Insert key hotkey unavailable on Mac keyboards

[Per Olofsson]

Mac keyboards don't have an Insert key, making the repeat command unavailable.

Application: kicad
Version: 4.0.3-rc7-stable release build
wxWidgets: Version 3.0.2 (debug,UTF-8,compiler with C++ ABI 1002,GCC 4.2.1,STL containers,compatible with 2.8)
Platform: Mac OS X (Darwin 15.5.0 x86_64), 64 bit, Little endian, wxMac
Boost version: 1.57.0
         USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
         USE_WX_OVERLAY=ON
         KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
         KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
         KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
         USE_FP_LIB_TABLE=HARD_CODED_ON
         BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON

[jean-pierre charras (jp-charras)]

All hot keys are editable by user.
It is easy to change it for you.
So the repeat key is available.

[Andy Peters (devel-latke)]

Perhaps this should default to some other key on Macs, or at least put a note in the documentation indicating that the user needs to remap the hotkey when using a Mac?

[xzcvczx (xzcvczx)]

i don't think its necessary to change the default seeing as some macOS users will use a full-size keyboard anyway (mac mini and at workstations with laptops) but it might be worth putting a note in the docs

[xzcvczx (xzcvczx)]

also some mac keyboards can emulate insert https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/206373959-Insert-key-on-a-Macbook-in-OS-X

[John Robertson (flippers-com)]

I have tried multiple ways to emulate the 'insert' key on my MacBook Pro with no success. Have tried karabiner, adding other/Unicode Hex, and others, but am unable to find any keycode to emulate Insert. Tried remapping function keys, and even though it claims to be 'insert' nothing happened when I pressed the remapped F7 key (also tried F8 and F9 for fun).
Then I dug out a 102-key PC keyboard that has the INSERT key, but that didn't work either!
(KiCad Version info)
Application: kicad
Version: (5.0.1-3-g963ef8bb5), release build
Libraries:
    wxWidgets 3.0.4
    libcurl/7.54.0 LibreSSL/2.0.20 zlib/1.2.11 nghttp2/1.24.0
Platform: Mac OS X (Darwin 17.7.0 x86_64), 64 bit, Little endian, wxMac
Build Info:
    wxWidgets: 3.0.4 (UTF-8,STL containers,compatible with 2.8)
    Boost: 1.67.0
    OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.9.1
    Curl: 7.54.0
    Compiler: Clang 10.0.0 with C++ ABI 1002

Build settings:
    USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=ON
    USE_WX_OVERLAY=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON
    BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
    KICAD_USE_OCE=ON
    KICAD_USE_OCC=OFF
    KICAD_SPICE=ON