Snippet is a jQuery Syntax Highlighter plugin which allows you to apply syntax highlighting to blocks of code. It currently supports 15 languages, including C/C++/C#, PHP, CSS, Javascript, Ruby, Python, Perl and more, and ships with 39 color schemes. The plugin itself looks to be lightweight and easy to use. The next time you find yourself needing syntax highlighting, this would be an excellent way to go.

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