On Fri, 2014-12-19 at 02:02 +1030, Tim wrote:
Allegedly, on or about 18 December 2014, Patrick O'Callaghan
sent:
> I have a keyboard (Microsoft Wireless 800) which has an Insert key
> right beside the Backspace and I keep hitting it by accident and
> changing the insert mode of whatever I'm typing. I want to disable
> this key completely as I can think of no circumstance in which it
> would ever be useful.
You don't use VI? ;-) The INS key puts you into typing into your file
mode, rather than editing it, or doing other functions, with hotkeys.
I started using VI on dumb terminals, so I'm not used to them thar
new-fangled "function keys" of which you speak.
Some offices resort to ripping out unwanted keys (e.g. power down
keys)
that get hit by accident. Or slipping hard spaghetti paster under the
key cap so it can't be pressed down.
Er, not really what I want to do but thanks all the same.
poc