[Tutor] How can I open and use gnome-terminal from a Python script?

[Cameron Simpson]

On 09Jul2014 11:42, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote:
>On Tue, Jul 08, 2014 at 03:45:42PM -0500, Jim Byrnes wrote:
>> I would like to automate running virtualenv with a python script by:
>>
>> opening gnome-terminal
>> cd to proper directory
>> run source /bin/activate
>
>Why not just run /bin/activate directly from Python?
>
>os.chdir("the/proper/directory")
>os.system("/bin/activate")

Because "activate" needs to be sourced by the shell. It hacks the environment.

Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <cs at zip.com.au>

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