Add pandoc include filter.

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diff --git a/pandoc-filter-includes.py b/pandoc-filter-includes.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+"""
+Pandoc filter to process code blocks with class "include" and
+replace their content with the included file
+
+from: https://github.com/simonlau/pandocfilters
+"""
+
+from pandocfilters import toJSONFilter, CodeBlock
+
+
+def code_include(key, value, format, meta):
+    if key == 'CodeBlock':
+        [[ident, classes, namevals], code] = value
+        for nameval in namevals:
+            if nameval[0] == 'include':
+                with open(nameval[1], 'rb') as content_file:
+                    content = content_file.read()
+                    content.decode('utf-8')
+                return CodeBlock([ident, classes, namevals], content)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    toJSONFilter(code_include)