diff --git a/helix-view/src/macros.rs b/helix-view/src/macros.rs
index 63d76a420..04f8df944 100644
--- a/helix-view/src/macros.rs
+++ b/helix-view/src/macros.rs
@@ -11,10 +11,19 @@
 /// Returns `(&mut View, &mut Document)`
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! current {
-    ( $( $editor:ident ).+ ) => {{
-        let view = $crate::view_mut!( $( $editor ).+ );
+    ($editor:expr) => {{
+        let view = $crate::view_mut!($editor);
         let id = view.doc;
-        let doc = $( $editor ).+ .documents.get_mut(&id).unwrap();
+        let doc = $editor.documents.get_mut(&id).unwrap();
+        (view, doc)
+    }};
+}
+
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! current_ref {
+    ($editor:expr) => {{
+        let view = $editor.tree.get($editor.tree.focus);
+        let doc = &$editor.documents[&view.doc];
         (view, doc)
     }};
 }
@@ -23,8 +32,8 @@ macro_rules! current {
 /// Returns `&mut Document`
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! doc_mut {
-    ( $( $editor:ident ).+ ) => {{
-        $crate::current!( $( $editor ).+ ).1
+    ($editor:expr) => {{
+        $crate::current!($editor).1
     }};
 }
 
@@ -32,8 +41,8 @@ macro_rules! doc_mut {
 /// Returns `&mut View`
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! view_mut {
-    ( $( $editor:ident ).+ ) => {{
-        $( $editor ).+ .tree.get_mut($( $editor ).+ .tree.focus)
+    ($editor:expr) => {{
+        $editor.tree.get_mut($editor.tree.focus)
     }};
 }
 
@@ -41,23 +50,14 @@ macro_rules! view_mut {
 /// Returns `&View`
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! view {
-    ( $( $editor:ident ).+ ) => {{
-        $( $editor ).+ .tree.get($( $editor ).+ .tree.focus)
+    ($editor:expr) => {{
+        $editor.tree.get($editor.tree.focus)
     }};
 }
 
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! doc {
-    ( $( $editor:ident ).+ ) => {{
-        $crate::current_ref!( $( $editor ).+ ).1
-    }};
-}
-
-#[macro_export]
-macro_rules! current_ref {
-    ( $( $editor:ident ).+ ) => {{
-        let view = $( $editor ).+ .tree.get($( $editor ).+ .tree.focus);
-        let doc = &$( $editor ).+ .documents[&view.doc];
-        (view, doc)
+    ($editor:expr) => {{
+        $crate::current_ref!($editor).1
     }};
 }