I'm looking to automate org-refile so that it will find all of the matches and re-file them to a specific location (but not archive). I found a fully automated method of archiving multiple todo, and I am hopeful to find or create (with some help) something similar to this awesome function (but for a different heading / location other than archiving): https://github.com/tonyday567/jwiegley-dot-emacs/blob/master/dot-org.el
(defun org-archive-done-tasks ()
(interactive)
(save-excursion
(goto-char (point-min))
(while (re-search-forward "\* \\(None\\|Someday\\) " nil t)
(if (save-restriction
(save-excursion
(org-narrow-to-subtree)
(search-forward ":LOGBOOK:" nil t)))
(forward-line)
(org-archive-subtree)
(goto-char (line-beginning-position))))))
I also found this (written by aculich), which is a step in the right direction, but still requires repeating the function manually: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7509463/how-to-move-a-subtree-to-another-subtree-in-org-mode-emacs
;; I also wanted a way for org-refile to refile easily to a subtree, so I wrote some code and generalized it so that it will set an arbitrary immediate target anywhere (not just in the same file).
;; Basic usage is to move somewhere in Tree B and type C-c C-x C-m to mark the target for refiling, then move to the entry in Tree A that you want to refile and type C-c C-w which will immediately refile into the target location you set in Tree B without prompting you, unless you called org-refile-immediate-target with a prefix arg C-u C-c C-x C-m.
;; Note that if you press C-c C-w in rapid succession to refile multiple entries it will preserve the order of your entries even if org-reverse-note-order is set to t, but you can turn it off to respect the setting of org-reverse-note-order with a double prefix arg C-u C-u C-c C-x C-m.
(defvar org-refile-immediate nil
"Refile immediately using `org-refile-immediate-target' instead of prompting.")
(make-local-variable 'org-refile-immediate)
(defvar org-refile-immediate-preserve-order t
"If last command was also `org-refile' then preserve ordering.")
(make-local-variable 'org-refile-immediate-preserve-order)
(defvar org-refile-immediate-target nil)
"Value uses the same format as an item in `org-refile-targets'."
(make-local-variable 'org-refile-immediate-target)
(defadvice org-refile (around org-immediate activate)
(if (not org-refile-immediate)
ad-do-it
;; if last command was `org-refile' then preserve ordering
(let ((org-reverse-note-order
(if (and org-refile-immediate-preserve-order
(eq last-command 'org-refile)) nil org-reverse-note-order)))
(ad-set-arg 2 (assoc org-refile-immediate-target (org-refile-get-targets)))
(prog1 ad-do-it
(setq this-command 'org-refile)))))
(defadvice org-refile-cache-clear (after org-refile-history-clear activate)
(setq org-refile-targets (default-value 'org-refile-targets))
(setq org-refile-immediate nil)
(setq org-refile-immediate-target nil)
(setq org-refile-history nil))
;;;###autoload
(defun org-refile-immediate-target (&optional arg)
"Set current entry as `org-refile' target.
Non-nil turns off `org-refile-immediate', otherwise `org-refile'
will immediately refile without prompting for target using most
recent entry in `org-refile-targets' that matches
`org-refile-immediate-target' as the default."
(interactive "P")
(if (equal arg '(16))
(progn
(setq org-refile-immediate-preserve-order
(not org-refile-immediate-preserve-order))
(message "Order preserving is turned: %s"
(if org-refile-immediate-preserve-order
"on" "off")))
(setq org-refile-immediate (unless arg t))
(make-local-variable 'org-refile-targets)
(let* ((components (org-heading-components))
(level (first components))
(heading (nth 4 components))
(string (substring-no-properties heading)))
(add-to-list 'org-refile-targets
(append (list (buffer-file-name))
(cons :regexp
(format "^%s %s$"
(make-string level ?*)
string))))
(setq org-refile-immediate-target heading))))
(define-key org-mode-map "\C-c\C-x\C-m" 'org-refile-immediate-target)
It sure would be helpful if aculich, or some other maven, could please create a variable similar to (setq org-archive-location "~/0.todo.org::* Archived Tasks") so users can specify the file and heading, which is already a part of the org-archive-subtree functionality. I'm doing a search and mark because I don't have the wherewithal to create something like org-archive-location for this setup.
EDIT: One step closer -- almost home free . . .
(defun lawlist-auto-refile ()
(interactive)
(beginning-of-buffer)
(re-search-forward "\* UNDATED")
(org-refile-immediate-target) ;; cursor must be on a heading to work.
(save-excursion
(re-search-backward "\* UNDATED") ;; must be written in such a way so that sub-entries of * UNDATED are not searched; or else infinity loop.
(while (re-search-backward "\* \\(None\\|Someday\\) " nil t)
(org-refile)
)
)
)
