December is the season to mail and receive packages. To keep track of them, I create a
TODO item for each package in an Emacs' org file. I make note of the mailing date, the
content of the package, and the tracking number. The advantage of using Emacs is that a
few line of code can make the tracking numbers clickable.
(defun org-link-track-ups (path arg)
"Track a ups package where PATH is the tracking number."
(browse-url
(url-encode-url
(concat "https://www.ups.com/track?loc=en_US&tracknum=" path))
arg))
(defun org-link-track-usps (path arg)
"Track a usps package where PATH is the tracking number."
(browse-url
(url-encode-url
(concat "https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction.action?tLabels="
path))
arg))
(defun org-link-track-fedex (path arg)
"Track a fedex package where PATH is the tracking number."
(browse-url
(url-encode-url
(concat "https://www.fedex.com/fedextrack/?trknbr=" path))
arg))
(org-link-set-parameters "ups"
:follow 'org-link-track-ups
:face '(:foreground "green" :underline t))
(org-link-set-parameters "usps"
:follow 'org-link-track-usps
:face '(:foreground "green" :underline t))
(org-link-set-parameters "fedex"
:follow 'org-link-track-fedex
:face '(:foreground "green" :underline t))Then, I can just type [[ups:<tracking number]] in an org file and open-at-point
lets me know where is my package.