Hi Julien,

Julien Cubizolles <j.cubizolles@free.fr> writes:

> I often need to purge DONE items from my org files. I have set up a
> special agenda view for checking those items and cutting some subtrees
> from it using bulk commands. I'm using a function adapted from the
> example in the manual (I've no idea if it's the best way to do it
> however) : 
>
> ,----
> | (defun bulk-cut ()
> |   (interactive "P")
> |   (let* ((marker (or (org-get-at-bol 'org-hd-marker)
> | 		     (org-agenda-error)))
> | 	 (buffer (marker-buffer marker)))
> |     (with-current-buffer buffer
> |       (save-excursion
> | 	(save-restriction
> | 	  (widen)
> | 	  (goto-char marker)
> | 	  (org-back-to-heading t)
> | 	  (org-cut-subtree))))))
> `----
>
> Typing B f bulk-cut RET removes the selected items but it's a lot of
> typing for a very useful action in my opinion.
>
> Could it be added to the list of default bulk actions, with a "X" key
> for example ?

Please test this patch and try to set `org-agenda-bulk-custom-functions'
(see the docstring).  

Thanks for bringing this up!