Visual C++ error format needs <space>:<space> after the parentheses.

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/doc/nasmdoc.src b/doc/nasmdoc.src
index 2ac98c3..e00311c 100644
--- a/doc/nasmdoc.src
+++ b/doc/nasmdoc.src
@@ -544,8 +544,7 @@ Currently, two error reporting formats may be selected.  They are
 the \c{-Xvc} option and the \c{-Xgnu} option.  The GNU format is 
 the default and looks like this:
 
-\c filename.asm:65: error:specific error message 
-
+\c filename.asm:65: error: specific error message 
 
 where \c{filename.asm} is the name of the source file in which the
 error was detected, \c{65} is the source file line number on which 
@@ -556,8 +555,7 @@ detailed text message which should help pinpoint the exact problem.
 The other format, specified by \c{-Xvc} is the style used by Microsoft
 Visual C++ and some other programs.  It looks like this:
 
-\c filename.asm(65) error:specific error message
-
+\c filename.asm(65) : error: specific error message
 
 where the only difference is that the line number is in parentheses
 instead of being delimited by colons.  
diff --git a/nasm.c b/nasm.c
index 84c2bc5..987573c 100644
--- a/nasm.c
+++ b/nasm.c
@@ -1411,7 +1411,7 @@ static void report_error_gnu (int severity, const char *fmt, ...)
  * This function prints an error message to error_file in the
  * style used by Visual C and some other Microsoft tools. An example 
  * would be:
- * c:\project\file.asm(50) error: blah blah blah
+ * c:\project\file.asm(50) : error: blah blah blah
  * where c:\project\file.asm is the full path of the file, 
  * 50 is the line number on which the error occurs (or is detected) 
  * and "error:" is one of the possible optional diagnostics -- it 
@@ -1434,7 +1434,7 @@ static void report_error_vc (int severity, const char *fmt, ...)
 	char * currentfile = NULL;
 	long lineno = 0;
 	src_get (&lineno, &currentfile);
-	fprintf (error_file, "%s(%ld) ", currentfile, lineno);
+	fprintf (error_file, "%s(%ld) : ", currentfile, lineno);
 	nasm_free (currentfile);
     }
     va_start (ap, fmt);