Fix specs

Apparently `keydown(':')` was never actually opening the Ex line (and
`keydown('escape')` wasn't closing it so it wasn't noticeable), so now
we open it directly with `ex-mode:open`.

spec/ex-commands-spec.coffee

@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ describe "the commands", ->
     commandEditor.getModel().setText(text)
     atom.commands.dispatch(commandEditor, "core:confirm")
 
+  openEx = ->
+    atom.commands.dispatch(editorElement, "ex-mode:open")
+
   describe ":write", ->
     describe "when editing a new file", ->
       beforeEach ->
@@ -69,14 +72,14 @@ describe "the commands", ->
 
       it "opens the save dialog", ->
         spyOn(atom, 'showSaveDialogSync')
-        keydown(':')
+        openEx()
         submitNormalModeInputText('write')
         expect(atom.showSaveDialogSync).toHaveBeenCalled()
 
       it "saves when a path is specified in the save dialog", ->
         filePath = projectPath('write-from-save-dialog')
         spyOn(atom, 'showSaveDialogSync').andReturn(filePath)
-        keydown(':')
+        openEx()
         submitNormalModeInputText('write')
         expect(fs.existsSync(filePath)).toBe(true)
         expect(fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf-8')).toEqual('abc\ndef')
@@ -85,7 +88,7 @@ describe "the commands", ->
       it "saves when a path is specified in the save dialog", ->
         spyOn(atom, 'showSaveDialogSync').andReturn(undefined)
         spyOn(fs, 'writeFileSync')
-        keydown(':')
+        openEx()
         submitNormalModeInputText('write')
         expect(fs.writeFileSync.calls.length).toBe(0)
 
@@ -101,7 +104,7 @@ describe "the commands", ->
 
       it "saves the file", ->
         editor.setText('abc')
-        keydown(':')
+        openEx()
         submitNormalModeInputText('write')
         expect(fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf-8')).toEqual('abc')
         expect(editor.isModified()).toBe(false)
@@ -112,7 +115,7 @@ describe "the commands", ->
         beforeEach ->
           newPath = path.relative(dir, "#{filePath}.new")
           editor.getBuffer().setText('abc')
-          keydown(':')
+          openEx()
 
         afterEach ->
           submitNormalModeInputText("write #{newPath}")
@@ -134,7 +137,7 @@ describe "the commands", ->
           newPath = path.join('~', newPath)
 
       it "throws an error with more than one path", ->
-        keydown(':')
+        openEx()
         submitNormalModeInputText('write path1 path2')
         expect(atom.notifications.notifications[0].message).toEqual(
           'Command error: Only one file name allowed'
@@ -151,7 +154,7 @@ describe "the commands", ->
           fs.removeSync(existsPath)
 
         it "throws an error if the file already exists", ->
-          keydown(':')
+          openEx()
           submitNormalModeInputText("write #{existsPath}")
           expect(atom.notifications.notifications[0].message).toEqual(
             'Command error: File exists (add ! to override)'
@@ -159,7 +162,7 @@ describe "the commands", ->
           expect(fs.readFileSync(existsPath, 'utf-8')).toEqual('abc')
 
         it "writes if forced with :write!", ->
-          keydown(':')
+          openEx()
           submitNormalModeInputText("write! #{existsPath}")
           expect(atom.notifications.notifications).toEqual([])
           expect(fs.readFileSync(existsPath, 'utf-8')).toEqual('abc\ndef')
@@ -167,7 +170,7 @@ describe "the commands", ->
   describe ":wall", ->
     it "saves all", ->
       spyOn(atom.workspace, 'saveAll')
-      keydown(':')
+      openEx()
       submitNormalModeInputText('wall')
       expect(atom.workspace.saveAll).toHaveBeenCalled()
 
