Wrong characters after using FindChangeByList.applescript

[Conelran]

Hello there,
I'm using FindChangeByList.applescript (not jawascript – I won't use that one) with inDesign 18.1 and when I ask the following:
text {find what:"unit"} {change to:"unité"} {case sensitive:false, include master pages:true, whole word:true} Exemple
I get 'unit√©' instead of 'unité'
I've tried changing encoding of FindChangeList.txt from Unicode (UFT-8) to Unicode (UFT-16) as it seemed to work with someone else to no avail.
I've also tried this:
grep {find what:"é"} {change to:"\u00e9"} {case sensitive:false, include master pages:true, whole word:false} Exemple
But it does not work either.
Is there something I should do (otherwise than make the change within inDesign using search/replace)?

[brian_p_dts]

I believe you need to change \u00e9 to \\u00e9 in your last example

[Conelran]

Thank you for your answer Brian, aunfortunately this doesn't work either.

[Peter Kahrel]

Instead of "\u00e9", try "\\x{00E9}".

[Conelran]

Thank you Peter for your answer, but I am afraid to tell it doesn't work either.

[m1b]

Hi @Conelran, it would be worth trying the following:

1. Re-encode FindChangeList.txt as "UTF-8 with BOM" (eg. with VSCode or BBEdit etc.)

2. Try script again.

It seems like a long shot, but it look like an encoding problem so may work for you.

- Mark

[Conelran]

Thank you for your answer m1b.
I eventually gave up with applescript and started to use javascrip instead, as it does not have issues with accentuated characters.