How can I type the tilde character that is not in my keyboard layout?

Question

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

Italian layout

As you can see, this layout misses the tilde ~ character and the backtick character.

By the way, backtick is not so important, because I can emulate it in a 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 a not-US layout? Is there a fastest way to type the tilde?

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 18 '12 at 17:14

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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.

answered Dec 18 '12 at 17:14

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 24 '25 at 10:33

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Windows 7:

With an Italian keyboard, follow these steps:

and finally "~" will appear.

Ubuntu (it was tried on Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr)):

Press AltGr + ì (accented i = ì)

edited Apr 24 '25 at 10:33

Peter Mortensen

answered Oct 24 '14 at 15:14

user193655

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 24 '25 at 10:37

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You could use 'TyperTask' and create a set of keystrokes, let’s say ºtilde to trigger ~ (tilde):

ºtilde=~

'TyperTask' Portable: TyperTask Portable

edited Apr 24 '25 at 10:37

Peter Mortensen

answered May 23 '16 at 09:32

gamx

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