From 19be573fa003567dcd09cfa273184d3b7c2e72ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bitterfox <bitterfoxc@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2026 13:01:54 +0900
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] gh-144203: Customizable venv prompt prefix and suffix

---
 Lib/venv/scripts/common/Activate.ps1  |  6 ++++--
 Lib/venv/scripts/common/activate      |  2 +-
 Lib/venv/scripts/common/activate.fish | 12 +++++++++++-
 Lib/venv/scripts/nt/activate.bat      |  5 +++++
 Lib/venv/scripts/posix/activate.csh   |  4 +++-
 5 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/venv/scripts/common/Activate.ps1 b/Lib/venv/scripts/common/Activate.ps1
index d75b8fbcfc7778..a94771334b89b8 100644
--- a/Lib/venv/scripts/common/Activate.ps1
+++ b/Lib/venv/scripts/common/Activate.ps1
@@ -229,10 +229,12 @@ if (-not $Env:VIRTUAL_ENV_DISABLE_PROMPT) {
     # Make sure _OLD_VIRTUAL_PROMPT is global
     function global:_OLD_VIRTUAL_PROMPT { "" }
     Copy-Item -Path function:prompt -Destination function:_OLD_VIRTUAL_PROMPT
-    New-Variable -Name _PYTHON_VENV_PROMPT_PREFIX -Description "Python virtual environment prompt prefix" -Scope Global -Option ReadOnly -Visibility Public -Value $Prompt
+    $venvPrefix = if ($Env:VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT_PREFIX) { $Env:VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT_PREFIX } else { "(" }
+    $venvSuffix = if ($Env:VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT_SUFFIX) { $Env:VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT_SUFFIX } else { ") " }
+    New-Variable -Name _PYTHON_VENV_PROMPT_PREFIX -Description "Python virtual environment prompt prefix" -Scope Global -Option ReadOnly -Visibility Public -Value "$venvPrefix$Prompt$venvSuffix"
 
     function global:prompt {
-        Write-Host -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Green "($_PYTHON_VENV_PROMPT_PREFIX) "
+        Write-Host -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Green "$_PYTHON_VENV_PROMPT_PREFIX"
         _OLD_VIRTUAL_PROMPT
     }
 }
diff --git a/Lib/venv/scripts/common/activate b/Lib/venv/scripts/common/activate
index 70673a265d41f8..a4ff02249dd6a2 100644
--- a/Lib/venv/scripts/common/activate
+++ b/Lib/venv/scripts/common/activate
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ -z "${VIRTUAL_ENV_DISABLE_PROMPT:-}" ] ; then
     _OLD_VIRTUAL_PS1="${PS1:-}"
-    PS1="("__VENV_PROMPT__") ${PS1:-}"
+    PS1="${VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT_PREFIX-(}"__VENV_PROMPT__"${VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT_SUFFIX-) }${PS1:-}"
     export PS1
 fi
 
diff --git a/Lib/venv/scripts/common/activate.fish b/Lib/venv/scripts/common/activate.fish
index 284a7469c99b57..4688cfbe9515ed 100644
--- a/Lib/venv/scripts/common/activate.fish
+++ b/Lib/venv/scripts/common/activate.fish
@@ -56,8 +56,18 @@ if test -z "$VIRTUAL_ENV_DISABLE_PROMPT"
         # Save the return status of the last command.
         set -l old_status $status
 
+        set -l virtual_env_prompt_prefix "("
+        set -l virtual_env_prompt_suffix ")"
+
+        if set -q VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT_PREFIX
+            set virtual_env_prompt_prefix $VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT_PREFIX
+        end
+        if set -q VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT_SUFFIX
+            set virtual_env_prompt_suffix $VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT_SUFFIX
+        end
+
         # Output the venv prompt; color taken from the blue of the Python logo.
-        printf "%s(%s)%s " (set_color 4B8BBE) __VENV_PROMPT__ (set_color normal)
+        printf "%s%s%s%s%s " (set_color 4B8BBE) $virtual_env_prompt_prefix __VENV_PROMPT__ $virtual_env_prompt_suffix (set_color normal)
 
         # Restore the return status of the previous command.
         echo "exit $old_status" | .
diff --git a/Lib/venv/scripts/nt/activate.bat b/Lib/venv/scripts/nt/activate.bat
index 35533e4b551155..df87200b9952b3 100644
--- a/Lib/venv/scripts/nt/activate.bat
+++ b/Lib/venv/scripts/nt/activate.bat
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ if defined _OLD_VIRTUAL_PROMPT set PROMPT=%_OLD_VIRTUAL_PROMPT%
 if defined _OLD_VIRTUAL_PYTHONHOME set PYTHONHOME=%_OLD_VIRTUAL_PYTHONHOME%
 
 set "_OLD_VIRTUAL_PROMPT=%PROMPT%"
+set "_VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT_PREFIX=("
+set "_VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT_SUFFIX=) "
+if defined VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT_PREFIX set "_VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT_PREFIX=%VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT_PREFIX%"
+if defined VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT_SUFFIX set "_VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT_SUFFIX=%VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT_SUFFIX%"
+set "PROMPT=%_VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT_PREFIX%__VENV_PROMPT__%_VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT_SUFFIX%%PROMPT%"
 set "PROMPT=(__VENV_PROMPT__) %PROMPT%"
 
 if defined PYTHONHOME set _OLD_VIRTUAL_PYTHONHOME=%PYTHONHOME%
diff --git a/Lib/venv/scripts/posix/activate.csh b/Lib/venv/scripts/posix/activate.csh
index 2a3fa835476ab9..5d67a2048f2f2a 100644
--- a/Lib/venv/scripts/posix/activate.csh
+++ b/Lib/venv/scripts/posix/activate.csh
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ setenv VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT __VENV_PROMPT__
 set _OLD_VIRTUAL_PROMPT="$prompt"
 
 if (! "$?VIRTUAL_ENV_DISABLE_PROMPT") then
-    set prompt = "("__VENV_PROMPT__") $prompt:q"
+    if (! $?VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT_PREFIX) set VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT_PREFIX = "("
+    if (! $?VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT_SUFFIX) set VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT_SUFFIX = ") "
+    set prompt = "${VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT_PREFIX}"__VENV_PROMPT__"${VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT_SUFFIX}$prompt:q"
 endif
 
 alias pydoc python -m pydoc

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 .../Tools-Demos/2026-01-24-04-14-58.gh-issue-144203.PvBQZp.rst  | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tools-Demos/2026-01-24-04-14-58.gh-issue-144203.PvBQZp.rst

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tools-Demos/2026-01-24-04-14-58.gh-issue-144203.PvBQZp.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tools-Demos/2026-01-24-04-14-58.gh-issue-144203.PvBQZp.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..1457e647984f8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tools-Demos/2026-01-24-04-14-58.gh-issue-144203.PvBQZp.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+venv prompt in your shell can be customizable for prefix and suffix of venv name using VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT_PREFIX and VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT_SUFFIX from the default "(" and ") ".
+If variable is not set, the default "(" and ") " still be used.