Python segment should check for the py launcher on Windows and display the version it runs

[pfmoore]

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What would you like to see changed/added?

On Windows, the default Python installation does not put python.exe on PATH, but instead installs the Python launcher py.exe. This runs Python for the user, handling the job of finding the latest Python version installed.

When using the "python" segment with no virtual environment active, it shows "NO VERSION" in this situation, which is technically accurate (running the command python won't work) but not actually useful (I want to know what version the py command will run).

Could this segment be updated to fall back to checking if py.exe is on PATH, and if so, reporting the Python version that it will run?

Alternatively, could the segment add a configuration to set the list of Python executables to check? This is what starship does, and I set it to look for ["python", "py"] - which gives the result I want.

[pfmoore]

Awesome! Thank you for the very fast response 🙂