--- a/Plugins/CheckerPlugins/SyntaxChecker/SyntaxCheckerDialog.py	Thu Mar 27 19:15:18 2014 +0100
+++ b/Plugins/CheckerPlugins/SyntaxChecker/SyntaxCheckerDialog.py	Fri Mar 28 19:52:34 2014 +0100
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
                     nok, fname, line, error = \
                         Utilities.jsCheckSyntax(file, source)
                     index = 0
-                    code = source[line - 1]
+                    code = source.splitlines()[int(line) - 1] if nok else ""
                 else:
                     isPy3 = True
                     nok, fname, line, index, code, error = \