Using virtualenv with fish shell

Fish shell is friendlier yet you might face trouble while using with virtualenv or virtualenvwrapper. Alternatively virtualfish exists for the rescue. Just follow the below sequence to start using Fish shell with virtualenv.

• Install virtualfish to the global space

sudo pip install virtualfish

• Load the python module virtualfish during the fish shell startup

$ echo "eval (python -m virtualfish)" > ~/.config/fish/config.fish

• Edit this function fish_prompt by $ funced fish_prompt --editor vim and add the below lines and close the vim editor

if set -q VIRTUAL_ENV
    echo -n -s (set_color -b blue white) "(" (basename "$VIRTUAL_ENV") ")" (set_color normal) " "
end

Note: If you are unfamiliar with vim, simply supply your favorite editor like this `$ funced fish_prompt --editor nano` or `$ funced fish_prompt --editor gedit`

• Save changes using funcsave

funcsave fish_prompt

• To create a new virtual environment use vf new

vf new my_new_env # Make sure $HOME/.virtualenv exists

• If you want create a new python3 environment specify it via -p flag

vf new -p python3 my_new_env

• To switch between virtualenvironments use vf deactivate & vf activate another_env

Official Links:

• https://github.com/adambrenecki/virtualfish
• http://virtualfish.readthedocs.io/en/latest/