Where is Insert key

Question

What keys are the pc equivalent of Insert on a MacBook Pro running Mountain Lion?
Or how do I programme a shortcut to create a key please?

Answer 1

I have just spent time looking into this, this morning.
Here's my solution. I decided that on my MacBook Pro & Apple Bluetooth Keyboard I want to just make one of my keys an 'Insert' key. The key that I NEVER use and is conveniently placed is the 'Section' key or 'double s' [top left hand corner under the escape key].
To remap this key I used Karabiner (https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/). It's an excellent key remapping software.
Unfortunately this particular key swap was not already programmed in the software so you need to modify the private.xml file. See here for details (https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/xml.html.en)
As I was wanting this key swap for Lotus Notes I changed the 'section' key to a key combination (shift+command+U), but you could easily change it to 'insert'.
Here is the xml code for both:
'Section' to 'shift+command+U'
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
<item>
    <name>Make § Key Insert Key</name>
    <identifier>private.section_to_insert</identifier>
    <autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::UK_SECTION, KeyCode::U, ModifierFlag::COMMAND_L, ModifierFlag::SHIFT_L</autogen>
  </item>
</root>
'Section' to 'PC Insert'
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
<item>
    <name>Make § Key Insert Key</name>
    <identifier>private.section_to_insert</identifier>
    <autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::UK_SECTION, KeyCode::PC_INSERT</autogen>
  </item>
</root>
Hope this helps.
Ben.j