Index: turbogears/view/base.py
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--- turbogears/view/base.py	(revision 5537)
+++ turbogears/view/base.py	(working copy)
@@ -411,7 +411,9 @@
         "kid.i18n_filter": i18n_filter,
         "kid.sitetemplate": get("tg.sitetemplate", "turbogears.view.templates.sitetemplate"),
         "kid.reloadbases": get("kid.reloadbases", False),
-        "mako.directories": get("mako.directories", []),
+        "mako.directories": get("mako.directories", ['.']),
+        "mako.imports": get("mako.imports", []),
+        "mako.default_filters": get("mako.default_filters", ["unicode"]),
         "mako.output_encoding": get("mako.output_encoding", "utf-8")
     }
     for entrypoint in pkg_resources.iter_entry_points(