A simple Vim plugin for generating and inserting UUIDs in Vim. The inspiration for this plugin is the "nguid" snippet expansion in JetBrains ReSharper plugin for Visual Studio. The intent is to make working with UUIDs easy in Vim. The plugin uses python to generate version 4 UUIDs and lets you use them in the current buffer. The UUIDs are inserted as a string of hexadecimal digits in the format "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx".
Use the <Plug>Nuuid mapping to insert a new UUID at your current cursor location. This mapping is provided in insert, normal, and visual modes. By default, this will be mapped to <Leader>u in normal and visual modes.
Use :NuuidAll to replace all occurrences of "nuuid" and "nguid". This command accepts a range and works in normal and visual (line-wise) modes. Useful for batch generating UUIDs.
Use :NuuidReplaceAll to replace all all UUIDs, as well as all occurrences of "nuuid" and "nguid". This command accepts a range and works in normal and visual (line-wise) modes. Useful for regenerating UUIDs after copying and pasting a block of them.
Use the insert mode abbreviations "nuuid" and "nguid" to quickly insert a new UUID into your file. Simply type the abbreviation followed by a non-word character (or <Esc>) and Vim will replace the text with a new UUID for you.
Use :NuuidToggleAbbrev to toggle the insert mode abbreviations. Useful if your current text frequently contains "nuuid" or "nguid" (like this document, for instance...).
If you don't have a preferred plugin manager, I recommend using Tim Pope's pathogen.vim. Then you can install like so.
cd ~/.vim/bundle
git clone https://github.com/kburdett/vim-nuuid.gitHowever, you can always download this repository as a ZIP file and extract it to your .vim or vimfiles (Windows) directory.
Setting the variable g:nuuid_no_mappings in your .vimrc will turn off the default mappings, allowing you to map <Plug>Nuuid to whatever keys you like.
let g:nuuid_no_mappings = 1
nnoremap <Leader>u <Plug>NuuidSetting the variable g:nuuid_iabbrev in your .vimrc will change the default state of the insert abbreviations. Use 1 to create the abbreviations (default), 0 to ignore them. You can still use :NuuidToggleAbbrev to toggle the abbreviations on or off.
let g:nuuid_iabbrev = 1MIT
It's free! Just don't be a jerk...