# Italian keyboard

**URL:** <https://racket.discourse.group/t/italian-keyboard/2034>\
**Category:** Questions & Answers\
**Tags:** drracket\
**Created:** [June 22, 2023, 7:51am UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/italian-keyboard/2034 "2023-06-22T07:51:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![matteo-daddio](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/matteo-daddio/32/1245_2.png) [@matteo-daddio](https://racket.discourse.group/u/matteo-daddio)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 7:51am UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/italian-keyboard/2034/1 "2023-06-22T07:51:45Z")

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Hello,  
I’m Italian and I use an Italian keyboard.  
In Italian keyboards there isn’t { and } keys, but in windows and Linux there’s a way to enter them.

This is my Italian keyboard.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/racket/original/2X/5/55f060441c1fea5dee3d82c870b82f42193b70c3.jpeg)

If I press alt gr + shift + è the result is { and if I press alt gr + shift + + the result is }.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/racket/original/2X/8/87d319772b4831ab283718d0a27284a44ab4040f.jpeg)

But this doesn’t work in DrRacket, I have to enter them in notepad and do copy and paste.

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There’s another problem. There isn’t the key for the quasiquote symbol.  
In Linux (kubuntu) if I type alt gr + ‘ the result is the quasiquote symbol, but this doesn’t work in windows and in DrRacket.

Here you can find all the shortcuts:  
[https://www.zoomingin.net/come-fare-i-caratteri-speciali-o-ascii-su-linux/](https://www.zoomingin.net/come-fare-i-caratteri-speciali-o-ascii-su-linux/)

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**Author:** ![soegaard](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/soegaard/32/19_2.png) [@soegaard](https://racket.discourse.group/u/soegaard)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 10:00am UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/italian-keyboard/2034/2 "2023-06-22T10:00:48Z")

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It seems Windows comes with an extra keyboard layout "Italian (142)",  
which should be a little more programmer friendly than the standard layout.

Other ideas can be seen here:

> <https://superuser.com/questions/667622/italian-keyboard-entering-tilde-and-backtick-characters-without-changin>

The alternative is to add a US keyboard layout in Windows and switch to it when programming.  
This wil get you easy access to to both , {}, ` and '.

I used to do just that, when I had a danish keyboard.  
These days, I simply buy keyboards and laptops with a US layout.

An alternative is to add your preferred key combinations to your own layout:

> <https://superuser.com/questions/254076/how-do-i-type-the-tick-and-backtick-characters-on-windows/1595493#1595493>

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**Author:** ![matteo-daddio](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/matteo-daddio/32/1245_2.png) [@matteo-daddio](https://racket.discourse.group/u/matteo-daddio)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 11:14am UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/italian-keyboard/2034/3 "2023-06-22T11:14:17Z")

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I’ve installed the “Italian 142” keyboard layout and it works very well.  
Thank you very much!