+### begin pyenv ###
+
+# this is adapted from things printed to term after install
+# pyenv. commented for now since I'm not actually using pyenv.
+
+# export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv"
+# command -v pyenv &>/dev/null || export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"
+# command -v pyenv &>/dev/null && eval "$(pyenv init -)"
+
+
+# output showed this example for pyenv-virtualenv, which i have no idea
+# what it is, but leaving it as a comment in case I end up doing python
+# dev.
+
+#eval "$(pyenv virtualenv-init -)"
+### end begin pyenv ###
+
+