@@ -178,14 +181,14 @@ describe "the commands", ->
 
       it "opens the save dialog", ->
         spyOn(atom, 'showSaveDialogSync')
-        keydown(':')
+        openEx()
         submitNormalModeInputText('saveas')
         expect(atom.showSaveDialogSync).toHaveBeenCalled()
 
       it "saves when a path is specified in the save dialog", ->
         filePath = projectPath('saveas-from-save-dialog')
         spyOn(atom, 'showSaveDialogSync').andReturn(filePath)
-        keydown(':')
+        openEx()
         submitNormalModeInputText('saveas')
         expect(fs.existsSync(filePath)).toBe(true)
         expect(fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf-8')).toEqual('abc\ndef')
@@ -193,7 +196,7 @@ describe "the commands", ->
       it "saves when a path is specified in the save dialog", ->
         spyOn(atom, 'showSaveDialogSync').andReturn(undefined)
         spyOn(fs, 'writeFileSync')
-        keydown(':')
+        openEx()
         submitNormalModeInputText('saveas')
         expect(fs.writeFileSync.calls.length).toBe(0)
 
@@ -209,7 +212,7 @@ describe "the commands", ->
 
       it "complains if no path given", ->
         editor.setText('abc')
-        keydown(':')
+        openEx()
         submitNormalModeInputText('saveas')
         expect(atom.notifications.notifications[0].message).toEqual(
           'Command error: Argument required'
@@ -221,7 +224,7 @@ describe "the commands", ->
         beforeEach ->
           newPath = path.relative(dir, "#{filePath}.new")
           editor.getBuffer().setText('abc')
-          keydown(':')
+          openEx()
 
         afterEach ->
           submitNormalModeInputText("saveas #{newPath}")
@@ -243,7 +246,7 @@ describe "the commands", ->
           newPath = path.join('~', newPath)
 
       it "throws an error with more than one path", ->
-        keydown(':')
+        openEx()
         submitNormalModeInputText('saveas path1 path2')
         expect(atom.notifications.notifications[0].message).toEqual(
           'Command error: Only one file name allowed'
@@ -260,7 +263,7 @@ describe "the commands", ->
           fs.removeSync(existsPath)
 
         it "throws an error if the file already exists", ->
-          keydown(':')
+          openEx()
           submitNormalModeInputText("saveas #{existsPath}")
           expect(atom.notifications.notifications[0].message).toEqual(
             'Command error: File exists (add ! to override)'
@@ -268,7 +271,7 @@ describe "the commands", ->
           expect(fs.readFileSync(existsPath, 'utf-8')).toEqual('abc')
 
         it "writes if forced with :saveas!", ->
-          keydown(':')
+          openEx()
           submitNormalModeInputText("saveas! #{existsPath}")
           expect(atom.notifications.notifications).toEqual([])
           expect(fs.readFileSync(existsPath, 'utf-8')).toEqual('abc\ndef')
@@ -282,7 +285,7 @@ describe "the commands", ->
         atom.workspace.open()
 
     it "closes the active pane item if not modified", ->
-      keydown(':')
+      openEx()
       submitNormalModeInputText('quit')
       expect(pane.destroyActiveItem).toHaveBeenCalled()
       expect(pane.getItems().length).toBe(1)
@@ -293,14 +296,14 @@ describe "the commands", ->
 
       it "opens the prompt to save", ->
         spyOn(pane, 'promptToSaveItem')
-        keydown(':')
+        openEx()
         submitNormalModeInputText('quit')
         expect(pane.promptToSaveItem).toHaveBeenCalled()
 
   describe ":quitall", ->
     it "closes Atom", ->
       spyOn(atom, 'close')
-      keydown(':')
+      openEx()
       submitNormalModeInputText('quitall')
       expect(atom.close).toHaveBeenCalled()
 
@@ -308,7 +311,7 @@ describe "the commands", ->
     it "acts as an alias to :quit", ->
       spyOn(Ex, 'tabclose').andCallThrough()
       spyOn(Ex, 'quit').andCallThrough()
-      keydown(':')
+      openEx()
       submitNormalModeInputText('tabclose')
       expect(Ex.quit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(Ex.tabclose.calls[0].args...)
 
