Rails - Oct 2005 - Making link_to use the routes I define

Hi,


In my rails application I have a controller (message) that handles all 
top-level directory requests, and maps it to a list view.

How can I use link_to to link to the URLs generated by this route?

map.connect '':forum_url_name/'', :controller =>
''messages'', :action => ''list''

Then I have a (forum) controller that lists all its record on its list 
action. Currently this is what I do:

<%= link_to forum.name, ''/'' + forum.url_name %>

Obviously that''s not pretty, since it''s half hard-coded... I
don''t know
if I''m making sense, so here are the relevant files (snippets):

messages_controller.rb:

  def list
    @forum = Forum.find(:all, :conditions => [''url_name =
?'',
params[:forum_url_name]])
    if @forum.empty?
      render_text "404: Not found"
    else
      for f in @forum
        @forum_id = f.id
      end
      @messages = Message.find(:all, :conditions => ["parent_id IS NULL 
AND forum_id = ?", @forum.id])
    end
  end

views/forums/list.rhtml:

<% for forum in @forums %>
  <li><%= link_to forum.name, ''/'' + forum.url_name
%></li>
<% end %>

routes.rb:

  map.connect '''', :controller =>
''forums'', :action => ''list''

  map.connect '':forum_url_name/'', :controller =>
''messages'', :action =>
''list''
  map.connect ''/nuevo/:forum_url_name/'', :controller =>
''messages'',
:action => ''new''

Notice that last connection. If I do this (inside a messages controller 
view):

<%= link_to ''New message'', :action =>
''new'' %>

The links get magically created like so: "/nuevo/support/" (for 
example). How is this magic worked?

Thanks in advance!

Ivan V.