bpo-37403: Touch up venv docs (GH-14458)

Add a versionadded for PS Core and note that `.venv` is a common virtual environment name.
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@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ This will create the ``tutorial-env`` directory if it doesn't exist,
and also create directories inside it containing a copy of the Python
interpreter, the standard library, and various supporting files.
A common directory location for a virtual environment is ``.venv``.
This name keeps the directory typically hidden in your shell and thus
out of the way while giving it a name that explains why the directory
exists. It also prevents clashing with ``.env`` environment variable
definition files that some tooling supports.
Once you've created a virtual environment, you may activate it.
On Windows, run::

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@ -6,12 +6,13 @@ command ``venv``::
Running this command creates the target directory (creating any parent
directories that don't exist already) and places a ``pyvenv.cfg`` file in it
with a ``home`` key pointing to the Python installation from which the command
was run. It also creates a ``bin`` (or ``Scripts`` on Windows) subdirectory
containing a copy/symlink of the Python binary/binaries (as appropriate for the
platform or arguments used at environment creation time). It also creates an
(initially empty) ``lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages`` subdirectory
(on Windows, this is ``Lib\site-packages``). If an existing
directory is specified, it will be re-used.
was run (a common name for the target directory is ``.venv``). It also creates
a ``bin`` (or ``Scripts`` on Windows) subdirectory containing a copy/symlink
of the Python binary/binaries (as appropriate for the platform or arguments
used at environment creation time). It also creates an (initially empty)
``lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages`` subdirectory (on Windows, this is
``Lib\site-packages``). If an existing directory is specified, it will be
re-used.
.. deprecated:: 3.6
``pyvenv`` was the recommended tool for creating virtual environments for
@ -101,12 +102,14 @@ directory containing the virtual environment):
+-------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------+
| Platform | Shell | Command to activate virtual environment |
+=============+=================+=========================================+
| Posix | bash/zsh | $ source <venv>/bin/activate |
| POSIX | bash/zsh | $ source <venv>/bin/activate |
+-------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------+
| | fish | $ . <venv>/bin/activate.fish |
+-------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------+
| | csh/tcsh | $ source <venv>/bin/activate.csh |
+-------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------+
| | PowerShell Core | $ <venv>/bin/Activate.ps1 |
+-------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------+
| Windows | cmd.exe | C:\\> <venv>\\Scripts\\activate.bat |
+-------------+-----------------+-----------------------------------------+
| | PowerShell | PS C:\\> <venv>\\Scripts\\Activate.ps1 |
@ -127,3 +130,7 @@ when the virtual environment is created.
.. versionadded:: 3.4
``fish`` and ``csh`` activation scripts.
.. versionadded:: 3.8
PowerShell activation scripts installed under POSIX for PowerShell Core
support.