added example code for auto-updating kanban tables, thanks to duply.han
diff --git a/kanban.el b/kanban.el
--- a/kanban.el
+++ b/kanban.el
@@ -155,5 +155,25 @@
" " ; the element exists in another table or is nil: Keep the cel empty
elem))) ; otherwise use the element.
+
+
+;; An example for auto-updating kanban tables from duply.han
+;; I use the double-dash to mark this as "private" function
+(defun kanban--update-function (&optional kanbanbufferregexp)
+ (when (not (stringp kanbanbufferregexp))
+ (setq kanbanbufferregexp "k[a-z]+kk.org"))
+ (when (and (stringp buffer-file-name)
+ (string-match kanbanbufferregexp buffer-file-name)) ;; match files such as kXXkk.org, kYYkk.org etc.
+ (save-excursion
+ (beginning-of-buffer)
+ (while (search-forward "='(kanban-" nil t)
+ (org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c)))))
+
+; The following lines activate the auto-updating.
+
+; (run-at-time "3 min" 180 '(lambda () (kanban--update-function)))
+;; refreshes kanban table every 3 min after emacs startup.
+; (add-hook 'find-file-hook 'kanban--update-function)
+
(provide 'kanban)
;;; kanban.el ends here