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I do a lot of copy/pasting of paths in Terminal for svn commits, and I've noticed some strange behavior that I can't quite seem to track down. I use cmd-shift-double-click to select the full path from an svn status, and then hit cmd-c and cmd-v in sequence to copy and paste the path into an svn ci that I'm building up. The problem, though, is that sometimes when I hit cmd-c, the computer produces a "click" sound, and instead of copying the path I have selected, it pastes what's currently on the clipboard and send enter, causing my commit to happen sooner than I want.

I can't reliably duplicate the behavior, and I have no idea what's causing it. I'm fairly confident it's not something like having the shift key held down when hitting cmd-c. I have LaunchBar installed with clipboard extensions, but I don't see any configuration options with a shortcut of cmd-c or cmd-v, and looking through my keyboard preferences doesn't suggest anything either. I'm really at a loss, and this sporadic behavior is driving me slowly crazy.

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  • The "click" sound is different from the error sound, right? (The error sound being the beep one heres when, for example, hitting Cmd-C with nothing selected.) And what is the reason for holding down Cmd-Shift while double-clicking?
    – Arjan
    Feb 15, 2010 at 21:00
  • Yes, the sound is different from the error sound. Holding down cmd-shift while double-clicking changes the selection behavior. Normally Terminal.app wont's select a full path when double-clicking, but if you hold down cmd-shift and double-click it will. I think the functionality was intended for opening links from the terminal, but it works well for this, too.
    – user28104
    Feb 16, 2010 at 18:49

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I also have LaunchBar installed and it would occasionally do the same thing using cmd-c anywhere. To solve this I switched off 'Enable ClipMerge' in preferences. I don't know why it does this, it just does.

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  • I'm pretty sure this is the problem, and I've gone ahead and disabled ClipMerge, which I never intentionally use anyhow. Thanks!
    – user28104
    Feb 16, 2010 at 18:46
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First try to remove LaunchBar with clipboard extensions and see if the problem goes away. If it does, complain to the developer. If it doesn't, try getting a new keyboard.

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  • As for a new keyboard: what erroneous keystrokes could the current keyboard be sending that explains the behaviour?
    – Arjan
    Feb 15, 2010 at 20:58

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