how to use with venv

[Konfekt]

According to the official docs venv is a subset of virtualenv.

I have a venv inside a folder that can be enabled with . venv/bin/activate. Reading the docs it seems that virtualenv puts these into a single folder per user. How to replicate the venv behavior instead?

[Coacher]

@Konfekt this plugin doesn't support raw venv environments.

venv is fine for basic usage, but virtualenv is more advanced in terms of features. One super useful example is hooks, which are not available in venv. Current virtualenv versions can use venv under the hood though for environment creation. I recommend using virtualenv + virtualenvwrapper.

However a limited support can be added for venv if it's easy. Please provide exact steps how to reproduce you problem.

[Konfekt]

For example, I create a virtual environment in the current work dir by virtualenv .. Now I'd like to activate it by :VirtualEnvActivate but of course I am always thrown back to missing a central user dir

vim-virtualenv: '/home/konfekt/.virtualenvs' is not a directory
Error detected while processing function virtualenv#activate:
line   36:
E121: Undefined variable: s:state
E116: Invalid arguments for function has_key(s:state, 'virtualenv_directory') && (l
:target ==# s:state['virtualenv_directory'])

and then

Error detected while processing function virtualenv#activate:
line   36:
E121: Undefined variable: s:state
E116: Invalid arguments for function has_key(s:state, 'virtualenv_directory') && (l
:target ==# s:state['virtualenv_directory'])

[Coacher]

I cannot reproduce you problem. The following steps work correctly for me:

$ ls test
ls: cannot access 'test': No such file or directory
$ mkdir test
$ virtualenv test
pip-24.3.1-py3-none-any.whl already present in /home/coacher/.local/share/virtualenv/wheel/3.12/embed/3/pip.json
created virtual environment CPython3.12.7.final.0-64 in 5186ms
  creator CPython3Posix(dest=/home/coacher/Work/test, clear=False, no_vcs_ignore=False, global=False)
  seeder FromAppData(extra_search_dir=/usr/share/python-wheels,download=True, pip=bundle, via=copy, app_data_dir=/home/coacher/.local/share/virtualenv)
    added seed packages: pip==24.3.1
  activators BashActivator,PythonActivator
$ cd test/
$ vim -u ~/.vimrc.minimal -c ':VirtualEnvActivate | echo virtualenv#state()'

The last command shows the correct virtualenv name and paths meaning it's activated successfully.

Here's the minimal vimrc, please try with it to prevent interference from other plugins:

set nocompatible

call plug#begin('~/.vim/plugins/')
Plug 'Coacher/vim-virtualenv'
call plug#end()
filetype on

[Konfekt]

Note that this issue refers to venv, a subset of virtualenv, that is python -m venv test and not virtualenv test. Could you try with venv instead?

[Coacher]

Note that this issue refers to venv, a subset of virtualenv, that is python -m venv test and not virtualenv test. Could you try with venv instead?

I'm following your original comment here: https://github.com/Coacher/vim-virtualenv/issues/2#issuecomment-2438005539 Namely For example, I create a virtual environment in the current work dir by virtualenv ..

What are the correct steps to reproduce then?

[Konfekt]

Following the steps above

$ ls test
ls: cannot access 'test': No such file or directory
$ mkdir test
$ virtualenv test
pip-24.3.1-py3-none-any.whl already present in /home/coacher/.local/share/virtualenv/wheel/3.12/embed/3/pip.json
created virtual environment CPython3.12.7.final.0-64 in 5186ms
  creator CPython3Posix(dest=/home/coacher/Work/test, clear=False, no_vcs_ignore=False, global=False)
  seeder FromAppData(extra_search_dir=/usr/share/python-wheels,download=True, pip=bundle, via=copy, app_data_dir=/home/coacher/.local/share/virtualenv)
    added seed packages: pip==24.3.1
  activators BashActivator,PythonActivator
$ cd test/
$ vim -u ~/.vimrc.minimal -c ':VirtualEnvActivate | echo virtualenv#state()'

with ~/.vimrc.minimal reading

set nocompatible
let &rtp = '~/.vim/plugged/vim-virtualenv/' . ',' . &rtp
filetype plugin indent on
syntax on

I get

vim-virtualenv: '/home/konfekt/.virtualenvs' is not a directory
Error detected while processing command line..function virtualenv#activate:
line   36:
E121: Undefined variable: s:state
E116: Invalid arguments for function has_key(s:state, 'virtualenv_directory') && (l
:target ==# s:state['virtualenv_directory'])
Error detected while processing command line..function virtualenv#state:
line    8:
E121: Undefined variable: s:state
E116: Invalid arguments for function keys(s:state)