[Python-ideas] Re: Add venv activate command to the venv modules

To get around the fact that activating a virtualenv requires setting environment variables in the current shell poetry has a shell command that simply spawns a new shell with the appropriate environment variables: https://python-poetry.org/docs/cli/#shell So a cross-platform `activate` command wouldn't be possible but something like this could: $ python -m venv venv_name shell (venv_name) $ # the virtualenv is now active (venv_name) $ exit $ # back into the parent shell