There might be problem with the fact that not all code posted here is perl (some is HTML, Template::Toolkit, some shell, C etc). Of course there allways could be additional button to set if the code is indeed perl.
Comment on Re: Feature Request: Adding Colors to Source Code
Well it seems to be elementary to figure out whether code is Perl or not. For instance, if code contains semicolons at the end of most new lines and commonly used perl keywords / variables (i.e. $_, @_, @ARGV, shift, pop, push), theres a very good possibility that it's Perl. So a button wouldn't even be needed.
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