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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# Pandoc-placetable Filter
+
+A Pandoc filter that replaces code blocks (that have the class `table`) with tables generated from CSV.
+The CSV is read from the code block and from an optional external CSV file and concatenated. There's a
+flag to enable parsing of inline markdown.
+
+Some usage examples:
+
+    ```{.table file="foo.csv"}
+    ```
+
+    ```{.table}
+    some,values
+    even,"with spaces"
+    "with the inlineMarkdown flag enabled","we _can_ write **Markdown** here"
+    ```
+
+    ```{.table file="foo.csv" header=yes}
+    Fruit,Quantity,Price
+    ```
+
+    ```{.table file="foo.csv" header=yes aligns=LRCRR caption="my caption" delimiter="," quotechar="\"" }
+    ```
+All attributes are optional and are specified as follows:
+
+- file: The path to the CSV file that is appended to the code block's content
+- header: If set to `yes`, then the first row of data is interpreted as the table headers.
+- aligns: For each column, one letter (L, R or C) that specifies the column's alignment.
+- caption: The table caption.
+- delimiter: A one-character string used in the CSV to separate fields, defaults to `,`.
+  For characters not allowed standing alone in Pandoc markdown attributes, use `\t` for a
+  tab and `\s` for a space.
+- quotechar: A one-character string that may be used in the CSV to quote fields containing
+  special characters, defaults to `"`.
+
+When compiled with the `inlineMarkdown` flag, the CSV and the caption may contain markdown that will
+be interpreted. The CSV may even contain multiline markdown in a cell (the field need to be quoted,
+of course). Note that the flag causes Pandoc to be required as a dependency so it will take a while
+to build.
+
+## Installation
+
+    cabal update
+    cabal install pandoc-placetable
+
+or with the `inlineMarkdown` flag (see above):
+
+    cabal install -f inlineMarkdown pandoc-placetable
+
+## Usage
+
+Prepare a markdown file containing a [fenced code block](http://pandoc.org/README.html#fenced-code-blocks)
+like the ones above, then:
+
+    pandoc --filter pandoc-placetable input.md
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/pandoc-placetable.cabal b/pandoc-placetable.cabal
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+Name:                 pandoc-placetable
+Version:              0.1.0
+Build-Type:           Simple
+Synopsis:             Pandoc filter to include CSV files
+Description:          A Pandoc filter that replaces code blocks (that have the class `table`)
+                      with tables generated from CSV. The CSV is read from the code block
+                      and from an optional external CSV file and concatenated. There's a flag
+                      to enable parsing of inline markdown.
+Homepage:             https://github.com/mb21/pandoc-placetable
+Bug-Reports:          https://github.com/mb21/pandoc-placetable/issues
+License:              GPL
+License-File:         LICENSE
+Author:               Mauro Bieg
+Maintainer:           Mauro Bieg
+Copyright:            (c) 2015 Mauro Bieg
+Category:             Text
+Data-Files:           README.md
+Cabal-Version:        >=1.10
+Source-repository     head
+  type:               git
+  location:           git://github.com/mb21/pandoc-placetable.git
+
+Flag inlineMarkdown
+  Default: False
+  Description:        require entire Pandoc as a dependency and use it to compile
+                      inline markdown in the CSV and caption
+
+Executable pandoc-placetable
+  Main-Is:            pandoc-placetable.hs
+  Build-Depends:      base >=4.2 && < 5,
+                      spreadsheet >= 0.1.3 && < 0.1.4,
+                      explicit-exception == 0.1.*,
+                      pandoc-types >= 1.12.0.0
+  If flag(inlineMarkdown)
+    Build-Depends: pandoc >= 1.14.0.0
+    cpp-options: -DINLINE_MARKDOWN
