diff --git a/src/node/markdown/markdown.ts b/src/node/markdown/markdown.ts
index 5050bebd..aca503e2 100644
--- a/src/node/markdown/markdown.ts
+++ b/src/node/markdown/markdown.ts
@@ -19,9 +19,8 @@ import type {
   ShikiTransformer,
   ThemeRegistrationAny
 } from '@shikijs/types'
-import type { Options } from 'markdown-it'
-import { MarkdownItAsync } from 'markdown-it-async'
 import anchorPlugin from 'markdown-it-anchor'
+import { MarkdownItAsync, type Options } from 'markdown-it-async'
 import attrsPlugin from 'markdown-it-attrs'
 import { full as emojiPlugin } from 'markdown-it-emoji'
 import type { BuiltinLanguage, BuiltinTheme, Highlighter } from 'shiki'
diff --git a/src/node/markdown/plugins/containers.ts b/src/node/markdown/plugins/containers.ts
index 03be3abc..6b08fc3d 100644
--- a/src/node/markdown/plugins/containers.ts
+++ b/src/node/markdown/plugins/containers.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it'
+import type { MarkdownItAsync } from 'markdown-it-async'
 import container from 'markdown-it-container'
 import type { RenderRule } from 'markdown-it/lib/renderer.mjs'
 import type Token from 'markdown-it/lib/token.mjs'
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
 } from './preWrapper'
 
 export const containerPlugin = (
-  md: MarkdownIt,
+  md: MarkdownItAsync,
   options: Options,
   containerOptions?: ContainerOptions
 ) => {
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ type ContainerArgs = [typeof container, string, { render: RenderRule }]
 function createContainer(
   klass: string,
   defaultTitle: string,
-  md: MarkdownIt
+  md: MarkdownItAsync
 ): ContainerArgs {
   return [
     container,
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ function createContainer(
   ]
 }
 
-function createCodeGroup(options: Options, md: MarkdownIt): ContainerArgs {
+function createCodeGroup(options: Options, md: MarkdownItAsync): ContainerArgs {
   return [
     container,
     'code-group',
diff --git a/src/node/markdown/plugins/githubAlerts.ts b/src/node/markdown/plugins/githubAlerts.ts
index eab5956d..7e065f7a 100644
--- a/src/node/markdown/plugins/githubAlerts.ts
+++ b/src/node/markdown/plugins/githubAlerts.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-import type MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it'
+import type { MarkdownItAsync } from 'markdown-it-async'
 import type { ContainerOptions } from './containers'
 
 const markerRE =
   /^\[!(TIP|NOTE|INFO|IMPORTANT|WARNING|CAUTION|DANGER)\]([^\n\r]*)/i
 
 export const gitHubAlertsPlugin = (
-  md: MarkdownIt,
+  md: MarkdownItAsync,
   options?: ContainerOptions
 ) => {
   const titleMark = {
diff --git a/src/node/markdown/plugins/highlightLines.ts b/src/node/markdown/plugins/highlightLines.ts
index f03ae617..a66882ec 100644
--- a/src/node/markdown/plugins/highlightLines.ts
+++ b/src/node/markdown/plugins/highlightLines.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 // Now this plugin is only used to normalize line attrs.
 // The else part of line highlights logic is in './highlight.ts'.
 
-import type MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it'
+import type { MarkdownItAsync } from 'markdown-it-async'
 
 const RE = /{([\d,-]+)}/
 
-export const highlightLinePlugin = (md: MarkdownIt) => {
+export const highlightLinePlugin = (md: MarkdownItAsync) => {
   const fence = md.renderer.rules.fence!
   md.renderer.rules.fence = (...args) => {
     const [tokens, idx] = args
diff --git a/src/node/markdown/plugins/image.ts b/src/node/markdown/plugins/image.ts
index d6f7eb5f..40f0b296 100644
--- a/src/node/markdown/plugins/image.ts
+++ b/src/node/markdown/plugins/image.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // markdown-it plugin for normalizing image source
 
-import type MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it'
+import type { MarkdownItAsync } from 'markdown-it-async'
 import { EXTERNAL_URL_RE } from '../../shared'
 
 export interface Options {
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ export interface Options {
   lazyLoading?: boolean
 }
 
-export const imagePlugin = (md: MarkdownIt, { lazyLoading }: Options = {}) => {
+export const imagePlugin = (
+  md: MarkdownItAsync,
+  { lazyLoading }: Options = {}
+) => {
   const imageRule = md.renderer.rules.image!
   md.renderer.rules.image = (tokens, idx, options, env, self) => {
     const token = tokens[idx]
diff --git a/src/node/markdown/plugins/lineNumbers.ts b/src/node/markdown/plugins/lineNumbers.ts
index 15fff082..040963af 100644
--- a/src/node/markdown/plugins/lineNumbers.ts
+++ b/src/node/markdown/plugins/lineNumbers.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 // markdown-it plugin for generating line numbers.
 // It depends on preWrapper plugin.
 
