Key and Cursor issue in Terminal.app

I am having a problem with Terminal. It is triggered when I do something that involves the Command key, Cmd-C, Cmd-V etc. It causes my keyboard actions to not be recognized until I click somewhere with the cursor (within the terminal window). And at the same time it treats the cursor as if I am holding down the shift key. (it highlighs everything between my last 2 clicks). At first I thought it was just going haywire, but I've found this to be very reproducable. The problem usually persists untill I close all the terminal windows and open a new one.
I have a fresh install of Mountain Lion as of 5 days ago (new ssd), that is when the problem began. This ONLY happens in terminal.
Any ideas what the deal is or how to fix it?

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...copy the files to the same system...
Compare:      gvimdiff tmp.mac tmp.linux     # or just use diff if your prefer
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I feel (and have always felt) that my Mac Mini has been lacking in cooling and that whilst the MM is a pretty little computer its performance has always been hampered by its lack of cooling. I'd rather have a bit more noise from the fan and have a more efficient computer.
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I used my OS X install CD and Pacifist to grab Terminal.app, but when I click on Terminal I get "You can't open the application 'Terminal' because it is not supported on this architecture".
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Hi guys,
I'm new in this forum, but old arch-user. This time I'm experimenting a really strange issue.
I have a lot of packages installed (pacman, but AUR too), and I tried some beta packet, so I don't know if this issues is caused by me, or is a sort of out-of-the-box, but this is what happens:
During Gnome-Shell session (3.16.2 actually), if I press any media keys (my keyboard has prev-next song, play/pause, stop, vol up-down) my cursor goes hidden (all works, but I can't see pointer). If I'm in empty desktop (no opened window), after 20~50pixel in any direction I can meet again my mouse. Instead, if I have some windows open...random behavior...cursor could reappear after 50pixel mouse movement, or it could stay hidden after 4-5Kpixel. The only way to get cursor again in short time is go to gnome overview (the function linked with super key or upper-left corner, by default).
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- seems gnome top bar get same effect as empty desktop (20~50pixel and cursor is visible again)
- if I link key combination with media function (Ctrl + Up/Down for volume, for example), everything goes well
- I have a secondary bluetooth keyboard with same media keys, but this peripheral is not affected by this issue
Any additional informations will be provided, but first, I did my homework:
- main keyboard: Thermaltake Tt eSPORTS Challenger Ultimate
- secondary keyboard: Logitech diNovo Mini
- main mouse: Kensington Expert Mouse
- secondary mouse (secondary keyboard has build-in touchpad): Logitech diNovo Mini
- tertiary mouse: Logitech G9x
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- X.Org: 1.17.1
- Kernel: 4.0.4-2-ARCH
- Nvidia-driver (beta from AUR): 352.09 --- GPU: GeForce GTX 780
- xinput output:
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Kensington Kensington Expert Mouse id=10 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Thermaltake Tt eSPORTS Challenger Ultimate gaming keyboard id=9 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Logitech diNovo Mini id=13 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Logitech G9x Laser Mouse id=14 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Logitech G9x Laser Mouse id=15 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Thermaltake Tt eSPORTS Challenger Ultimate gaming keyboard id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ UVC Camera (046d:09a4) id=11 [slave keyboard (3)]
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FocusOut event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x3600001,
mode NotifyGrab, detail NotifyAncestor
FocusIn event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x3600001,
mode NotifyUngrab, detail NotifyAncestor
KeymapNotify event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x0,
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