From 043df7b97d8182a03849acd17af6c808b66eeebe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hannah <story645@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2023 12:14:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] added note about python 3 to venv

Co-authored-by: esibinga <vegheadeva@gmail.com>

Co-authored-by: Tim Hoffmann <2836374+timhoffm@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 doc/devel/development_setup.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/devel/development_setup.rst b/doc/devel/development_setup.rst
index 911f6d1ffadf..837aa05b8b4e 100644
--- a/doc/devel/development_setup.rst
+++ b/doc/devel/development_setup.rst
@@ -127,6 +127,9 @@ The simplest way to do this is to use either Python's virtual environment
         <file folder location>\Scripts\activate.bat  # Windows cmd.exe
         <file folder location>\Scripts\Activate.ps1  # Windows PowerShell
 
+      On some systems, you may need to type ``python3`` instead of ``python``.
+      For a discussion of the technical reasons, see `PEP-394 <https://peps.python.org/pep-0394>`_.
+
    .. tab-item:: conda environment
 
       Create a new `conda`_ environment with ::
@@ -144,6 +147,7 @@ The simplest way to do this is to use either Python's virtual environment
 
 Remember to activate the environment whenever you start working on Matplotlib.
 
+
 Installing Matplotlib in editable mode
 ======================================
 Install Matplotlib in editable mode from the :file:`matplotlib` directory