Use Python 3 venv as default and fix docs
@@ -124,12 +124,12 @@ Using pip, spaCy releases are currently only available as source packages.
pip install spacy
-When using pip it is generally recommended to install packages in a ``virtualenv``
-to avoid modifying system state:
+When using pip it is generally recommended to install packages in a virtual
+environment to avoid modifying system state:
.. code:: bash
- virtualenv .env
+ venv .env
source .env/bin/activate
pip install spacy
@@ -266,12 +266,12 @@ the right commands for your platform and Python version.
Instead of the above verbose commands, you can also use the following
`Fabric <http://www.fabfile.org/>`_ commands. All commands assume that your
-``virtualenv`` is located in a directory ``.env``. If you're using a different
-directory, you can change it via the environment variable ``VENV_DIR``, for
-example ``VENV_DIR=".custom-env" fab clean make``.
+virtual environment is located in a directory ``.env``. If you're using a
+different directory, you can change it via the environment variable ``VENV_DIR``,
+for example ``VENV_DIR=".custom-env" fab clean make``.
============= ===
-``fab env`` Create ``virtualenv`` and delete previous one, if it exists.
+``fab env`` Create virtual environment and delete previous one, if it exists.
``fab make`` Compile the source.
``fab clean`` Remove compiled objects, including the generated C++.
``fab test`` Run basic tests, aborting after first failure.
