Make sure that the terminfo values are valid

.config/zsh/plugins/keys.zsh

@@ -6,16 +6,24 @@
 	# no delay when switching into NORMAL
     export KEYTIMEOUT=1
 
-    # Switch cursor style depending on mode
     function zle-line-init zle-keymap-select {
+        # Switch cursor style depending on mode
         case $KEYMAP in
             vicmd) echo -ne "\e[1 q";; # block
             viins|main) echo -ne "\e[5 q";; # beam
         esac
+
+        # Make sure that the terminal is in application mode when zle is active, since
+        # only then values from $terminfo are valid
+		echoti smkx
     }
     zle -N zle-line-init
     zle -N zle-keymap-select
 
+	# See above (echoti smkx)
+	function zle-line-finish { echoti rmkx; }
+	zle -N zle-line-finish
+
 	bindkey '^[h' run-help
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