including specified files in a layout?

[Rich Morin]

I'm using Jekyll to create single-page web applications,
using GitHub Pages for deployment.

My _layouts/recipe.html file uses Liquid's include tag
to incorporate HTML and CoffeeScript content into the
document's HEAD, eg:

{% include demo_1/external_js.html %}

<script type="text/coffeescript">
# <![CDATA[
{% include demo_1/lib_chart.coffee %}
{% include demo_1/lib_query.coffee %}
{% include demo_1/lib_table.coffee %}
{% include demo_1/main.coffee %}
# ]]>
</script>

This works OK for a demo, but it isn't a general solution.
In order to use the layout with multiple pages, I need a
way to let the page specify which files to include.

Suggestions?

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[Rich Morin]

It's possible to define fields in the page's YAML header
and use them in the layout. Unfortunately, the "include"
tags make this unworkable, AFAICT.

One thought I had was to use a capture in the page body,
then evaluate it in the layout, eg:

Layout:

{{ cs_code }}

Page:

{% capture cs_code %}

<script type="text/coffeescript">
# <![CDATA[
{% include demo_1/lib_chart.coffee %}
{% include demo_1/lib_query.coffee %}
{% include demo_1/lib_table.coffee %}
{% include demo_1/main.coffee %}
# ]]>
</script>

{% endcapture %}

Problem is, I'm not sure how to name the capture variable
so that it passes between the page and the layout. Is
this even possible?