@@ -322,13 +325,13 @@ describe "the commands", ->
 
     it "switches to the next tab", ->
       pane.activateItemAtIndex(1)
-      keydown(':')
+      openEx()
       submitNormalModeInputText('tabnext')
       expect(pane.getActiveItemIndex()).toBe(2)
 
     it "wraps around", ->
       pane.activateItemAtIndex(pane.getItems().length - 1)
-      keydown(':')
+      openEx()
       submitNormalModeInputText('tabnext')
       expect(pane.getActiveItemIndex()).toBe(0)
 
@@ -342,13 +345,13 @@ describe "the commands", ->
 
     it "switches to the previous tab", ->
       pane.activateItemAtIndex(1)
-      keydown(':')
+      openEx()
       submitNormalModeInputText('tabprevious')
       expect(pane.getActiveItemIndex()).toBe(0)
 
     it "wraps around", ->
       pane.activateItemAtIndex(0)
-      keydown(':')
+      openEx()
       submitNormalModeInputText('tabprevious')
       expect(pane.getActiveItemIndex()).toBe(pane.getItems().length - 1)
 
@@ -359,7 +362,7 @@ describe "the commands", ->
 
     it "writes the file, then quits", ->
       spyOn(atom, 'showSaveDialogSync').andReturn(projectPath('wq-1'))
-      keydown(':')
+      openEx()
       submitNormalModeInputText('wq')
       expect(Ex.write).toHaveBeenCalled()
       # Since `:wq` only calls `:quit` after `:write` is finished, we need to
@@ -368,7 +371,7 @@ describe "the commands", ->
 
     it "doesn't quit when the file is new and no path is specified in the save dialog", ->
       spyOn(atom, 'showSaveDialogSync').andReturn(undefined)
-      keydown(':')
+      openEx()
       submitNormalModeInputText('wq')
       expect(Ex.write).toHaveBeenCalled()
       wasNotCalled = false
@@ -378,7 +381,7 @@ describe "the commands", ->
       waitsFor((-> wasNotCalled), 100)
 
     it "passes the file name", ->
-      keydown(':')
+      openEx()
       submitNormalModeInputText('wq wq-2')
       expect(Ex.write)
         .toHaveBeenCalled()
@@ -388,7 +391,7 @@ describe "the commands", ->
   describe ":xit", ->
     it "acts as an alias to :wq", ->
       spyOn(Ex, 'wq')
-      keydown(':')
+      openEx()
       submitNormalModeInputText('xit')
       expect(Ex.wq).toHaveBeenCalled()
 
@@ -396,7 +399,7 @@ describe "the commands", ->
     it "calls :wall, then :quitall", ->
       spyOn(Ex, 'wall')
       spyOn(Ex, 'quitall')
-      keydown(':')
+      openEx()
       submitNormalModeInputText('wqall')
       expect(Ex.wall).toHaveBeenCalled()
       expect(Ex.quitall).toHaveBeenCalled()
@@ -408,7 +411,7 @@ describe "the commands", ->
         editor.getBuffer().setText('abc')
         editor.saveAs(filePath)
         fs.writeFileSync(filePath, 'def')
-        keydown(':')
+        openEx()
         submitNormalModeInputText('edit')
         # Reloading takes a bit
         waitsFor((-> editor.getText() is 'def'),
@@ -420,7 +423,7 @@ describe "the commands", ->
         editor.saveAs(filePath)
         editor.getBuffer().setText('abcd')
         fs.writeFileSync(filePath, 'def')
-        keydown(':')
+        openEx()
         submitNormalModeInputText('edit')
         expect(atom.notifications.notifications[0].message).toEqual(
           'Command error: No write since last change (add ! to override)')
@@ -434,7 +437,7 @@ describe "the commands", ->
         editor.saveAs(filePath)
         editor.getBuffer().setText('abcd')
         fs.writeFileSync(filePath, 'def')
-        keydown(':')
+        openEx()
         submitNormalModeInputText('edit!')
         expect(atom.notifications.notifications.length).toBe(0)
         waitsFor((-> editor.getText() is 'def')
@@ -442,7 +445,7 @@ describe "the commands", ->
 
