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Activate Environments in Terminal Using Environment Variables

Kartik Raj edited this page Aug 10, 2023 · 28 revisions

Python extension now activates selected environment in terminal without sending any activation commands (#11039). Traditionally, terminal prompts are generally used to indicate whether a Python env is currently activated in terminal:

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However now, in some cases, the indicator might not be present at all. Nonetheless, please be assured that the environment is still activated.

Pro tips:

  • You can hover over the terminal tab to see which environment is currently activated in terminal:

  • Click "Show environment contributions" if you're interested in which specific environment variables were applied to activate this terminal:

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