It's obvious, but here's the snippet to promote the headline for your convenience:


(defun ngz-move-headline-up ()
  "Move current headline to the top of the tree"
  (interactive)
  (unless (org-at-heading-p) (error "Not at an headline"))
  (save-excursion (while (ignore-errors (org-move-subtree-up)))))


The only minor issue I have now is with my org file conf section. It's supposed to be the last item in the file, but when I send the item to the bottom, it starts pilling up as I add more. 

It would be nice if we could setup a special tag for the conf section of the org file, i.e:

* conf  :HIDDEN:
#+STARTUP: overview
...

HIDDEN items would be hidden unless show-hidden-items toggles. Does that make sense?

Cheers,
Marcelo.

On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 10:27 PM, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa <celoserpa@gmail.com> wrote:
I definitely need to get my head around elisp. Thank you very much.


On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 4:39 AM, Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello,

Marcelo de Moraes Serpa <celoserpa@gmail.com> writes:

> Nicolas, the function works quite well!  Thanks. Just one last request: Is
> it possible to not follow the item until the bottom? The issue is that, once
> running it and when the item is sent to the bottom of the file, the pointer
> is also put there and the buffer scrolls down with it.


Sure, it's simple as packing it into a (save-excursion ...)

#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(defun ngz-move-headline-at-bottom ()
 "Move current headline to the last position in the same tree"
 (interactive)
 (unless (org-at-heading-p) (error "Not at an headline"))
 (save-excursion (while (ignore-errors (org-move-subtree-down)))))
#+end_src

Regards,

--
Nicolas Goaziou