       it "throws an error when editing a new file", ->
         editor.getBuffer().reload()
-        keydown(':')
+        openEx()
         submitNormalModeInputText('edit')
         expect(atom.notifications.notifications[0].message).toEqual(
           'Command error: No file name')
@@ -458,18 +461,18 @@ describe "the commands", ->
 
       it "opens the specified path", ->
         filePath = projectPath('edit-new-test')
-        keydown(':')
+        openEx()
         submitNormalModeInputText("edit #{filePath}")
         expect(atom.workspace.open).toHaveBeenCalledWith(filePath)
 
       it "opens a relative path", ->
-        keydown(':')
+        openEx()
         submitNormalModeInputText('edit edit-relative-test')
         expect(atom.workspace.open).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
           projectPath('edit-relative-test'))
 
       it "throws an error if trying to open more than one file", ->
-        keydown(':')
+        openEx()
         submitNormalModeInputText('edit edit-new-test-1 edit-new-test-2')
         expect(atom.workspace.open.callCount).toBe(0)
         expect(atom.notifications.notifications[0].message).toEqual(
@@ -479,14 +482,14 @@ describe "the commands", ->
     it "acts as an alias to :edit if supplied with a path", ->
       spyOn(Ex, 'tabedit').andCallThrough()
       spyOn(Ex, 'edit')
-      keydown(':')
+      openEx()
       submitNormalModeInputText('tabedit tabedit-test')
       expect(Ex.edit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(Ex.tabedit.calls[0].args...)
 
     it "acts as an alias to :tabnew if not supplied with a path", ->
       spyOn(Ex, 'tabedit').andCallThrough()
       spyOn(Ex, 'tabnew')
-      keydown(':')
+      openEx()
       submitNormalModeInputText('tabedit  ')
       expect(Ex.tabnew)
         .toHaveBeenCalledWith(Ex.tabedit.calls[0].args...)
@@ -494,14 +497,14 @@ describe "the commands", ->
   describe ":tabnew", ->
     it "opens a new tab", ->
       spyOn(atom.workspace, 'open')
-      keydown(':')
+      openEx()
       submitNormalModeInputText('tabnew')
       expect(atom.workspace.open).toHaveBeenCalled()
 
     it "opens a new tab for editing when provided an argument", ->
       spyOn(Ex, 'tabnew').andCallThrough()
       spyOn(Ex, 'tabedit')
-      keydown(':')
+      openEx()
       submitNormalModeInputText('tabnew tabnew-test')
       expect(Ex.tabedit)
         .toHaveBeenCalledWith(Ex.tabnew.calls[0].args...)
@@ -513,14 +516,14 @@ describe "the commands", ->
         spyOn(pane, 'splitDown').andCallThrough()
         filePath = projectPath('split')
         editor.saveAs(filePath)
-        keydown(':')
+        openEx()
         submitNormalModeInputText('split')
         expect(pane.splitDown).toHaveBeenCalled()
       else
         spyOn(pane, 'splitUp').andCallThrough()
         filePath = projectPath('split')
         editor.saveAs(filePath)
-        keydown(':')
+        openEx()
         submitNormalModeInputText('split')
         expect(pane.splitUp).toHaveBeenCalled()
       # FIXME: Should test whether the new pane contains a TextEditor
@@ -533,7 +536,7 @@ describe "the commands", ->
         spyOn(pane, 'splitRight').andCallThrough()
         filePath = projectPath('vsplit')
         editor.saveAs(filePath)
-        keydown(':')
+        openEx()
         submitNormalModeInputText('vsplit')
         expect(pane.splitLeft).toHaveBeenCalled()
       else
@@ -541,7 +544,7 @@ describe "the commands", ->
         spyOn(pane, 'splitLeft').andCallThrough()
         filePath = projectPath('vsplit')
         editor.saveAs(filePath)
-        keydown(':')
+        openEx()
         submitNormalModeInputText('vsplit')
         expect(pane.splitLeft).toHaveBeenCalled()
       # FIXME: Should test whether the new pane contains a TextEditor
@@ -553,19 +556,19 @@ describe "the commands", ->
       editor.setCursorBufferPosition([2, 0])
 
