[Rtcomm] [Bug 7195] New: Please allow non-digits in phone numbers

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https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7195

           Summary: Please allow non-digits in phone numbers
           Product: Contacts
           Version: 5.0/(1.2009.42-11)
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Maemo
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: Unspecified
         Component: General
        AssignedTo: nobody at maemo.org
        ReportedBy: lionel at mamane.lu
         QAContact: contacts-bugs at maemo.bugs


SOFTWARE VERSION:
1.2009.42-11

Please allow non-digits (spaces, letters, parentheses, ...) in phone numbers in
contacts, and filter those out when sending a number to phone application (or
have the phone application filter them out).

Use cases:
 - I usually have _one_ entry for a family living in one home. But each family
member (husband, wife, each of their children) has his own mobile and/or direct
extension. I then usually enter the numbers with an annotation like "(Fred)",
"(Anna)", "(Heather)", etc.
 - For a business contact, two mobile numbers (or direct extensions) to enter:
the one for the contact hirself and the one for hir personal assistant /
secretary. Again, I usually disambiguate with an annotation in the phone
number.

This all worked very well on our aging PalmOS devices (Treo 600), the non-digit
characters and non-leading "+" were silently ignored in the dialed string.

EXACT STEPS LEADING TO PROBLEM: 
1. Try to enter letters in a phone number
OR
1. Import a VCard with letters in a phone number
2. Try to dial that number
respectively

EXPECTED OUTCOME:
Character inserted
OR
Dialing works, non-digits are filtered out of the dialed number.
respectively

ACTUAL OUTCOME:
characted silently not inserted
OR
"invalid number" error message, no call placed
respectively

REPRODUCIBILITY:
always

EXTRA SOFTWARE INSTALLED:

OTHER COMMENTS:


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