Map some other function to the insert key

[Thom May]

* Yuan Qi (gmanenews.3.maxchee at spamgourmet.com) wrote :
> I hope everyone is aware of this: 
> http://mpt.net.nz/archive/2005/04/11/ubuntu
> 
> One of the usability problems the author have mentioned in his article 
> is the fact that the insert key is mapped to the overwrite mode. Since 
> most computer users (even intermediate users) are not aware of this 
> mode, they will be confused and frustrated by the software's "buggy" 
> behaviour. Therefore, I suggest that we either map a different function 
> to this key or just disable it. Personally, I think the Paste function 
> is the most sensible function to be mapped to the insert key.
> 
> 
I hate to say it, but mpt's article occasionally fails to discern between
ideal UI and the real world. Given that we're a user-centric distribution,
our priority has to be *all* our users, not just the utter newbies who've
never touched a computer before. Caps Lock especially is used by a
surprising number of people; I know for a fact that both my parents, by way
of an example, use caps lock extensively and break into tears whenever they
use my computers that have ctrl:nocaps.
At most, we should disable the insert key entirely and leave Caps Lock
totally alone, however I think this is still going too far and that we
should leave both keys well alone.
Cheers,
-Thom