     it "deletes the current line", ->
-      keydown(':')
+      openEx()
       submitNormalModeInputText('delete')
       expect(editor.getText()).toEqual('abc\ndef\njkl')
 
     it "copies the deleted text", ->
-      keydown(':')
+      openEx()
       submitNormalModeInputText('delete')
       expect(atom.clipboard.read()).toEqual('ghi\n')
 
     it "deletes the lines in the given range", ->
       processedOpStack = false
       exState.onDidProcessOpStack -> processedOpStack = true
-      keydown(':')
+      openEx()
       submitNormalModeInputText('1,2delete')
       expect(editor.getText()).toEqual('ghi\njkl')
 
@@ -578,7 +581,7 @@ describe "the commands", ->
       expect(editor.getText()).toEqual('abc\n')
 
     it "undos deleting several lines at once", ->
-      keydown(':')
+      openEx()
       submitNormalModeInputText('-1,.delete')
       expect(editor.getText()).toEqual('abc\njkl')
       atom.commands.dispatch(editorElement, 'core:undo')
@@ -590,17 +593,17 @@ describe "the commands", ->
       editor.setCursorBufferPosition([0, 0])
 
     it "replaces a character on the current line", ->
-      keydown(':')
+      openEx()
       submitNormalModeInputText(':substitute /a/x')
       expect(editor.getText()).toEqual('xbcaABC\ndefdDEF\nabcaABC')
 
     it "doesn't need a space before the arguments", ->
-      keydown(':')
+      openEx()
       submitNormalModeInputText(':substitute/a/x')
       expect(editor.getText()).toEqual('xbcaABC\ndefdDEF\nabcaABC')
 
     it "respects modifiers passed to it", ->
-      keydown(':')
+      openEx()
       submitNormalModeInputText(':substitute/a/x/g')
       expect(editor.getText()).toEqual('xbcxABC\ndefdDEF\nabcaABC')
 
@@ -609,7 +612,7 @@ describe "the commands", ->
       expect(editor.getText()).toEqual('xbcxxBC\ndefdDEF\nabcaABC')
 
     it "replaces on multiple lines", ->
-      keydown(':')
+      openEx()
       submitNormalModeInputText(':%substitute/abc/ghi')
       expect(editor.getText()).toEqual('ghiaABC\ndefdDEF\nghiaABC')
 
@@ -623,18 +626,18 @@ describe "the commands", ->
         editor.setCursorBufferPosition([2, 0])
 
       it "yanks the current line", ->
-        keydown(':')
+        openEx()
         submitNormalModeInputText('yank')
         expect(atom.clipboard.read()).toEqual('ghi\n')
 
       it "yanks the lines in the given range", ->
-        keydown(':')
+        openEx()
         submitNormalModeInputText('1,2yank')
         expect(atom.clipboard.read()).toEqual('abc\ndef\n')
 
     describe "illegal delimiters", ->
       test = (delim) ->
-        keydown(':')
+        openEx()
         submitNormalModeInputText(":substitute #{delim}a#{delim}x#{delim}gi")
         expect(atom.notifications.notifications[0].message).toEqual(
           "Command error: Regular expressions can't be delimited by alphanumeric characters, '\\', '\"' or '|'")
@@ -651,12 +654,12 @@ describe "the commands", ->
         editor.setText('abcabc\nabcabc')
 
       it "removes the pattern without modifiers", ->
-        keydown(':')
+        openEx()
         submitNormalModeInputText(":substitute/abc//")
         expect(editor.getText()).toEqual('abc\nabcabc')
 
       it "removes the pattern with modifiers", ->
-        keydown(':')
+        openEx()
         submitNormalModeInputText(":substitute/abc//g")
         expect(editor.getText()).toEqual('\nabcabc')
 
@@ -665,7 +668,7 @@ describe "the commands", ->
         editor.setText('abc,def,ghi')
 
       test = (escapeChar, escaped) ->
-        keydown(':')
+        openEx()
         submitNormalModeInputText(":substitute/,/\\#{escapeChar}/g")
         expect(editor.getText()).toEqual("abc#{escaped}def#{escaped}ghi")
 
