globalias() {
   # Get last word to the left of the cursor:
   # (z) splits into words using shell parsing
   # (A) makes it an array even if there's only one element
   local word=${${(Az)LBUFFER}[-1]}
   # Don't expand if the word looks like an environment variable assignment
   # (e.g. DEBUG=1 or KEY="value") to avoid expanding aliases in env vars
   if [[ $word != *"="* ]]; then
      if [[ $GLOBALIAS_FILTER_VALUES[(Ie)$word] -eq 0 ]]; then
         zle _expand_alias
         zle expand-word
      fi
   fi
   zle self-insert
}
zle -N globalias

# space expands all aliases, including global
bindkey -M emacs " " globalias
bindkey -M viins " " globalias

# control-space to make a normal space
bindkey -M emacs "^ " magic-space
bindkey -M viins "^ " magic-space

# normal space during searches
bindkey -M isearch " " magic-space