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Index: lib/config/sfApplicationConfiguration.class.php
===================================================================
--- lib/config/sfApplicationConfiguration.class.php     (revision 7748)
+++ lib/config/sfApplicationConfiguration.class.php     (working copy)
@@ -341,6 +341,37 @@
   }

   /**
+   * Gets the decorator directroies
+   *
+   * @param string The tempalte file
+   *
+   * @return array An array of the decorator directories
+   *
+   */
+  public function getDecoratorDirs()
+  {
+    return array(sfConfig::get('sf_app_template_dir'));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets the decorater directory for a given template
+   *
+   * @param string The template file
+   *
+   * @return string A template directory
+   */
+  public function getDecoratorDir($template)
+  {
+    foreach ($this->getDecoratorDirs() as $dir)
+    {
+      if (is_readable($dir.'/'.$template) || is_readable($dir.'/'.$template.'.php'))
+      {
+        return $dir;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
    * Gets the i18n directories to use globally.
    *
    * @return array An array of i18n directories
@@ -361,7 +392,6 @@
     {
       $dirs[] = $pluginDirs[0];
     }
-
     return $dirs;
   }

Index: lib/view/sfView.class.php
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--- lib/view/sfView.class.php   (revision 7748)
+++ lib/view/sfView.class.php   (working copy)
@@ -378,6 +378,22 @@
     }
     else
     {
+      //$this->decoratorDirectory = $this->context->getConfiguration()->getDecoratorDir($template);
+      $this->decoratorDirectory = sfConfig::get('sf_app_template_dir');
+      $ret = $this->context->getConfiguration()->getDecoratorDir($template);
+      $ret1 = sfConfig::get('sf_app_template_dir');
+      if ($ret != $ret1)
+      {
+        var_dump($template);
+        var_dump($ret);
+        var_dump($ret1);
+        die( "moo?!?");
+      }
+/*
+      var_dump(sfConfig::get('sf_app_template_dir'));
+      var_dump($ret);
+      die();
+ */
       $this->decoratorTemplate = $template;
     }