--- a/web/views/basetemplates.py	Thu Oct 21 18:38:36 2010 +0200
+++ b/web/views/basetemplates.py	Fri Oct 22 09:15:35 2010 +0200
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 """default templates for CubicWeb web client"""
 
 __docformat__ = "restructuredtext en"
+_ = unicode
 
 from logilab.mtconverter import xml_escape
 from logilab.common.deprecation import class_renamed