diff --git a/plugins/plugin-shikiji/src/node/utils/whitespace.ts b/plugins/plugin-shikiji/src/node/utils/whitespace.ts
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+export const WHITESPACE_REGEXP = /:whitespace(?:=(all|boundary|trailing)?)?\b/
+export const NO_WHITESPACE_REGEXP = /:no-whitespace\b/
+
+export type WhitespacePosition = 'all' | 'boundary' | 'trailing'
+
+export function resolveWhitespacePosition(info: string, defaultPosition?: boolean | WhitespacePosition): WhitespacePosition | false {
+  if (NO_WHITESPACE_REGEXP.test(info)) {
+    return false
+  }
+
+  defaultPosition = defaultPosition === true ? undefined : defaultPosition
+
+  const match = info.match(WHITESPACE_REGEXP)
+  if (match) {
+    return (match[1] || defaultPosition || 'all') as WhitespacePosition
+  }
+  return defaultPosition ?? false
+}