How to disable input to a Text widget but allow programatic input?

Question

How would i go about locking a Text widget so that the user can only select and copy text out of it, but i would still be able to insert text into the Text

Answer 1

I stumbled upon the state="normal"/state="disabled" solution as well, however then you are unable to select and copy text out of it. Finally I found the solution below from: Is there a way to make the Tkinter text widget read only?, and this solution allows you to select and copy text as well as follow hyperlinks.

import Tkinter

root = Tkinter.Tk() 
readonly = Tkinter.Text(root)
readonly.bind("", lambda e: "break")