3 files changed, 16 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/plugins/history-substring-search/README b/plugins/history-substring-search/README
deleted file mode 100644
index be11adf76..000000000
--- a/plugins/history-substring-search/README
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-To activate this script, load it into an interactive ZSH session:
-
-  % source history-substring-search.zsh
-
-See the "history-substring-search.zsh" file for more information:
-
-  % sed -n '2,/^$/s/^#//p' history-substring-search.zsh | more
diff --git a/plugins/history-substring-search/README.markdown b/plugins/history-substring-search/README.markdown
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c154afdce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/history-substring-search/README.markdown
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+To activate this script, please include it the `plugins` variable within `~/.zshrc`
+
+  `plugins=(git history-substring-search)`
+
+See the "history-substring-search.zsh" file for more information:
+
+  `sed -n '2,/^$/s/^#//p' history-substring-search.zsh | more`
diff --git a/plugins/history-substring-search/history-substring-search.zsh b/plugins/history-substring-search/history-substring-search.zsh
index 53f707c79..65f0750db 100644
--- a/plugins/history-substring-search/history-substring-search.zsh
+++ b/plugins/history-substring-search/history-substring-search.zsh
@@ -163,14 +163,18 @@ function history-substring-search-down() {
 zle -N history-substring-search-up
 zle -N history-substring-search-down
 
-bindkey '\e[A' history-substring-search-up
-bindkey '\e[B' history-substring-search-down
+zmodload zsh/terminfo
+if [[ -n "$terminfo[kcuu1]" ]]; then
+  bindkey "$terminfo[kcuu1]" history-substring-search-up
+fi
+if [[ -n "$terminfo[kcud1]" ]]; then
+  bindkey "$terminfo[kcud1]" history-substring-search-down
+fi
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # implementation details
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-setopt extendedglob
 zmodload -F zsh/parameter
 
 #
@@ -279,6 +283,7 @@ if [[ $+functions[_zsh_highlight] -eq 0 ]]; then
 fi
 
 function _history-substring-search-begin() {
+  setopt localoptions extendedglob
   _history_substring_search_move_cursor_eol=false
   _history_substring_search_query_highlight=
 
@@ -345,6 +350,7 @@ function _history-substring-search-begin() {
 }
 
 function _history-substring-search-end() {
+  setopt localoptions extendedglob
   _history_substring_search_result=$BUFFER
 
   # move the cursor to the end of the command line