diff -Naurp standards-orig/standards.texi standards/standards.texi --- standards-orig/standards.texi 2009-04-17 00:46:07.000000000 +0200 +++ standards/standards.texi 2009-10-10 13:35:31.000000000 +0200 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ @setfilename standards.info @settitle GNU Coding Standards @c This date is automagically updated when you save this file: address@hidden lastupdate April 16, 2009 address@hidden lastupdate October 10, 2009 @c %**end of header @dircategory GNU organization @@ -760,6 +760,16 @@ When an error is spread over several fil @var{file-1}:@address@hidden@var{file-2}:@address@hidden: @var{message} @end example address@hidden +When an error message mentions several ranges of positions within one +file, you can specify each range within braces. For example, the +following specifies one error position and two ranges within the same +file: + address@hidden address@hidden:@var{lineno-1}:@var{column-1}:@address@hidden:@address@hidden:@address@hidden@address@hidden:@address@hidden:@address@hidden: @var{message} address@hidden example + Error messages from other noninteractive programs should look like this: @example