The Insert is located right next to Backspace. So when I am using Leafpad, Gedit, etc., I hit Insert by accident often, which causes the cursor to turn into a bold box which over-writes text as I type.
How do I disable it?
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1What distribution of Linux are you running, what Desktop Environment are you using? And are you wanting to change this on the bash command line, or in applications such as vim? – Drav Sloan Sep 04 '13 at 02:36
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@Drav Sloan, i am running centos linux with gnome gui desktop, i would like to disable it everywhere not application-sepecific. – User3432423423 Sep 04 '13 at 02:37
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If it can not be disabled, i'd like to at least disable it in gedit and leafpad applications. – User3432423423 Sep 04 '13 at 02:39
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3i actually might just remove this button from the keyboard, pysically. – User3432423423 Sep 04 '13 at 02:40
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1Just remap it to something else... – jasonwryan Sep 04 '13 at 02:44
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See also Fully Disable PrntScr Key – don_crissti Nov 24 '15 at 14:03
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First, find the keysym which corresponds to Insert
$ xmodmap -pke | grep -i insert
This is probably key 118. To disable it globally run
$ xmodmap -e "keycode 118 ="
which causes that key to map to nothing at all.
Running this command every time your Xserver starts is very dependent upon which distribution and session manager you are using.
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