parse telephone numbers

[Simon-Laux]

• basic parsing
• more testing
• document format in spec.md
• integrate element into text parsing
• add test for phone numbers in text
• add test for phone numbers in desktop set & markdown

closes #3

we can take googles library for reference: https://github.com/google/libphonenumber, it is used by telegram iOS, signal desktop and probably also android os

[farooqkz]

I think maybe close it as it's too old? Also as an additional note, as I refactored link parsing, make small changes to its code for accepting tel: links.

[nicodh]

I think maybe close it as it's too old? Also as an additional note, as I refactored link parsing, make small changes to its code for accepting tel: links.

Yes if you think it's worthless now close it

[Simon-Laux]

I think this is still needed to get to a point where message-parser can also be used on mobile. just supporting tel: is not enough for that.

[r10s]

the future is hard to predict, so better optimise for the present :)

so, it seems fine concentrate on things needed by desktop today, this is obviously hard enough.

if we then decide at some point, as everything else fine, to use message-parser on mobile, it seems easy to add phone number support then

[farooqkz]

the future is hard to predict, so better optimise for the present :)

so, it seems fine concentrate on things needed by desktop today, this is obviously hard enough.

if we then decide at some point, as everything else fine, to use message-parser on mobile, it seems easy to add phone number support then

Maybe but I would still vote to have tel: links. People could use it on Desktop to dial it on their phone using something like KDE Connect.

[farooqkz]

If we have plans for using MP on mobile, I think it's a good idea to finish this and use it. Create a roadmap/project and include this there. If not, I'm in favor of closing it.

[r10s]

today, there are no concrete plans to use MP on mobile.

priorities today are multi-transport, calls, channels, stability (just from mind, we do not have nor want a roadmap with times, things manifest in working code, not promises :)

[Simon-Laux]

Maybe but I would still vote to have tel: links

they are already linkified by the message parser. we could add them to the allow list in desktop, so that they open directly, but that would be a desktop issue and is off topic for this pr.