[juancn]

It's like Ctrl + ] on telnet.

The good old times!

[elric]

Unlike CTRL ], at least ~. doesn't require that I press two modifiers at the same time ... CTRL ALTGR $. Because people who define those kinds of shortcuts never consider how they might work on non-QWERTY layouts.

[a96]

At least on FI/SE layout, ~ is a dead key. So it needs a space after it.

Still not as bad as brackets and infinitely better than {} on a macbook.

[teddyh]

Try Ctrl-5.