I found how to use the main indesign interface for finding a list of words.

Search for GREP then go to Match and then Or.

Should be easy to find out how to script that but I still am doubtfull about the unicode ranges

Peter

Brilliant, I was at least 90% sure that you would the one to answer.

In script it goes

var mySelection = app.selection[0];
app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeFootnotes = false;
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeHiddenLayers = false;
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeLockedLayersForFind = false;
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeLockedStoriesForFind = false;
app.findChangeGrepOptions.includeMasterPages = false;
//Unicode Range
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "[<0591>-<05BD>x<05C1>x<05C2>x<05C4>x<05C5>x<05C7>x<05BF>]";
app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = NothingEnum.nothing;
mySelection.changeGrep();
app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;

I found the basic <0591> format in this forum by you from 5 years back http://21.adobe-scripting-indesign.overzone.net/find-change-using-unic ode-t1610.html

and your answer above gave away the missing details.

I guess it would be a very good idea to buy this book http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596156015.do

This script is countless time quicker than the above one.

Thanks a million.

Thanks Peter,

When I wrote about using the <0000> format I was referring to in scripting and not in the grep tab.

I think you must of seen this post in email form and missed the lines of scripting

In scripting

these three options work

app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat =  "[<0591>-<05BD>x<05C1>x<05C2>x<05C4>x<05C5>x<05C7>x<05BF>]";

app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "[\u0591-\u05BCx\u05c2x\u05C4x\u05C7x\u05BF]";

app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "[֑-ֿxׁxׂxׄxׅxׇ]";

This does not

app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "[\x{0591}-\x{05BD}x\x{05C1}x\x{05C2}x\x{05C4}x\x{05C5}x\x{05C7}x\x{0 5BF}]";

Don't know why.

On the grep tab

the unlucky option is [\u0591-\u05BCx\u05c2x\u05C4x\u05C7x\u05BF] which does not work properly (in fact hardly works at all!).

[\x{0591}-\x{05BD}x\x{05C1}x\x{05C2}x\x{05C4}x\x{05C5}x\x{05C7}x\x{05B F}] scores top for readability

and both [<0591>-<05BD>x<05C1>x<05C2>x<05C4>x<05C5>x<05C7>x<05BF>] and [֑-ֿxׁxׂxׄxׅxׇ] (which as you the [<0591>-<05BD>x<05C1>x<05C2>x<05C4>x<05C5>x<05C7>x<05BF>] becomes [֑-ֿxׁxׂxׄxׅxׇ]) work  but have the readability issue on the one hand and on the  other hand are easier to enter if you can read them.

Anyway I'm quite please that from not knowing any way to use the grep tab or the script app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = method (beside one diaritic at a time!), now I know 3 for each !

Regards, Trevor

P.s. Plan to get the book later in the day!

Peter

I forgot to mention....

I like the book, I see the basic grep | or function is right on the very first page after the contents although I got a little scared of the python that spat on the second page.

Trevor