diff --git a/src/utils.c b/src/utils.c
index 4411499..2e0233e 100644
--- a/src/utils.c
+++ b/src/utils.c
@@ -77,27 +77,40 @@ bool parse_num(const char *str, ssize_t *val)
     return TRUE;
 }
 
-/* Read two ssize_t's, separated by a comma, from str, and store them in
+/* Read two ssize_t's, separated by a separator, from str, and store them in
  * *line and *column (if they're not both NULL).  Return FALSE on error,
  * or TRUE otherwise. */
 bool parse_line_column(const char *str, ssize_t *line, ssize_t *column)
 {
     bool retval = TRUE;
-    const char *comma;
+    const char *separator;
+    int i;
 
     assert(str != NULL);
 
-    comma = strchr(str, ',');
-
-    if (comma != NULL && column != NULL) {
-	if (!parse_num(comma + 1, column))
+    /* If we have any character other than '+', '-' or alphabets, it is
+     * separator between line and column number. */
+    for (i = 0; i < strlen(str) - 1; ++i)
+	if (! (str[i] == '+' || str[i] == '-'))
+	    if (! (str[i] >= 'A' && str[i] <= 'Z')) 
+		if (! (str[i] >= 'a' && str[i] <= 'z'))
+		    if (! (str[i] >= '0' && str[i] <= '9')) {
+			separator = strchr(str, str[i]);
+			break;
+		    }
+
+    if (i >= (strlen(str) - 1))
+	separator = NULL;
+
+    if (separator != NULL && column != NULL) {
+	if (!parse_num(separator + 1, column))
 	    retval = FALSE;
     }
 
     if (line != NULL) {
-	if (comma != NULL) {
-	    char *str_line = mallocstrncpy(NULL, str, comma - str + 1);
-	    str_line[comma - str] = '\0';
+	if (separator != NULL) {
+	    char *str_line = mallocstrncpy(NULL, str, separator - str + 1);
+	    str_line[separator - str] = '\0';
 
 	    if (str_line[0] != '\0' && !parse_num(str_line, line))
 		retval = FALSE;