[Tutor] Fwd: OT (probably): How to change default tab key value to 4 spaces in GNOME Terminal?

[boB Stepp]

On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 5:28 PM Alex Kleider <akleider at sonic.net> wrote:

> Bob, (or do you prefer 'boB'?)

boB please!

> I didn't know there was such a thing as a .pythonstartup file
> (although I see there is a .python_history file in my ~ directory.)
> (I'm using Debian Stable (10 I believe it is.))
> A little research took me here:
> https://www.assertnotmagic.com/2018/06/30/python-startup-file/
> and indicates that such a file can be called anything one would like:
> $ export PYTHONSTARTUP="~/.config/pythonrc.py"
>
> So thanks for the tip!
>
> I'm curious to know if it is run every time the interpreter starts, even
> if one is working within a virtualenv?

I haven't delved into virtual environments much yet, though I am using
pyenv to manage my Python versions per a suggestion by Mats a while
back.  Anyway I added the following to the end of my .bashrc file:

# Set default text editor:
export EDITOR='nvim'

# Load pyenv automatically by adding
# the following to ~/.bash_profile:
export PATH="~/.pyenv/bin:$PATH"
eval "$(pyenv init -)"
eval "$(pyenv virtualenv-init -)"

# Set Python 3 custom prompt:
export PYTHONSTARTUP=$HOME/.pythonstartup

Note that the .pythonstartup (Or whatever you choose to call it.) does
not exist until you create it.  So this works for me, one environment
boB.


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boB