oh-my-zsh/plugins/python/README.md

Python plugin

The plugin adds several aliases for useful Python commands.

To use it, add python to the plugins array in your zshrc file:

plugins=(... python)

Aliases

Command	Description
py	Runs python3. Only set if py is not installed.
ipython	Runs the appropriate ipython version according to the activated virtualenv
pyfind	Finds .py files recursively in the current directory
pyclean [dirs]	Deletes byte-code and cache files from a list of directories or the current one
pygrep <text>	Looks for text in *.py files in the current directory, recursively
pyuserpaths	Add user site-packages folders to PYTHONPATH, for Python 2 and 3
pyserver	Starts an HTTP server on the current directory (use --directory for a different one)

Virtual environments

The plugin provides three utilities to manage Python 3.3+ venv virtual environments:

• mkv [name]: make a new virtual environment called name (default: if set $PYTHON_VENV_NAME, else venv) in the current directory.

• vrun [name]: Activate the virtual environment called name (default: if set $PYTHON_VENV_NAME, else venv) in the current directory.

• auto_vrun: Automatically activate the venv virtual environment when entering a directory containing <venv-name>/bin/activate, and automatically deactivate it when navigating out of it (keeps venv activated in subdirectories).

  • To enable the feature, set export PYTHON_AUTO_VRUN=true before sourcing oh-my-zsh.
  • Plugin activates first virtual environment in lexicographic order whose name begins with <venv-name>. The default virtual environment name is venv. To use a different name, set export PYTHON_VENV_NAME=<venv-name>. For example: export PYTHON_VENV_NAME=".venv"