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I'm using Windows 7 system with an Italian keyboard layout

italian layout

As you can see this layout miss the tilde ~ character and the backtick character. Btw backtick is not so important because I can emulate it in bash script using $( and ). The problem is that every time I need the tilde I have to hold Alt and type 1 2 6 (i.e. its ASCII code), it's boring! And I need it not only in CygWin, but also in GNU R, in eclipse, and much more.

Have you have had this problem with an not-US layout? Is there any fastest way to type the tilde?

Alberto
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    Personally I'd just buy a US or UK keyboard and be done with it. Or just configure your machine to have a US or UK layout and put stickers on the keys that differ. Also, this is off-topic here on Stack Overflow. – David Heffernan Dec 18 '12 at 17:11
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    Second that. Set the keyboard's locale to international and you will gain the tilde. Just do not look at the keyboard while typing, since it may get confusing. -- ALternatively you might remap a key which rarely gets used (e.g. capslock, or the windows key). – Hennes Dec 18 '12 at 17:59
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    Advice to programmers: my touchtyping teacher told me to use all the time my native (Czech) keyboard and to learn entering all the special characters from there (mostly using AltGr, sometime Alt-) without swapping keyboard layouts, as it keeps complexity of the typing to the minimum. I was hesitant but followed it and must say it is really great way to go (using it for more than 3 years, programming daily). – Jan Vlcinsky Jun 23 '15 at 09:10

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According to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb964651.aspx there's a layout called "Italian (142)", which has ` and ~ accessible via AltGr.

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WINDOWS 7:

with italian keyboard follow these steps:

1) press Alt (the one on the left of the spacebar)

2) press 1, 2 and 6 in the numeric keypad

3) release Alt

and finally "~" will appear.

UBUNTU (tried on 14.04):

press AltGr + "ì" (accented i = ì)

user193655
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You could use 'TyperTask' and create a set of key-strokes, lets say ºtilde to trigger ~ (tilde):

ºtilde=~

'TyperTask' Source: http://www.vtaskstudio.com/support.php

'TyperTask' Portable: http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/typertask-portable

gamx
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