+  Buildable:          True
+  Default-Language:   Haskell2010
diff --git a/pandoc-placetable.hs b/pandoc-placetable.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
+
+module Main where
+import Data.Spreadsheet as S
+import Control.Monad.Exception.Asynchronous.Lazy as AsExc
+import Control.Monad (liftM)
+import Data.Monoid (mempty)
+import Data.Char (toUpper)
+import Data.List (isSuffixOf)
+import Text.Pandoc.JSON
+import Text.Pandoc.Definition
+import Text.Pandoc.Builder (Inlines, Blocks, toList, fromList, table, para, str)
+
+#if defined(INLINE_MARKDOWN)
+import Text.Pandoc.Readers.Markdown
+import Text.Pandoc.Options
+#endif
+
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = toJSONFilter placeTable
+
+placeTable :: Block -> IO [Block]
+placeTable (CodeBlock (_, cls, kvs) txt) | "table" `elem` cls = do
+  csv <- case lookup "file" kvs of
+           Just name -> readFile name
+           Nothing   -> return ""
+  let header = case lookup "header" kvs of
+                 Just "yes" -> True
+                 _ -> False
+  let toAlign c = case toUpper c of
+                    'L' -> AlignLeft
+                    'R' -> AlignRight
+                    'C' -> AlignCenter
+                    _   -> AlignDefault
+  let aligns = case lookup "aligns" kvs of
+                 Just as -> map toAlign as
+                 Nothing -> repeat AlignDefault
+  let capt = case lookup "caption" kvs of
+               Just c  -> strToInlines c
+               Nothing -> mempty
+  let qc   = case lookup "quotechar" kvs of
+               Just q  -> head q
+               Nothing -> '"'
+  let sep  = case lookup "delimiter" kvs of
+               Just d  -> if head d == '\\'
+                             then case head (tail d) of
+                                    't' -> '\t'
+                                    's' -> ' '
+                                    _   -> '\\'
+                             else head d
+               Nothing -> ','
+  let s' = if null txt
+             then csv
+             else txt ++ "\n" ++ csv
+  let s = if isSuffixOf "\n" s'
+             then s'
+             else s' ++ "\n"
+  return $ toList $ csvToTable header aligns capt qc sep s
+placeTable a = return [a]
+
+
+-- | Convert a CSV String to a Pandoc Table
+simpleCsvToTable :: String -> Blocks
+simpleCsvToTable s = csvToTable False (repeat AlignDefault) mempty '"' ',' s
+
+-- | Convert a bunch of options and a CSV String to a Pandoc Table
+csvToTable :: Bool        -- ^ interpret first row as headers
+           -> [Alignment] -- ^ table column alignments
+           -> Inlines     -- ^ table caption
+           -> Char        -- ^ csv quotation character like "
+           -> Char        -- ^ csv field separator like ,
+           -> String      -- ^ csv string to parse
+           -> Blocks
+csvToTable header aligns caption qc sep s =
+  table caption cellspecs (map strToBlocks headers) $ (map . map) strToBlocks rows
+  where
+    exc = S.fromString qc sep s
+    rows' = case  exception exc of
+              Nothing -> result exc
+              Just e  -> [["Error parsing CSV: " ++ e]]
+    (headers, rows) = if header && length rows' > 0
+                         then (head rows', tail rows')
+                         else ([], rows')
+    cols = if null rows' then 0 else length $ head rows'
+    cellspecs = zip aligns $ replicate cols 0
+
+
+strToInlines :: String -> Inlines
+strToInlines s =
+#if defined(INLINE_MARKDOWN)
+ case readMarkdown def s of
+                   Right (Pandoc _ bs) -> fromList $ extractIns $ head bs
+                   Left e -> str $ show e
+  where
+    extractIns (Para ins) = ins
+    extractIns _ = []
+#else
+  str s
+#endif
+
+strToBlocks :: String -> Blocks
+strToBlocks s =
+#if defined(INLINE_MARKDOWN)
+  case readMarkdown def s of
+    Right (Pandoc _ bs) -> fromList bs
+    Left e -> para $ str $ show e
+#else
+  para $ str s
+#endif
