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+# Code from Mikael Magnusson: http://www.zsh.org/mla/users/2011/msg00367.html
+#
+# Requires xterm, urxvt, iTerm2 or any other terminal that supports bracketed
+# paste mode as documented: http://www.xfree86.org/current/ctlseqs.html
+
+# create a new keymap to use while pasting
+bindkey -N paste
+# make everything in this keymap call our custom widget
+bindkey -R -M paste "^@"-"\M-^?" paste-insert
+# these are the codes sent around the pasted text in bracketed
+# paste mode.
+# do the first one with both -M viins and -M vicmd in vi mode
+bindkey '^[[200~' _start_paste
+bindkey -M paste '^[[201~' _end_paste
+# insert newlines rather than carriage returns when pasting newlines
+bindkey -M paste -s '^M' '^J'
+
+zle -N _start_paste
+zle -N _end_paste
+zle -N zle-line-init _zle_line_init
+zle -N zle-line-finish _zle_line_finish
+zle -N paste-insert _paste_insert
+
+# switch the active keymap to paste mode
+function _start_paste() {
+  bindkey -A paste main
+}
+
+# go back to our normal keymap, and insert all the pasted text in the
+# command line. this has the nice effect of making the whole paste be
+# a single undo/redo event.
+function _end_paste() {
+#use bindkey -v here with vi mode probably. maybe you want to track
+#if you were in ins or cmd mode and restore the right one.
+  bindkey -e
+  LBUFFER+=$_paste_content
+  unset _paste_content
+}
+
+function _paste_insert() {
+  _paste_content+=$KEYS
+}
+
+function _zle_line_init() {
+  # Tell terminal to send escape codes around pastes.
+  [[ $TERM == rxvt-unicode || $TERM == xterm || $TERM = xterm-256color ]] && printf '\e[?2004h'
+}
+
+function _zle_line_finish() {
+  # Tell it to stop when we leave zle, so pasting in other programs
+  # doesn't get the ^[[200~ codes around the pasted text.
+  [[ $TERM == rxvt-unicode || $TERM == xterm || $TERM = xterm-256color ]] && printf '\e[?2004l'
+}
+