diff --git a/components/prism-pug.js b/components/prism-pug.js
index e8966a37c8..2c3484b6a5 100644
--- a/components/prism-pug.js
+++ b/components/prism-pug.js
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
 		'punctuation': /[.\-!=|]+/
 	};
 
-	var filter_pattern = '(^([\\t ]*)):{{filter_name}}(?:(?:\\r?\\n|\\r(?!\\n))(?:\\2[\\t ]+.+|\\s*?(?=\\r?\\n|\\r)))+';
+	var filter_pattern = /(^([\t ]*)):{{filter_name}}(?:(?:\r?\n|\r(?!\n))(?:\2[\t ]+.+|\s*?(?=\r?\n|\r)))+/.source;
 
 	// Non exhaustive list of available filters and associated languages
 	var filters = [
diff --git a/components/prism-pug.min.js b/components/prism-pug.min.js
index 39832fc911..ef351db302 100644
--- a/components/prism-pug.min.js
+++ b/components/prism-pug.min.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-!function(e){e.languages.pug={comment:{pattern:/(^([\t ]*))\/\/.*(?:(?:\r?\n|\r)\2[\t ]+.+)*/m,lookbehind:!0},"multiline-script":{pattern:/(^([\t ]*)script\b.*\.[\t ]*)(?:(?:\r?\n|\r(?!\n))(?:\2[\t ]+.+|\s*?(?=\r?\n|\r)))+/m,lookbehind:!0,inside:{rest:e.languages.javascript}},filter:{pattern:/(^([\t ]*)):.+(?:(?:\r?\n|\r(?!\n))(?:\2[\t ]+.+|\s*?(?=\r?\n|\r)))+/m,lookbehind:!0,inside:{"filter-name":{pattern:/^:[\w-]+/,alias:"variable"}}},"multiline-plain-text":{pattern:/(^([\t ]*)[\w\-#.]+\.[\t ]*)(?:(?:\r?\n|\r(?!\n))(?:\2[\t ]+.+|\s*?(?=\r?\n|\r)))+/m,lookbehind:!0},markup:{pattern:/(^[\t ]*)<.+/m,lookbehind:!0,inside:{rest:e.languages.markup}},doctype:{pattern:/((?:^|\n)[\t ]*)doctype(?: .+)?/,lookbehind:!0},"flow-control":{pattern:/(^[\t ]*)(?:if|unless|else|case|when|default|each|while)\b(?: .+)?/m,lookbehind:!0,inside:{each:{pattern:/^each .+? in\b/,inside:{keyword:/\b(?:each|in)\b/,punctuation:/,/}},branch:{pattern:/^(?:if|unless|else|case|when|default|while)\b/,alias:"keyword"},rest:e.languages.javascript}},keyword:{pattern:/(^[\t ]*)(?:block|extends|include|append|prepend)\b.+/m,lookbehind:!0},mixin:[{pattern:/(^[\t ]*)mixin .+/m,lookbehind:!0,inside:{keyword:/^mixin/,"function":/\w+(?=\s*\(|\s*$)/,punctuation:/[(),.]/}},{pattern:/(^[\t ]*)\+.+/m,lookbehind:!0,inside:{name:{pattern:/^\+\w+/,alias:"function"},rest:e.languages.javascript}}],script:{pattern:/(^[\t ]*script(?:(?:&[^(]+)?\([^)]+\))*[\t ]+).+/m,lookbehind:!0,inside:{rest:e.languages.javascript}},"plain-text":{pattern:/(^[\t ]*(?!-)[\w\-#.]*[\w\-](?:(?:&[^(]+)?\([^)]+\))*\/?[\t ]+).+/m,lookbehind:!0},tag:{pattern:/(^[\t ]*)(?!-)[\w\-#.]*[\w\-](?:(?:&[^(]+)?\([^)]+\))*\/?:?/m,lookbehind:!0,inside:{attributes:[{pattern:/&[^(]+\([^)]+\)/,inside:{rest:e.languages.javascript}},{pattern:/\([^)]+\)/,inside:{"attr-value":{pattern:/(=\s*)(?:\{[^}]*\}|[^,)\r\n]+)/,lookbehind:!0,inside:{rest:e.languages.javascript}},"attr-name":/[\w-]+(?=\s*!?=|\s*[,)])/,punctuation:/[!=(),]+/}}],punctuation:/:/}},code:[{pattern:/(^[\t ]*(?:-|!?=)).+/m,lookbehind:!0,inside:{rest:e.languages.javascript}}],punctuation:/[.\-!=|]+/};for(var t="(^([\\t ]*)):{{filter_name}}(?:(?:\\r?\\n|\\r(?!\\n))(?:\\2[\\t ]+.+|\\s*?(?=\\r?\\n|\\r)))+",n=[{filter:"atpl",language:"twig"},{filter:"coffee",language:"coffeescript"},"ejs","handlebars","hogan","less","livescript","markdown","mustache","plates",{filter:"sass",language:"scss"},"stylus","swig"],a={},i=0,r=n.length;r>i;i++){var s=n[i];s="string"==typeof s?{filter:s,language:s}:s,e.languages[s.language]&&(a["filter-"+s.filter]={pattern:RegExp(t.replace("{{filter_name}}",s.filter),"m"),lookbehind:!0,inside:{"filter-name":{pattern:/^:[\w-]+/,alias:"variable"},rest:e.languages[s.language]}})}e.languages.insertBefore("pug","filter",a)}(Prism);
