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| author | Brett Cannon <54418+brettcannon@users.noreply.github.com> | 2019-06-28 19:14:31 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2019-06-28 19:14:31 (GMT) |
| commit | f9f8e3ce709ceb15c8db8c8dde940daf1febf13d (patch) | |
| tree | 10868ca4f4d0abcbaf9ed58fe8f5216d55886911 /Doc/using | |
| parent | 242c26f53edb965e9808dd918089e664c0223407 (diff) | |
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bpo-37403: Touch up venv docs (GH-14458)
Add a versionadded for PS Core and note that `.venv` is a common virtual environment name.
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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/using/venv-create.inc | 21 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/using/venv-create.inc b/Doc/using/venv-create.inc index 8fd107b..46bf0b4 100644 --- a/Doc/using/venv-create.inc +++ b/Doc/using/venv-create.inc @@ -6,12 +6,13 @@ command ``venv``:: Running this command creates the target directory (creating any parent directories that don't exist already) and places a ``pyvenv.cfg`` file in it with a ``home`` key pointing to the Python installation from which the command -was run. It also creates a ``bin`` (or ``Scripts`` on Windows) subdirectory -containing a copy/symlink of the Python binary/binaries (as appropriate for the -platform or arguments used at environment creation time). It also creates an -(initially empty) ``lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages`` subdirectory -(on Windows, this is ``Lib\site-packages``). If an existing -directory is specified, it will be re-used. +was run (a common name for the target directory is ``.venv``). It also creates +a ``bin`` (or ``Scripts`` on Windows) subdirectory containing a copy/symlink +of the Python binary/binaries (as appropriate for the platform or arguments +used at environment creation time). It also creates an (initially empty) +``lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages`` subdirectory (on Windows, this is +``Lib\site-packages``). If an existing directory is specified, it will be +re-used. .. deprecated:: 3.6 ``pyvenv`` was the recommended tool for creating virtual environments for @@ -101,12 +102,14 @@ directory containing the virtual environment): +-------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------+ | Platform | Shell | Command to activate virtual environment | +=============+=================+=========================================+ -| Posix | bash/zsh | $ source <venv>/bin/activate | +| POSIX | bash/zsh | $ source <venv>/bin/activate | +-------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------+ | | fish | $ . <venv>/bin/activate.fish | +-------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------+ | | csh/tcsh | $ source <venv>/bin/activate.csh | +-------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------+ +| | PowerShell Core | $ <venv>/bin/Activate.ps1 | ++-------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------+ | Windows | cmd.exe | C:\\> <venv>\\Scripts\\activate.bat | +-------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------+ | | PowerShell | PS C:\\> <venv>\\Scripts\\Activate.ps1 | @@ -127,3 +130,7 @@ when the virtual environment is created. .. versionadded:: 3.4 ``fish`` and ``csh`` activation scripts. + +.. versionadded:: 3.8 + PowerShell activation scripts installed under POSIX for PowerShell Core + support. |