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January 15, 2014 19:09
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UUID generator for vim. Inputs a uuid to copy buffer
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| fu! GenerateUUID() | |
| python << EOF | |
| import uuid | |
| import vim | |
| # output a uuid to the vim variable for insertion below | |
| vim.command("let generatedUUID = \"%s\"" % str(uuid.uuid4())) | |
| EOF | |
| " insert the python generated uuid into the current cursor's position | |
| :execute "normal i" . generatedUUID . "" | |
| endfunction | |
| "initialize the generateUUID function here and map it to a local command | |
| noremap <Leader>r :call GenerateUUID()<CR> | |
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Works great! FYI I had to change
to
to get it to work. C.f. https://github.com/ensime/ensime-vim/issues/306#issuecomment-359591407