Rails - Mar 2006 - url_for leave out ''index'' action

I''m trying to reduce the size of urls in my app and i was wondering how
i
can get all links to an index action to leave out the ''index''.
In my
routes.rb, i have it setup to recognize the controller and default to the
index action.

But is there a way to make it so that the ''index'' portion in
the url is not
shown to the user?  This is mostly a concern where in other controllers i
use redirect_to and link_to that index action of a particular controller.

For example:  i have controller_a and i want to get to its index action.  I
know i can just use http://www.myapp.com/controller_a

but when i do link_to and redirect_to :controller => controller_a, it shows
controller_a/index in the url.  I''d like to leave off the
''index''

Thanks for the help.
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can anyone help me out?

On 3/31/06, Manish Shah <mnshah@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I''m trying to reduce the size of urls in my app and i was
wondering how i
> can get all links to an index action to leave out the
''index''.  In my
> routes.rb, i have it setup to recognize the controller and default to the
> index action.
>
> But is there a way to make it so that the ''index'' portion
in the url is
> not shown to the user?  This is mostly a concern where in other controllers
> i use redirect_to and link_to that index action of a particular controller.
>
> For example:  i have controller_a and i want to get to its index action.
> I know i can just use http://www.myapp.com/controller_a
>
> but when i do link_to and redirect_to :controller => controller_a, it
> shows controller_a/index in the url.  I''d like to leave off the
''index''
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
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