insert-date

A slim Go application for Windows that lets you insert the current date, e.g., 2020-01-20 (ISO8601) into any text by pressing CTRL+ALT+D.

Download

see the release tab on the right to get the latest release

building

use build.bat this will generate an .exe file in /dist

Autostart

Open your startup folder via WIN+R, type shell:startup, and drag and drop the .exe there. see the Windows docs for more info

under the hood

We use the Windows syscalls

• RegisterHotKey to register the hotkey CTRL+ALT+D
• GetMessageW to listen for any input events
• SendInput to send keyboard events