gistfile1.rb

# I admit this is somewhat nutty, but I needed to find a way for mini_feed 
# (http://github.com/juliocesar/mini_feed/tree/master) to be able to access 
# helpers, or more specifically, link_to, so feeds can have links in them.
# This is what I came up with

# for instance

class Book < ActiveRecord::Base

  if defined?(Rails)
    @@helpers = ActionView::Base.new
    def method_missing(method, *args, &block)        
      @@helpers.respond_to?(method) ? @@helpers.send(method, *args, &block) : super
    end
  end

  ...
end

# Turns out it doesn't do exactly what I needed it to do (I still can't interpolate)
# the string in the right context. Still, I'll share just in case