@@ -680,26 +683,26 @@ describe "the commands", ->
 
         it "uses case sensitive search if smartcase is off and the pattern is lowercase", ->
           atom.config.set('vim-mode.useSmartcaseForSearch', false)
-          keydown(':')
+          openEx()
           submitNormalModeInputText(':substitute/abc/ghi/g')
           expect(editor.getText()).toEqual('ghiaABC\ndefdDEF\nabcaABC')
 
         it "uses case sensitive search if smartcase is off and the pattern is uppercase", ->
           editor.setText('abcaABC\ndefdDEF\nabcaABC')
-          keydown(':')
+          openEx()
           submitNormalModeInputText(':substitute/ABC/ghi/g')
           expect(editor.getText()).toEqual('abcaghi\ndefdDEF\nabcaABC')
 
         it "uses case insensitive search if smartcase is on and the pattern is lowercase", ->
           editor.setText('abcaABC\ndefdDEF\nabcaABC')
           atom.config.set('vim-mode.useSmartcaseForSearch', true)
-          keydown(':')
+          openEx()
           submitNormalModeInputText(':substitute/abc/ghi/g')
           expect(editor.getText()).toEqual('ghiaghi\ndefdDEF\nabcaABC')
 
         it "uses case sensitive search if smartcase is on and the pattern is uppercase", ->
           editor.setText('abcaABC\ndefdDEF\nabcaABC')
-          keydown(':')
+          openEx()
           submitNormalModeInputText(':substitute/ABC/ghi/g')
           expect(editor.getText()).toEqual('abcaghi\ndefdDEF\nabcaABC')
 
@@ -709,37 +712,37 @@ describe "the commands", ->
 
         it "uses case insensitive search if smartcase is off and \c is in the pattern", ->
           atom.config.set('vim-mode.useSmartcaseForSearch', false)
-          keydown(':')
+          openEx()
           submitNormalModeInputText(':substitute/abc\\c/ghi/g')
           expect(editor.getText()).toEqual('ghiaghi\ndefdDEF\nabcaABC')
 
         it "doesn't matter where in the pattern \\c is", ->
           atom.config.set('vim-mode.useSmartcaseForSearch', false)
-          keydown(':')
+          openEx()
           submitNormalModeInputText(':substitute/a\\cbc/ghi/g')
           expect(editor.getText()).toEqual('ghiaghi\ndefdDEF\nabcaABC')
 
         it "uses case sensitive search if smartcase is on, \\C is in the pattern and the pattern is lowercase", ->
           atom.config.set('vim-mode.useSmartcaseForSearch', true)
-          keydown(':')
+          openEx()
           submitNormalModeInputText(':substitute/a\\Cbc/ghi/g')
           expect(editor.getText()).toEqual('ghiaABC\ndefdDEF\nabcaABC')
 
         it "overrides \\C with \\c if \\C comes first", ->
           atom.config.set('vim-mode.useSmartcaseForSearch', true)
-          keydown(':')
+          openEx()
           submitNormalModeInputText(':substitute/a\\Cb\\cc/ghi/g')
           expect(editor.getText()).toEqual('ghiaghi\ndefdDEF\nabcaABC')
 
         it "overrides \\C with \\c if \\c comes first", ->
           atom.config.set('vim-mode.useSmartcaseForSearch', true)
-          keydown(':')
+          openEx()
           submitNormalModeInputText(':substitute/a\\cb\\Cc/ghi/g')
           expect(editor.getText()).toEqual('ghiaghi\ndefdDEF\nabcaABC')
 
         it "overrides an appended /i flag with \\C", ->
           atom.config.set('vim-mode.useSmartcaseForSearch', true)
-          keydown(':')
+          openEx()
           submitNormalModeInputText(':substitute/ab\\Cc/ghi/gi')
           expect(editor.getText()).toEqual('ghiaABC\ndefdDEF\nabcaABC')
 