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+!function(e){e.languages.pug={comment:{pattern:/(^([\t ]*))\/\/.*(?:(?:\r?\n|\r)\2[\t ]+.+)*/m,lookbehind:!0},"multiline-script":{pattern:/(^([\t ]*)script\b.*\.[\t ]*)(?:(?:\r?\n|\r(?!\n))(?:\2[\t ]+.+|\s*?(?=\r?\n|\r)))+/m,lookbehind:!0,inside:{rest:e.languages.javascript}},filter:{pattern:/(^([\t ]*)):.+(?:(?:\r?\n|\r(?!\n))(?:\2[\t ]+.+|\s*?(?=\r?\n|\r)))+/m,lookbehind:!0,inside:{"filter-name":{pattern:/^:[\w-]+/,alias:"variable"}}},"multiline-plain-text":{pattern:/(^([\t ]*)[\w\-#.]+\.[\t ]*)(?:(?:\r?\n|\r(?!\n))(?:\2[\t ]+.+|\s*?(?=\r?\n|\r)))+/m,lookbehind:!0},markup:{pattern:/(^[\t ]*)<.+/m,lookbehind:!0,inside:{rest:e.languages.markup}},doctype:{pattern:/((?:^|\n)[\t ]*)doctype(?: .+)?/,lookbehind:!0},"flow-control":{pattern:/(^[\t ]*)(?:if|unless|else|case|when|default|each|while)\b(?: .+)?/m,lookbehind:!0,inside:{each:{pattern:/^each .+? in\b/,inside:{keyword:/\b(?:each|in)\b/,punctuation:/,/}},branch:{pattern:/^(?:if|unless|else|case|when|default|while)\b/,alias:"keyword"},rest:e.languages.javascript}},keyword:{pattern:/(^[\t ]*)(?:block|extends|include|append|prepend)\b.+/m,lookbehind:!0},mixin:[{pattern:/(^[\t ]*)mixin .+/m,lookbehind:!0,inside:{keyword:/^mixin/,"function":/\w+(?=\s*\(|\s*$)/,punctuation:/[(),.]/}},{pattern:/(^[\t ]*)\+.+/m,lookbehind:!0,inside:{name:{pattern:/^\+\w+/,alias:"function"},rest:e.languages.javascript}}],script:{pattern:/(^[\t ]*script(?:(?:&[^(]+)?\([^)]+\))*[\t ]+).+/m,lookbehind:!0,inside:{rest:e.languages.javascript}},"plain-text":{pattern:/(^[\t ]*(?!-)[\w\-#.]*[\w\-](?:(?:&[^(]+)?\([^)]+\))*\/?[\t ]+).+/m,lookbehind:!0},tag:{pattern:/(^[\t ]*)(?!-)[\w\-#.]*[\w\-](?:(?:&[^(]+)?\([^)]+\))*\/?:?/m,lookbehind:!0,inside:{attributes:[{pattern:/&[^(]+\([^)]+\)/,inside:{rest:e.languages.javascript}},{pattern:/\([^)]+\)/,inside:{"attr-value":{pattern:/(=\s*)(?:\{[^}]*\}|[^,)\r\n]+)/,lookbehind:!0,inside:{rest:e.languages.javascript}},"attr-name":/[\w-]+(?=\s*!?=|\s*[,)])/,punctuation:/[!=(),]+/}}],punctuation:/:/}},code:[{pattern:/(^[\t ]*(?:-|!?=)).+/m,lookbehind:!0,inside:{rest:e.languages.javascript}}],punctuation:/[.\-!=|]+/};for(var t="(^([	 ]*)):{{filter_name}}(?:(?:\r?\n|\r(?!\n))(?:\\2[	 ]+.+|\\s*?(?=\r?\n|\r)))+",n=[{filter:"atpl",language:"twig"},{filter:"coffee",language:"coffeescript"},"ejs","handlebars","hogan","less","livescript","markdown","mustache","plates",{filter:"sass",language:"scss"},"stylus","swig"],a={},i=0,r=n.length;r>i;i++){var s=n[i];s="string"==typeof s?{filter:s,language:s}:s,e.languages[s.language]&&(a["filter-"+s.filter]={pattern:RegExp(t.replace("{{filter_name}}",s.filter),"m"),lookbehind:!0,inside:{"filter-name":{pattern:/^:[\w-]+/,alias:"variable"},rest:e.languages[s.language]}})}e.languages.insertBefore("pug","filter",a)}(Prism);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/components/prism-pure.js b/components/prism-pure.js
index b426bb5563..605e961f1b 100644
--- a/components/prism-pure.js
+++ b/components/prism-pure.js
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 		'ats',
 		'dsp'
 	];
-	var inlineLanguageRe = '%< *-\\*- *{lang}\\d* *-\\*-[\\s\\S]+?%>';
+	var inlineLanguageRe = /%< *-\*- *{lang}\d* *-\*-[\s\S]+?%>/.source;
 
