Writing on programming topics means that one is frequently referring to language keywords and such, which should have formatting (usually resulting in the use of a monospace font). Unfortunately, it appears that there is no quick/easy way to apply this formatting in the visual editor; I'm finding that the easiest route is to apply all the formatting after writing the entry in full, by going to the HTML view and laboriously selecting each keyword, etc., and clicking the code button.
Is there any way to get a 'code' button on the visual editor, or ideally, establish a key binding for that inline formatting in the visual editor? I suppose I could dig in and write a greasemonkey script for this, but that's definitely a band-aid/punt compared to having a proper keybinding, etc. across all browsers.