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-# python plugin
+# Python plugin
-The plugin adds several aliases for useful [python](https://www.python.org/) commands.
+The plugin adds several aliases for useful [Python](https://www.python.org/) commands.
-To use it, add `python` to the plugins array of your zshrc file:
-```
+To use it, add `python` to the plugins array in your zshrc file:
+
+```zsh
plugins=(... python)
```
## Aliases
-| Command | Description |
-|------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| `py` | Runs `python` |
-| `ipython` | Runs the appropriate `ipython` version according to the activated virtualenv |
-| `pyfind` | Finds .py files recursively in the current directory |
-| `pyclean [dirs]` | Deletes byte-code and cache files from a list of directories or the current one |
-| `pygrep <text>` | Looks for `text` in .py files |
-| `pyuserpaths` | Add --user site-packages to PYTHONPATH, for all installed python versions. |
+| Command | Description |
+| ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `py` | Runs `python` |
+| `ipython` | Runs the appropriate `ipython` version according to the activated virtualenv |
+| `pyfind` | Finds .py files recursively in the current directory |
+| `pyclean [dirs]` | Deletes byte-code and cache files from a list of directories or the current one |
+| `pygrep <text>` | Looks for `text` in `*.py` files in the current directory, recursively |
+| `pyuserpaths` | Add user site-packages folders to `PYTHONPATH`, for Python 2 and 3 |
+| `pyserver` | Starts an HTTP server on the current directory (use `--directory` for a different one) |
+
+## Virtual environments
+
+The plugin provides two utilities to manage Python venvs:
+
+- `mkv [name]`: make a new virtual environment called `name` (default: `venv`) in current directory.
+
+- `vrun [name]`: activate virtual environment called `name` (default: `venv`) in current directory.