Change mutiple finds - Erase all Diaritics

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-unicode-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{05BF}]";

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{05BF}] 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!

Jongware

I should have been able to figure out the escaping of the \,

Oh well better luck next time.

So now I have another 2 methods for the scripting:

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

and

app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "\\p{Mn}";

I did try the \p{Mn} method in the script but it didn't work because I didn't escape it.

and in the grep tab another one

\p{Mn}

Well sundenly overwhelmed with choice the winning script is:

var mySelection = app.selection[0];
app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
//Unicode Range
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "\\p{Mn}";
app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = NothingEnum.nothing;
mySelection.changeGrep();
app.findGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
app.changeGrepPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;

Short and sweet (and quick).

Peter

I kept my word about getting the book and you can test me on the 37 \p{} methods tomorow

T Y

I think by comparing my original and this finial script, one can see an excellent example of how well and how poorly a script can be made.

Well I'm happy I saw there was a problem and didn't have that "Very British attitude " and did complain, and something did change!

(see towards the bottom of http://21.adobe-scripting-indesign.overzone.net/find-change-using-unicode-t1610.html)

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

Nice resource Jeff, there's also a nice grep mapper pdf table on Peter's site but for less (just) than $10 I'm sure Peter would second me that it's worth going for the book!!

(Just saw that Peter beat me to it with the mapper)