Index: xkeyboard-config-1.5/symbols/it
===================================================================
--- xkeyboard-config-1.5.orig/symbols/it	2009-04-12 14:19:49.000000000 +0200
+++ xkeyboard-config-1.5/symbols/it	2009-04-12 14:21:21.000000000 +0200
@@ -176,3 +176,32 @@
     key <I219> { [ less,        greater, guillemotleft, guillemotright ] };
 };
 
+// Italian coder friendly variant
+partial default alphanumeric_keys
+xkb_symbols "coder" {
+
+    include "it(basic)"
+
+    name[Group1]="Italy - Coder";
+
+    key <TLDE>	{ [ backslash,        degree,      notsign,    brokenbar ]};
+
+    key <AE02>	{ [         2,   quotedbl,  twosuperior, doubleacute ] };
+    key <AE03>	{ [         3,   EuroSign,threesuperior]	};
+    key <AE06>	{ [         6,  ampersand,  ugrave,  fiveeighths ]	};
+    key <AE07>	{ [         7,  asterisk,   egrave, seveneighths ]	};
+    key <AE08>	{ [         8,  parenleft,  ograve,    trademark ]	};
+    key <AE09>	{ [         9, parenright,  agrave,    plusminus ]	};
+    key <AE10>	{ [         0,      equal,  igrave,  dead_ogonek ] };
+    key <AE11>	{ [apostrophe,   question,  eacute, questiondown ]	};
+    key <AE12>	{ [    plus, asciicircum,   iacute, dead_circumflex ] };
+
+    key <AD11>	{ [     bracketleft,     braceleft]	};
+    key <AD12>	{ [     bracketright,   braceright]	};
+
+    key <AC10>	{ [    slash,  asciitilde, at] };
+    key <AC11>	{ [    bar,     at,   numbersign, dead_abovering ] };
+
+    key <BKSL>	{ [    numbersign,    grave,   dead_grave,   breve ]};
+    key <LSGT>	{ [      less,    greater,guillemotleft,guillemotright] };
+};
Index: xkeyboard-config-1.5/rules/base.xml.in
===================================================================
--- xkeyboard-config-1.5.orig/rules/base.xml.in	2009-04-12 14:22:09.000000000 +0200
+++ xkeyboard-config-1.5/rules/base.xml.in	2009-04-12 14:22:44.000000000 +0200
@@ -2775,6 +2775,12 @@
         </variant>
         <variant>
           <configItem>
+            <name>coder</name>
+            <_description>Italian coder friendly variant</_description>
+          </configItem>
+        </variant>
+        <variant>
+          <configItem>
             <name>geo</name>
             <_description>Georgian</_description>
             <languageList><iso639Id>geo</iso639Id></languageList>