Getting syntax highlighting plugins to work correctly with certain WordPress themes

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If you’re running a WordPress blog, some themes – including the one used in this blog, which is Gear theme – might give you headaches when using syntax highlighting plugins (namely, plugins for showing source code in a well-organized and nicely formatted way). The problem? The code displayed is completely messed up. As far as I know, this happens with different plugins, and all of them are based on Alex Gorbatchev’s syntax highlighter. Read the rest of this entry »