-import type MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it'
+import type { MarkdownItAsync } from 'markdown-it-async'
 
-export const lineNumberPlugin = (md: MarkdownIt, enable = false) => {
+export const lineNumberPlugin = (md: MarkdownItAsync, enable = false) => {
   const fence = md.renderer.rules.fence!
   md.renderer.rules.fence = (...args) => {
     const rawCode = fence(...args)
diff --git a/src/node/markdown/plugins/link.ts b/src/node/markdown/plugins/link.ts
index 4c47eb44..3e48843c 100644
--- a/src/node/markdown/plugins/link.ts
+++ b/src/node/markdown/plugins/link.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // 1. adding target="_blank" to external links
 // 2. normalize internal links to end with `.html`
 
-import type MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it'
+import type { MarkdownItAsync } from 'markdown-it-async'
 import { URL } from 'node:url'
 import {
   EXTERNAL_URL_RE,
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
 const indexRE = /(^|.*\/)index.md(#?.*)$/i
 
 export const linkPlugin = (
-  md: MarkdownIt,
+  md: MarkdownItAsync,
   externalAttrs: Record<string, string>,
   base: string
 ) => {
diff --git a/src/node/markdown/plugins/preWrapper.ts b/src/node/markdown/plugins/preWrapper.ts
index 906cac2a..bd6b96ba 100644
--- a/src/node/markdown/plugins/preWrapper.ts
+++ b/src/node/markdown/plugins/preWrapper.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-import type MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it'
+import type { MarkdownItAsync } from 'markdown-it-async'
 
 export interface Options {
   codeCopyButtonTitle: string
   hasSingleTheme: boolean
 }
 
-export function preWrapperPlugin(md: MarkdownIt, options: Options) {
+export function preWrapperPlugin(md: MarkdownItAsync, options: Options) {
   const fence = md.renderer.rules.fence!
   md.renderer.rules.fence = (...args) => {
     const [tokens, idx] = args
diff --git a/src/node/markdown/plugins/restoreEntities.ts b/src/node/markdown/plugins/restoreEntities.ts
index 07c71e70..0d2bb1d4 100644
--- a/src/node/markdown/plugins/restoreEntities.ts
+++ b/src/node/markdown/plugins/restoreEntities.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import type MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it'
+import type { MarkdownItAsync } from 'markdown-it-async'
 import type StateCore from 'markdown-it/lib/rules_core/state_core.mjs'
 import type Token from 'markdown-it/lib/token.mjs'
 import { escapeHtml } from '../../shared'
 
-export function restoreEntities(md: MarkdownIt): void {
+export function restoreEntities(md: MarkdownItAsync): void {
   md.core.ruler.at('text_join', text_join)
   md.renderer.rules.text = (tokens, idx) => escapeHtml(tokens[idx].content)
 }
diff --git a/src/node/markdown/plugins/snippet.ts b/src/node/markdown/plugins/snippet.ts
index 05356f72..71e5e76c 100644
--- a/src/node/markdown/plugins/snippet.ts
+++ b/src/node/markdown/plugins/snippet.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import fs from 'fs-extra'
-import type MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it'
+import type { MarkdownItAsync } from 'markdown-it-async'
 import type { RuleBlock } from 'markdown-it/lib/parser_block.mjs'
 import path from 'node:path'
 import type { MarkdownEnv } from '../../shared'
@@ -51,78 +51,75 @@ export function dedent(text: string): string {
   return text
 }
 
