATE_EXTENSION>
+=head2 C<TEMPLATE_EXTENSION>
 
 a sufix to add when looking for templates bases on the C<match> method in L<Catalyst::Request>.
 
 For example:
 
-  package MyApp::C::Test;
-  sub test : Local { .. } 
+  package MyApp::Controller::Test;
+  sub test : Local { .. }
 
 Would by default look for a template in <root>/test/test. If you set TEMPLATE_EXTENSION to '.tt', it will look for
 <root>/test/test.tt.
 
-=back
+=head2 C<PROVIDERS>
 
-=back
+Allows you to specify the template providers that TT will use.
+
+    MyApp->config({
+        name     => 'MyApp',
+        root     => MyApp->path_to('root'),
+        'View::TT' => {
+            PROVIDERS => [
+                {
+                    name    => 'DBI',
+                    args    => {
+                        DBI_DSN => 'dbi:DB2:books',
+                        DBI_USER=> 'foo'
+                    }
+                }, {
+                    name    => '_file_',
+                    args    => {}
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+    });
+
+The 'name' key should correspond to the class name of the provider you
+want to use.  The _file_ name is a special case that represents the default
+TT file-based provider.  By default the name is will be prefixed with
+'Template::Provider::'.  You can fully qualify the name by using a unary
+plus:
+
+    name => '+MyApp::Provider::Foo'
+
+You can also specify the 'copy_config' key as an arrayref, to copy those keys
+from the general config, into the config for the provider:
+
+    DEFAULT_ENCODING    => 'utf-8',
+    PROVIDERS => [
+        {
+            name    => 'Encoding',
+            copy_config => [qw(DEFAULT_ENCODING INCLUDE_PATH)]
+        }
+    ]
+
+This can prove useful when you want to use the additional_template_paths hack
+in your own provider, or if you need to use Template::Provider::Encoding
 
 =head2 HELPERS
 
@@ -473,6 +673,17 @@ further.  It also creates a default set of templates to get you
 started.  It also configures the view module to locate the templates
 automatically.
 
+=head1 NOTES
+
+If you are using the L<CGI> module inside your templates, you will
+experience that the Catalyst server appears to hang while rendering
+the web page. This is due to the debug mode of L<CGI> (which is
+waiting for input in the terminal window). Turning off the
+debug mode using the "-no_debug" option solves the
+problem, eg.:
+
+    [% USE CGI('-no_debug') %]
+
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
 L<Catalyst>, L<Catalyst::Helper::View::TT>,
@@ -490,9 +701,7 @@ Andy Wardley, C<abw@cpan.org>
 
 =head1 COPYRIGHT
 
-This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it 
+This program is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify it
 under the same terms as Perl itself.
 
 =cut
-
-1;