@@ -748,23 +751,23 @@ describe "the commands", ->
         editor.setText('abcaABC\ndefdDEF\nabcaABC')
 
       it "replaces \\1 with the first group", ->
-        keydown(':')
+        openEx()
         submitNormalModeInputText(':substitute/bc(.{2})/X\\1X')
         expect(editor.getText()).toEqual('aXaAXBC\ndefdDEF\nabcaABC')
 
       it "replaces multiple groups", ->
-        keydown(':')
+        openEx()
         submitNormalModeInputText(':substitute/a([a-z]*)aA([A-Z]*)/X\\1XY\\2Y')
         expect(editor.getText()).toEqual('XbcXYBCY\ndefdDEF\nabcaABC')
 
       it "replaces \\0 with the entire match", ->
-        keydown(':')
+        openEx()
         submitNormalModeInputText(':substitute/ab(ca)AB/X\\0X')
         expect(editor.getText()).toEqual('XabcaABXC\ndefdDEF\nabcaABC')
 
   describe ":set", ->
     it "throws an error without a specified option", ->
-      keydown(':')
+      openEx()
       submitNormalModeInputText(':set')
       expect(atom.notifications.notifications[0].message).toEqual(
         'Command error: No option specified')
@@ -772,7 +775,7 @@ describe "the commands", ->
     it "sets multiple options at once", ->
       atom.config.set('editor.showInvisibles', false)
       atom.config.set('editor.showLineNumbers', false)
-      keydown(':')
+      openEx()
       submitNormalModeInputText(':set list number')
       expect(atom.config.get('editor.showInvisibles')).toBe(true)
       expect(atom.config.get('editor.showLineNumbers')).toBe(true)
@@ -783,7 +786,7 @@ describe "the commands", ->
         atom.config.set('editor.showLineNumbers', false)
 
       it "sets (no)list", ->
-        keydown(':')
+        openEx()
         submitNormalModeInputText(':set list')
         expect(atom.config.get('editor.showInvisibles')).toBe(true)
         atom.commands.dispatch(editorElement, 'ex-mode:open')
@@ -791,7 +794,7 @@ describe "the commands", ->
         expect(atom.config.get('editor.showInvisibles')).toBe(false)
 
       it "sets (no)nu(mber)", ->
-        keydown(':')
+        openEx()
         submitNormalModeInputText(':set nu')
         expect(atom.config.get('editor.showLineNumbers')).toBe(true)
         atom.commands.dispatch(editorElement, 'ex-mode:open')
@@ -805,7 +808,7 @@ describe "the commands", ->
         expect(atom.config.get('editor.showLineNumbers')).toBe(false)
 
       it "sets (no)sp(lit)r(ight)", ->
-        keydown(':')
+        openEx()
         submitNormalModeInputText(':set spr')
         expect(atom.config.get('ex-mode.splitright')).toBe(true)
         atom.commands.dispatch(editorElement, 'ex-mode:open')
@@ -819,7 +822,7 @@ describe "the commands", ->
         expect(atom.config.get('ex-mode.splitright')).toBe(false)
 
       it "sets (no)s(plit)b(elow)", ->
-        keydown(':')
+        openEx()
         submitNormalModeInputText(':set sb')
         expect(atom.config.get('ex-mode.splitbelow')).toBe(true)
         atom.commands.dispatch(editorElement, 'ex-mode:open')
@@ -836,7 +839,7 @@ describe "the commands", ->
     it "calls the aliased function without arguments", ->
       ExClass.registerAlias('W', 'w')
       spyOn(Ex, 'write')
-      keydown(':')
+      openEx()
       submitNormalModeInputText('W')
       expect(Ex.write).toHaveBeenCalled()
 
@@ -844,7 +847,7 @@ describe "the commands", ->
       ExClass.registerAlias('W', 'write')
       spyOn(Ex, 'W').andCallThrough()
       spyOn(Ex, 'write')
-      keydown(':')
+      openEx()
       submitNormalModeInputText('W')
       WArgs = Ex.W.calls[0].args[0]
       writeArgs = Ex.write.calls[0].args[0]