Can Atom work with Python virtualenvwrapper

Question

I want to start a Flask app. I installed virtualenvwrapper to manage the packages but I can't let Atom know that the current project should use the virtualenv's python binary.

from flask import Flask, render_template

Using Atom's script runner, I get an "ImportError: No module named flask".

I don't want the hassle of having to change to a terminal to run the app

Answer 1

Have you tried the virtualenv package for Atom?

Answer 2

In Linux:

1. Start your virtual environment python.

2. Launch atom from your python virtual environment.

   (EVP) abc $ atom
   

That's all.

Answer 3

I am the creator of a new package that adds support to virtualenv inside Atom: Atom Python Virtualenv

You can select a virtualenv, create a new one or deactivate, all of this inside Atom.

Feel free to contribute to the project on github.

Answer 4

I played around with linter-pylint 2.1.1 package installed in Atom 1.38.2 x64 and work a lot in virtual environments (using conda activate). I got Pylint and Atom to play nice (so far!) with the following settings. You need to check the "Disable Execution Timeout", otherwise it likely will timeout.