So, you can watch your non-source files as simple as putting such lines at bottom of your application`s entry points:
from paste.reloader import watch_file
#
# logic that puts list of your non-source file names suitable
# for open() into iterable non_source_file_list
#
for non_source_file in non_source_file_list:
watch_file(non_source_file_name)
In general, try to rely more on source code than documentation when working with such modern and really written in pythonic style frameworks as Paste, their code is mostly well documented and futhermore self-documenting .