 	inlineLanguages.forEach(function (lang) {
 		var alias = lang;
@@ -78,4 +78,4 @@
 		Prism.languages.pure['inline-lang'].inside.rest = Prism.util.clone(Prism.languages.c);
 	}
 
-}(Prism));
\ No newline at end of file
+}(Prism));
diff --git a/components/prism-textile.js b/components/prism-textile.js
index 8e72a117de..599ccd1c3b 100644
--- a/components/prism-textile.js
+++ b/components/prism-textile.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 (function(Prism) {
 	// We don't allow for pipes inside parentheses
 	// to not break table pattern |(. foo |). bar |
-	var modifierRegex = '(?:\\([^|)]+\\)|\\[[^\\]]+\\]|\\{[^}]+\\})+';
+	var modifierRegex = /(?:\([^|)]+\)|\[[^\]]+\]|\{[^}]+\})+/.source;
 	var modifierTokens = {
 		'css': {
 			pattern: /\{[^}]+\}/,
@@ -254,4 +254,4 @@
 	Prism.languages.textile['phrase'].inside['table'].inside['acronym'] = nestedPatterns['acronym'];
 	Prism.languages.textile['phrase'].inside['table'].inside['mark'] = nestedPatterns['mark'];
 
-}(Prism));
\ No newline at end of file
+}(Prism));
diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 1060b42b4c..1147a8c80f 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -34,10 +34,27 @@ var gulp   = require('gulp'),
 				reject(err);
 			}
 		});
-	});
+	}),
+
+	inlineRegexSource = function () {
+		return replace(
+			/\/((?:[^\n\r[\\\/]|\\.|\[(?:[^\n\r\\\]]|\\.)*\])*)\/\.source\b/,
+			function (m, source) {
+				// escape backslashes
+				source = source.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\');
+				// escape single quotes
+				source = source.replace(/'/g, "\\'");
+				// unescape characters like \\n and \\t to \n and \t
+				source = source.replace(/(^|[^\\])\\\\([nrt0])/g, '$1\\$2');
+				// wrap source in single quotes
+				return "'" + source + "'";
+			}
+		);
+	};
 
 gulp.task('components', function() {
 	return gulp.src(paths.components)
+		.pipe(inlineRegexSource())
 		.pipe(uglify())
 		.pipe(rename({ suffix: '.min' }))
 		.pipe(gulp.dest('components'));
@@ -54,6 +71,7 @@ gulp.task('build', function() {
 
 gulp.task('plugins', ['languages-plugins'], function() {
 	return gulp.src(paths.plugins)
+		.pipe(inlineRegexSource())
 		.pipe(uglify())
 		.pipe(rename({ suffix: '.min' }))
 		.pipe(gulp.dest('plugins'));