use TAB as pattern separator in repline

README.md

@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ Cards/items do not have any kind of ID number; they are just text, and
 therefore some strange things may happen if the same entry exists in
 more than one "kanban file" -- in particular, they will all change
 status (doing/waiting/done) together.
+No card may contain TAB characters; they are replaced by SPC at entry.
+Do not add TAB charactes manually through the `ek` command, as this
+will probably disturb the script's manipulation of such cards.
 
 The `d` command will not only display items with a preceding `*`
 but also those with a pattern of `(MM-DD)` anywhere after preceding

clikan.sh

@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ repline(){
  newl="$*"
  for ff in $kbs
  do cat <<EOC | ed "$ff" >/dev/null 2>&1
-%g/$patt/c\\
+%g	$patt	c\\
 $newl\\
 .
 w
@@ -233,7 +233,8 @@ n) newc=`echo "$coa1 $coa2 $coa3 $coar" | sed -e 's/ *$//'`
   else echo adding card for target $currkan
   fi
   if test "$newc" != ""
-  then echo '-' "$newc" >>$currkan
+# replace all tabs by spaces (otherwise issue with ed pattern in repline)
+  then echo '-' "$newc" | sed -e 's/	/ /g' >>$currkan
   else echo no content found, nothing added
   fi
   showall doing