Just for tought.
You know the avarege joe user has problems with typing mel in the forums. So i suggest that the [code] tags etc that can be sued to alleviete the problem should be visible. Also the font inside code brackets should prefeerably be a fixed size font for indenting etc.
In the same line how about a [mel] tag that actualy nicely formats the mel code inside a frame or so indents and makes synatethical cheks by coloring keywords etc etc. Shoudnt be all that hard to implement. Also could now link in a way that if you used the maya embedded browser it could read this dierctlyu as a mel command using the maya internal mechanism.
Might even add a option for line numbering for easeir outside commentaries etc etc.
