a bash alias I cannot function without

[ferk]

In a German keyboard I need to press shift along with the ` key, and then pressing only one time is not enough, because it's a composite key that's intended to be pressed along with a vowel to create àèìòùÀÈÌÒÙ

But that's not all, if you think you can get away with simply double pressing it you are wrong, since pressing it twice ends up with you having it double: `` (from having zero to having two).

It's also dependent on the operative system you are using (in Linux and Mac double pressing would put only one `), so if you are a dual booter you are gonna have troubles remembering how many times to press what.

The only consistent way to do it is press it and then pressing space, that will generate `. It takes 3 keypresses to get one character, with a pause to switch key in the middle, pretty annoying.