Does anyone have a Notepad++ plugin that will generate UUIDs and insert them.

Question

I Often need UUIDs inserted into files that I'm editing in Notepad++. Does anyone have a macro or add in that does this. Or an autohotkey script?

Answer 1

(AHK) Universally Unique Identifier (UUID/GUID) Generator

It's not spectacular(has its flaws), but it looks to get the job done.

Answer 2

Install the GhNppExec plugin from Plugin_Central then configure to run the simple python script below. Use the shortcut mapper to assign a key combination to the plugin command.

import uuid
import sys

# make a random UUID
sys.stdout.write(str(uuid.uuid4()).upper())