pasteCode

If you're a programmer and use Thunderbird for your email needs, you might have come across the issue of emailing source code to a colleague and having it appear unreadable. This is where pasteCode comes in - it's a Thunderbird extension that allows you to email highlighted programming code with ease.

With pasteCode, you can paste your source code directly into the email editor in a fixed width font with syntax highlighting. Although the highlighting is based on C/C++ syntax, it can make most source code look pretty good. It's a useful and robust plugin that's easy to use.

One commonly asked question is whether more languages will be supported in the future, such as scripts or HTML. For now, the short answer is no. The developer wants to ensure that the plugin remains simple to use and still functions well. However, the syntax highlighting is still effective for languages such as Java, JavaScript, Perl, Python, etc. In the medium-term, the developer may consider adding more languages if there's enough demand. They would need to ensure that the plugin is clever and auto-determines the language being highlighted, which would require significant testing effort.

To use pasteCode, you need Thunderbird version 1.5 - 1.5.0.* on your computer. The latest release includes fixes for some highlighted strings not displaying properly and additions to the boolean type and 64-bit integer. Overall, pasteCode is a helpful Thunderbird extension for programmers who need to email source code to others.