diff --git a/Functions/Misc/sticky-note b/Functions/Misc/sticky-note
index efe5ec1eb..ad4fc30e5 100644
--- a/Functions/Misc/sticky-note
+++ b/Functions/Misc/sticky-note
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 # as an editor history.  Two quick taps on the return/enter key finish
 # the note, or you can use ^X^W as usual (ZZ in vicmd mode).
 
-# The application is configured by three zstyles, all using the context
+# The application is configured by four zstyles, all using the context
 # ":sticky-note".  The first two styles are "notefile" and "maxnotes"
 # to name the file in which notes are stored and the maximum number of
 # notes to retain:
@@ -42,6 +42,17 @@
 #     bg red \
 #     fg $fg_bold[yellow]
 
+# Finally the "escapes" style may be used to control the intepretation of
+# of character sequences such as '\Cx' and '%B' in the content of each
+# note.  The style may be set to either one or two strings:
+#   none    => no interpretation, other strings in the value are ignored
+#   echo    => escape sequences of the "echo" command are interpreted
+#   bindkey => escapes of the "bindkey" command are interpreted
+#   prompt  => interpret prompt escapes, may be paired with echo or bindkey
+# The default is "echo" for compatibility with previous versions.  Note
+# that use of some escape sequences may garble the display, or clash
+# with the "theme" style.
+
 # For backwards compatibility with an earlier version, the notefile may
 # also be named by the STICKYFILE variable (defaults to $HOME/.zsticky).
 # The number of notes stored may be given by STICKYSIZE (1000).
@@ -74,6 +85,21 @@ fi
 
 [[ "$1" == -b ]] && return 0
 
+# Set escape handling
+local -a escapes prop
+if zstyle -a :sticky-note escapes escapes
+then
+  prop=(-r)
+  if [[ $escapes != *none* ]]
+  then
+    case $escapes in
+    (*bindkey*) prop=({$prop/-r/-b});;
+    (*echo*) prop=(${prop/-r/});;
+    esac
+    [[ $escapes = *prompt* ]] && prop+=(-P)
+  fi
+fi
+
 # Look up color theme
 local -A theme
 (($+bg && $+fg)) || { autoload -Uz colors; colors }
@@ -96,7 +122,7 @@ then
     echoti sc
     echoti home
     print -nr "$theme[color]"
-    fc -l "${@:--1}" | while read -r sticky; do print -- "$sticky"; done
+    fc -l "${@:--1}" | while read -r sticky; do print $prop -- "$sticky"; done
     print -nr "$theme[reset]"
     echoti rc
   elif [[ $CONTEXT = (cont|select|vared) ]]
@@ -120,7 +146,7 @@ if [[ "$*" == -*l* ]]
 then
   print -nr "$theme[color]"
   # Use read/print loop to interpolate "\n" in history lines
-  fc -f "$@" | while read -r sticky; do print -- "$sticky"; done
+  fc -f "$@" | while read -r sticky; do print $prop -- "$sticky"; done
   print -nr "$theme[reset]"
   return 0
 fi
@@ -129,7 +155,7 @@ fi
 while vared -h -p "%{$theme[color]%}" -M sticky -m sticky-vicmd sticky
 do
   {
-    [[ -n "$sticky" ]] && print -s -- "$sticky"
+    [[ -n "$sticky" ]] && print -rs -- "$sticky"
   } always {
     (( TRY_BLOCK_ERROR = 0 ))
   } && break