render_directly.rb

class RenderDirectly < ActionController::Base
  include ActionController::Rendering
  include AbstractController::Layouts
   
  append_view_path Rails.root.join("app", "views").to_s 
  layout "application"
 
  def index
    render *env["generic_views.render_args"]
  end
end
 
module GenericActions
  def self.included(base)
    base.extend(Render)
  end
  
  module Render
    def render(*args)
      app = RenderDirectly.action(:index)
      lambda do |env|
        env["generic_views.render_args"] = args
        app.call(env)
      end
    end
  end
end

routes.rb

require 'sam_soffes/render_directly'

SamSoffes::Application.routes.draw do |map|
  include GenericActions
  
  resources :posts, :only => [:show]
  resources :tags, :only => [:index, :show]

  match "/", :to => render("pages/home"), :as => "root"
  match "/blog", :to => "posts#index", :as => "blog"
  match "/music", :to => render("pages/music"), :as => "music"
  match "/about", :to => render("pages/about"), :as => "about"

end