Packages -> Virtualenv -> [virtualenv_name] doesn't have any apparent effect?

[posita]

I can change virtualenvs successfully from the status bar, but choosing Packages -> Virtualenv -> [virtualenv_name] doesn't seem to have any effect. I'm on OS X 10.9.5:

Darwin ... 13.4.0 Darwin Kernel Version 13.4.0: Wed Mar 18 16:20:14 PDT 2015; root:xnu-2422.115.14~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64

How to reproduce:

1. Start Atom
2. Create a new file (e.g., foo.py)
3. Note <None> appears for the virtualenv in the status bar
4. From the application menu, choose Packages -> Virtualenv -> [virtualenv_name]

<None> continues to appear in the status bar. Further if a package like autocomplete-plus-python-jedi (or linter-pyflakes, linter-pylint, etc.) is installed, it will not look for Jedi in the virtualenv (but rather whatever environment was configured at the time Atom was started).

Compare to:

1. Start Atom
2. Create new file (e.g., foo.py)
3. Click on <None> in the status bar and select [virtualenv_name]

Now the status bar is updated to [virtualenv_name], and autocomplete-plus-python-jedi will find Jedi in the virtualenv.

[posita]

Packages -> Virtualenv -> Deactivate does seem to reset the status bar to <None>, however. 😕