prezto/modules/python/README.md

Python
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Enables local Python package installation and virtualenvwrapper.

Local Package Installation
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Since version 2.6, Python supports per user package installation, as defined in
[PEP 370][1].

This module prepends per user site directories to the relevant path variables to
enable the execution of user installed scripts and the reading of documentation.

### Usage

Install packages into the per user site directory with `easy_install --user` or
`pip install --user`.

virtualenvwrapper
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[virtualenvwrapper][2] is a frontend to the popular [virtualenv][3] utility.

virtualenv creates isolated Python environments and virtualenvwrapper provides
convenient shell functions to create, switch, and manage them.

### Usage

Install virtualenvwrapper and set [`$WORKON_HOME`][4] to the path where virtual
environments will be stored.

Authors
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*The authors of this module should be contacted via the GitHub issue tracker.*

 - [Sorin Ionescu](/sorin-ionescu)
 - [Sebastian Wiesner](/lunaryorn)

[1]: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0370/
[2]: http://www.doughellmann.com/projects/virtualenvwrapper/
[3]: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv
[4]: http://www.doughellmann.com/docs/virtualenvwrapper/#introduction