# File femto.rb, line 224
  def delete_item(id)
    begin
      @store.transaction() {
        @store.roots.each { |section|
          @store[section].delete_if { |key, item|
            id == item.deleteid
          }
        }
      }
    rescue
      $stderr.puts "Could not delete item with id #{id}: #{$!}"
    end
  end