+const markers = [
+  {
+    start: /^\s*\/\/\s*#?region\b\s*(.*?)\s*$/,
+    end: /^\s*\/\/\s*#?endregion\b\s*(.*?)\s*$/
+  },
+  {
+    start: /^\s*<!--\s*#?region\b\s*(.*?)\s*-->/,
+    end: /^\s*<!--\s*#?endregion\b\s*(.*?)\s*-->/
+  },
+  {
+    start: /^\s*\/\*\s*#region\b\s*(.*?)\s*\*\//,
+    end: /^\s*\/\*\s*#endregion\b\s*(.*?)\s*\*\//
+  },
+  {
+    start: /^\s*#[rR]egion\b\s*(.*?)\s*$/,
+    end: /^\s*#[eE]nd ?[rR]egion\b\s*(.*?)\s*$/
+  },
+  {
+    start: /^\s*#\s*#?region\b\s*(.*?)\s*$/,
+    end: /^\s*#\s*#?endregion\b\s*(.*?)\s*$/
+  },
+  {
+    start: /^\s*(?:--|::|@?REM)\s*#region\b\s*(.*?)\s*$/,
+    end: /^\s*(?:--|::|@?REM)\s*#endregion\b\s*(.*?)\s*$/
+  },
+  {
+    start: /^\s*#pragma\s+region\b\s*(.*?)\s*$/,
+    end: /^\s*#pragma\s+endregion\b\s*(.*?)\s*$/
+  },
+  {
+    start: /^\s*\(\*\s*#region\b\s*(.*?)\s*\*\)/,
+    end: /^\s*\(\*\s*#endregion\b\s*(.*?)\s*\*\)/
+  }
+]
+
 export function findRegion(lines: Array<string>, regionName: string) {
-  const regionRegexps: [RegExp, RegExp][] = [
-    [
-      /^[ \t]*\/\/ ?#?(region) ([\w*-]+)$/,
-      /^[ \t]*\/\/ ?#?(endregion) ?([\w*-]*)$/
-    ], // javascript, typescript, java
-    [
-      /^\/\* ?#(region) ([\w*-]+) ?\*\/$/,
-      /^\/\* ?#(endregion) ?([\w*-]*) ?\*\/$/
-    ], // css, less, scss
-    [/^#pragma (region) ([\w*-]+)$/, /^#pragma (endregion) ?([\w*-]*)$/], // C, C++
-    [/^<!-- #?(region) ([\w*-]+) -->$/, /^<!-- #?(endregion) ?([\w*-]*) -->$/], // HTML, markdown
-    [/^[ \t]*#(Region) ([\w*-]+)$/, /^[ \t]*#(End Region) ?([\w*-]*)$/], // Visual Basic
-    [/^::#(region) ([\w*-]+)$/, /^::#(endregion) ?([\w*-]*)$/], // Bat
-    [/^[ \t]*# ?(region) ([\w*-]+)$/, /^[ \t]*# ?(endregion) ?([\w*-]*)$/] // C#, PHP, Powershell, Python, perl & misc
-  ]
-
-  let chosenRegex: [RegExp, RegExp] | null = null
-  let startLine = -1
+  let chosen: { re: (typeof markers)[number]; start: number } | null = null
   // find the regex pair for a start marker that matches the given region name
   for (let i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
-    const line = lines[i].trim()
-    for (const [startRegex, endRegex] of regionRegexps) {
-      const startMatch = startRegex.exec(line)
-      if (
-        startMatch &&
-        startMatch[2] === regionName &&
-        /^[rR]egion$/.test(startMatch[1])
-      ) {
-        chosenRegex = [startRegex, endRegex]
-        startLine = i + 1
+    for (const re of markers) {
+      if (re.start.exec(lines[i])?.[1] === regionName) {
+        chosen = { re, start: i + 1 }
         break
       }
     }
-    if (chosenRegex) break
+    if (chosen) break
   }
-  if (!chosenRegex) return null
+  if (!chosen) return null
 
-  const [startRegex, endRegex] = chosenRegex
   let counter = 1
   // scan the rest of the lines to find the matching end marker, handling nested markers
-  for (let i = startLine; i < lines.length; i++) {
-    const trimmed = lines[i].trim()
+  for (let i = chosen.start; i < lines.length; i++) {
     // check for an inner start marker for the same region
-    const startMatch = startRegex.exec(trimmed)
-    if (
-      startMatch &&
-      startMatch[2] === regionName &&
-      /^[rR]egion$/.test(startMatch[1])
-    ) {
+    if (chosen.re.start.exec(lines[i])?.[1] === regionName) {
       counter++
       continue
     }
     // check for an end marker for the same region
-    const endMatch = endRegex.exec(trimmed)
-    if (
-      endMatch &&
-      // allow empty region name on the end marker as a fallback
-      (endMatch[2] === regionName || endMatch[2] === '') &&
-      /^[Ee]nd ?[rR]egion$/.test(endMatch[1])
-    ) {
-      counter--
-      if (counter === 0) {
-        return { start: startLine, end: i, regexp: chosenRegex }
-      }
+    const endRegion = chosen.re.end.exec(lines[i])?.[1]
+    // allow empty region name on the end marker as a fallback
+    if (endRegion === regionName || endRegion === '') {
+      if (--counter === 0) return { ...chosen, end: i }
     }
   }
 
   return null
 }
 
-export const snippetPlugin = (md: MarkdownIt, srcDir: string) => {
+export const snippetPlugin = (md: MarkdownItAsync, srcDir: string) => {
   const parser: RuleBlock = (state, startLine, endLine, silent) => {
     const CH = '<'.charCodeAt(0)
     const pos = state.bMarks[startLine] + state.tShift[startLine]
@@ -205,13 +202,7 @@ export const snippetPlugin = (md: MarkdownIt, srcDir: string) => {
         content = dedent(
           lines
             .slice(region.start, region.end)
-            .filter((line) => {
-              const trimmed = line.trim()
-              return (
-                !region.regexp[0].test(trimmed) &&
-                !region.regexp[1].test(trimmed)
-              )
-            })
+            .filter((l) => !(region.re.start.test(l) || region.re.end.test(l)))
             .join('\n')
         )
       }