For me numbers (like this) want to open my SIP phone app.

This happens in multiple app, and is not Skim specific. LaTeX has nothing to do 
with it either as far as I can tell.

I have classified this annoyance as an Apple misunderimprovement and try not to 
be bothered by it :-)-O

el

el

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On 25 May 2020, 06:18 +0200, Steven Scott <[email protected]>, wrote:
> Can't fight city hall I guess.  Thanks for the investigation!
>
> > On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 8:37 PM Thomas Schneider <[email protected]> 
> > wrote:
> > > Steven:
> > >
> > > > Getting it with this:
> > > > \documentclass[11pt]{article}
> > > > ...
> > >
> > > Thanks!  I ran that through LaTeX and displayed it on macOS 10.15.4
> > > using Skim 1.5.9.  Indeed, when I click on some numbers in the table,
> > > FaceTime pops up offering to "Click call to make this call"!
> > >
> > > I launched it with Acrobat Reader and didn't have the effect.
> > > (However, when I tried to get the version with 'About', Acrobat reader
> > > failed with 'not responding' beach ball When I reported the problem to
> > > Apple, I got the version is 20.009.20065.  Maybe it's just an old
> > > version.  Who needs it when we have the wonderful Skim?  ;-)
> > >
> > > With Preview 11.0, the mouse becomes a pointer hand (as with the other
> > > two) but I get a tone when I click on a number.
> > >
> > > The preprint of our recent publication has a table on page 14:
> > >
> > > https://alum.mit.edu/www/toms/papers/lattice/lattice.pdf
> > >
> > > The mouse pointer turns into a hand over those numbers, but does NOT
> > > pop up.  Those numbers have decimals in them so don't look like phone
> > > numbers I suppose.
> > >
> > > minimizing your example even further:
> > >
> > > \documentclass[11pt]{article}
> > > \begin{document}
> > > \begin{table}
> > >   \centering
> > >   \scriptsize
> > >   \begin{tabular}{lrrrrr}
> > >     \hline\hline
> > >     &num.unique &missing.values &numzero &zero.or.missing      
> > > &observed.nonzero\\
> > > &  276     &     16943  &   939      &     17882      &        373     \\
> > >     \hline
> > > &   34     &       124.2  &     0      &       124.2      &      18131    
> > >  \\
> > >     \hline
> > > \hline\hline
> > >   \end{tabular}
> > >   \caption{\small\it blah blah. }
> > >   \label{tab:missing}
> > > \end{table}
> > > \end{document}
> > >
> > > The top line on the right shows up as phone numbers,
> > > but adding the '.2' apparently stopped that.
> > >
> > > If I create a file in the Terminal with a phone number-like set of
> > > digits and then highlight it, a right click provides options for:
> > >
> > > Call [the number] Using iPhone
> > > FaceTime
> > > FaceTime Audio
> > > Message [the number]
> > >
> > > If I highlight some text, those options are not shown.
> > >
> > > So apparently the macOS is looking for phone like things and will
> > > provide you with the option to call if it reognizes something ...  As
> > > they say, it's a feature, not a bug!
> > >
> > > Ok, let's see if that's true.
> > >
> > > google:
> > > macOS phone number recognition
> > > https://www.google.com/search?&q=macOS+phone+number+recognition
> > >
> > > https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7630016
> > > Q: How do I disable phone number recognition on a mac
> > >
> > > > When I type numbers of 10 or more digits into Calendar events,
> > > > Notes, and I think some other places, they become a link that brings
> > > > up FaceTime whenever I click on them (e.g., to make a correction).
> > > > None of these are ever phone numbers. I have no use for and do not
> > > > want to use any applications that exhibit this behavior. How can I
> > > > disable it on my Mac, so no numbers are ever treated as phone
> > > > numbers, unless of course they are entered into a field that is
> > > > specifically defined as a phone number (e.g. in Contacts)?
> > > >
> > > > Posted on Aug 4, 2016 8:01 PM
> > >
> > > LOL!!!  There you have it!!
> > >
> > > Rysz answered:
> > >
> > > > Aug 5, 2016 9:43 AM in response to Raptor
> > > >
> > > > I don't believe there is a way to turn this off, although there
> > > > might be a way via Terminal commands.
> > >
> > > Tom
> > >
> > >   Thomas D. Schneider, Ph.D.
> > >   Senior Investigator
> > >   National Institutes of Health
> > >   National Cancer Institute
> > >   Center for Cancer Research
> > >   RNA Biology Laboratory
> > >   Biological Information Theory Group
> > >   Frederick, Maryland  21702-1201
> > >   [email protected]
> > >   https://alum.mit.edu/www/toms
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