diff --git a/src/testdir/test_exit.vim b/src/testdir/test_exit.vim
index 8f02fd2..3797626 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_exit.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_exit.vim
@@ -3,52 +3,56 @@
 source shared.vim
 
 func Test_exiting()
-  let after = [
-	\ 'au QuitPre * call writefile(["QuitPre"], "Xtestout")',
-	\ 'au ExitPre * call writefile(["ExitPre"], "Xtestout", "a")',
-	\ 'quit',
-	\ ]
+  let after =<< trim [CODE]
+    au QuitPre * call writefile(["QuitPre"], "Xtestout")
+    au ExitPre * call writefile(["ExitPre"], "Xtestout", "a")
+    quit
+  [CODE]
+
   if RunVim([], after, '')
     call assert_equal(['QuitPre', 'ExitPre'], readfile('Xtestout'))
   endif
   call delete('Xtestout')
 
-  let after = [
-	\ 'au QuitPre * call writefile(["QuitPre"], "Xtestout")',
-	\ 'au ExitPre * call writefile(["ExitPre"], "Xtestout", "a")',
-	\ 'help',
-	\ 'wincmd w',
-	\ 'quit',
-	\ ]
+  let after =<< trim [CODE]
+    au QuitPre * call writefile(["QuitPre"], "Xtestout")
+    au ExitPre * call writefile(["ExitPre"], "Xtestout", "a")
+    help
+    wincmd w
+    quit
+  [CODE]
+
   if RunVim([], after, '')
     call assert_equal(['QuitPre', 'ExitPre'], readfile('Xtestout'))
   endif
   call delete('Xtestout')
 
-  let after = [
-	\ 'au QuitPre * call writefile(["QuitPre"], "Xtestout")',
-	\ 'au ExitPre * call writefile(["ExitPre"], "Xtestout", "a")',
-	\ 'split',
-	\ 'new',
-	\ 'qall',
-	\ ]
+  let after =<< trim [CODE]
+    au QuitPre * call writefile(["QuitPre"], "Xtestout")
+    au ExitPre * call writefile(["ExitPre"], "Xtestout", "a")
+    split
+    new
+    qall
+  [CODE]
+
   if RunVim([], after, '')
     call assert_equal(['QuitPre', 'ExitPre'], readfile('Xtestout'))
   endif
   call delete('Xtestout')
 
-  let after = [
-	\ 'au QuitPre * call writefile(["QuitPre"], "Xtestout", "a")',
-	\ 'au ExitPre * call writefile(["ExitPre"], "Xtestout", "a")',
-	\ 'augroup nasty',
-	\ '  au ExitPre * split',
-	\ 'augroup END',
-	\ 'quit',
-	\ 'augroup nasty',
-	\ '  au! ExitPre',
-	\ 'augroup END',
-	\ 'quit',
-	\ ]
+  let after =<< trim [CODE]
+    au QuitPre * call writefile(["QuitPre"], "Xtestout", "a")
+    au ExitPre * call writefile(["ExitPre"], "Xtestout", "a")
+    augroup nasty
+      au ExitPre * split
+    augroup END
+    quit
+    augroup nasty
+      au! ExitPre
+    augroup END
+    quit
+  [CODE]
+
   if RunVim([], after, '')
     call assert_equal(['QuitPre', 'ExitPre', 'QuitPre', 'ExitPre'],
 	  \ readfile('Xtestout'))